Day 25: Sunday 28/9/2014 Ceduna,
SA to Adelaide, SA Distance travelled: 770km
First, for those using the
tracker to see where we are, please be assured that there was no magic wand, to
get us from Port Augusta to Adelaide. I
wish it were possible, but the battery just ran out on the tracker, and I did not notice. All good
now.
Another long day at the wheel,
but fortunately, that was our last ( I hope) long day driving. It took us
about 9 hrs on the road with a long
stopover in Port Augusta.
Again, I can’t say it enough
that without 2 drivers, the driving would be very tiresome. Pat and I have a
good system going and we change driving duties frequently.
On the road we didn’t see brilliant
landscapes like we did on the Nullarbor, we did see The Australian Farmer (also
known as the Big Farmer) it is a statue located in Wudinna, South Australia.
Regarded as one of Australia's Big Things, the granite sculpture stands at 8
metres (26 ft) in height, and weighs in the vicinity of 70 tonnes. It took 17
years to produce from initial proposal to the final unveiling in 2009.
Of course you can’t go past seeing the Big Galah in Kimba and the pink lake (Lake Bumbunga) in Lochiel, SA. This is a salt water lake that has been mined for salt since 1912. The lake covers 3,530 acres and changes colour from blue in fine weather to a vivid pink, which indicates a change is on the way. There is a local myth that the lake is home to the Loch Ness Monster’s cousin ‘Loch Eel’ Today is was bright pink.
Of course you can’t go past seeing the Big Galah in Kimba and the pink lake (Lake Bumbunga) in Lochiel, SA. This is a salt water lake that has been mined for salt since 1912. The lake covers 3,530 acres and changes colour from blue in fine weather to a vivid pink, which indicates a change is on the way. There is a local myth that the lake is home to the Loch Ness Monster’s cousin ‘Loch Eel’ Today is was bright pink.
Lake Bumbunga, was on the money about the weather. From about 200km before Port August to Adelaide (about 500km in all) it was heavy wind and you could see the dust storms. Adelaide had a severe weather warning saying it would have winds of up to 100km. Luckily it had died down by the time we got here. It was so windy that at one stage we saw 4 bikes on the road just trying to stay up. They were riding at a tilt of at least 15 degrees just to go straight. Lucky we had a big heavy car.
We are staying at a hotel
in Adelaide called Adelaide Meridien Hotel, a very nice hotel.
Tomorrow we booked a tour of the
Barossa Valley vineyards. That should be nice. Tuesday is a rest day,
sightseeing Adelaide. We start our journey home on Wednesday.
Lake Bumbunga, in Lochiel, SA. The picture does not do justice to how pink the lake was. My excuse is that it was very windy and I was tired.
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