20151012 SA Kimba

20151012 Kimba is a very clean tidy town which is not far from the Gawler Ranges.  Pastoral leases were first granted around Kimba in 1872 and the first crops sown in 1908, leading to the district’s reputation today as one of South Australia’s major grain belt.

Kimba is geographically Halfway Across Australia between the East and West Coast, as the crow flies.

Originally constructed in 1924, this Hotel was shifted stone by stone and railed 160 kilometres from Yeelanna and it was re-erected in Kimba. At that time the hotel trading hours were 9am to 6pm, the kegs of beer and wine were stored in the cellar to keep them at a reasonable drinking temperature and the alcohol was then siphoned off into flagons for sale.

“The Big Galah” 
The bird stands 8 metres tall and is one of Australia’s Big Icons.  One year as an April Fool’s Day joke an egg was placed in the nest so we can assume with such evidence that the Galah is female!  But as for me, I’m still having trouble trying to decipher which one’s the real Galah, he!he.

The first car at Yardea station 1910 it was a 1906 Citroen.

Edward John Eyre is remembered as the first man to cross the continent from Sydney to Swan River and the first to record his exploration of the three sides of the Peninsula named in his honour along with Lake Eyre and the Eyre Highway in recognition of his skills, hence the sculpture which stands at White’s Knob was erected in 2011 as a tribute to Edward John Eyre and his Aboriginal guide whose bush skills he so often relied on.

The caves are a natural ironstone rock formation and has been used by the local children to camp in overnight on occasions.

The Roora Reserve Nature Trail is on the outskirts of town, a 6 kilometre walk and features life-size animal sculptures along the trail.

THE MILK AND THE MEAT AND THE FRUIT THAT YOU EAT THE BUTTER THAT YOU SPREAD ON YOUR BREAD, ALL COME FROM THE TOIL OF THE MAN OF THE SOIL, AND THAT IS HOW AUSTRALIA IS FEED.