BURRA to PIMBA 2ND July

It was a cool start to the day at Burra.  1oC, perhaps not as cold as Bendigo, though.  We had the heater on about 5 am to knock the chill off. The other campers, without power were up very early.  One campervan had the engine running for an hour or so about 4am, just for some warmth. Those in swags were kicking the frost off!❄️  The water didn’t freeze as it had in Burra the morning before, so that was a bonus.  The international travellers from last night, got wise and left about 7 this morning.
Today’s travel was just all about changing scenery.  Quite interesting how it goes from scrub to good, arable farming, then  to woody, then to looking like it had been nuked! Then to salt pans, back to scrub.  Ever changing.
Pimba is on the North/South railway line.  Hope the Ghan is not going through tonight!
We wandered to the railway line. Nothing coming!  Not like 7 years ago at Mt Surprise on the Savannah Way when we looked down the line.  There was the train coming, it only went through twice a week!
We stopped for a short break at Port Pirie, followed by lunch at a roadside stop north of Port Augusta.  Not much roadkill today, but some live emus, goats and lambs all free range.  There are plenty of grids to stop the stock moving from one paddock (a loose description) to another.  However, they can wander across the road if they are not too smart.
We have pulled in to Pimba, at Spud’s Roadhouse. Near Woomera. Park out the back over night for a $5 donation. Heaps of vans and campers here.  We could have gone further today, but it’s only 350 km to Coober Pedy, where we are booked for 2 nights.

 Salt pans.

 

 

 
 

 

 Lots of flat top mountains in the distance