Heading to Orroroo another town we’ve been to in the past so all I want is a photo to send to an elderly man I meet in Mt Gambier who came from this town.
The town's first settler was Charlie Easther who arrived in 1864 and opened up an eating house and sheep pen. This became a popular stopping point for the drovers and drifters who travelled through the area, anyone need some Roo meat.
I noticed this bottle of Phenyl in a deserted shop window and the smell came rushing back when as a child my Mother used this stuff in our outside dunny, it was definitely an unusual smell and much better than the crap that sat in the can.😁
We left for Peterborough, the town with the fascinating Bob the Railway Dog story that brought tears to my eyes when I first read about him here in 2012. After lunch we camped just out of town in the free camp that is quit large and many other vans were there so it’s a safe place to stay.
20230525 Here come the rain again so we booked into the Caravan Park in town to see it out, I’m liking the power on these cold night, at least I can have the heater going when I want but Des prefers to free camp, and so do I if we can ever find a camp along a creek and have a fire.
20230526 After leaving the caravan park we checked out this cactus garden at the back of the town that’s on Wiki Camp and OMG, I wanted to pinch a cutting from every cactus.
The yard is covered in many different types of cactus that spread out or grow tall, I’ve never seen anything like this.
Just the mere size of some of these cacti make me wonder just how long have the been here.
The nursery extends out the back of the house but beware were you walk and ware solid boots.
I so want a back yard just like this, it so awesome.
After leaving Peterborough travelling along the A32, Barrier Hwy passing many old settlements and once again there’s nothing but wide open space. Passing the Yarcowie Hotel, the town of Yarcowie was surveyed in 1875 and the first land was released to settlers in the district in 1872. The name is said to be Aboriginal (Ngadjuri) for "Wide Water".
I did manage a fly by photo of the Yarcowie Hotel.
Passing through Hallett that was once a railhead for the local farming community, the town today features a General Store with fuel supply.
The Wildongoleechie Hotel, which dates from 1868, now this looks like a cool pub to visit, which we didn’t we drove passed, we can’t stop at every town says Des.
The Hallett Wind Farms can generate enough clean energy to power around 202,000 average Australian homes and save approximately 770,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases each year.
The "Big Blade" at Snowtown represents the advancement of modern technology and Australia's commitment to the generation.
We passed through Snowtown where I remember doing a blog on the Snowtown murders, or as they were known, “The Bodies in Barrels” Some sicko’s were convicted of helping to dispose of bodies in an abandoned bank vault, the trial was one of the longest and most publicised in Australian legal history. Six bodies and six barrels.
Just as we got into Burra I received an email regarding my license renewal that I mailed a few day ago and as usual they need more information, lucky we landed in a town with a post office or I’d be stuffed. I copied what needed to be signed, found a JP that was in the back streets, and email it off, fingers crossed it’s all correct this time. It’s bloody freezing here so we camped at the Showgrounds for the night so I can have my heating going, we didn’t even venture outside it was that cold.
A flyby phot of the Crusher chimney (1874) as we enter the historic copper town of Burra.
20230527 Off we go passing many towns from our previous trip in 2012 so we only stop if we need to, passing Robertstown and into the town of Eudunda to check out the silo art. Eudunda came into existence as an important watering hole for cattle and horses which were being overlanded to South Australia from western Queensland in the late 19th century.
The Main Street in Eudunda, an historic German settlement that is still common to find residents with distinctively German surnames.
The Light Hotel first started trading in 1878, and was originally named the “The Royal” it was an important stop for teamsters bringing stock and goods from the Murray River at Morgan to the sea ports of Port Wakefield and Adelaide.
Eudunda was the birthplace of the educationalist and novelist Colin Thiele who achieved fame with his successful children's books, Storm Boy and Blue Fin. His presence is evidenced by the silhouette of one of his characters, 'Gustav' and his kelpie dog.
The silo tells a story about two children, sharing stories about their past and their culture, these two children use these local books as a way to teach eachother about their history, culture and connections to the area. I remember Quentin said to me “seeing our cultures side by side, sharing stories together is exactly as it should be.” He also commented, “I like how you used children to tell the story…Everyone is open as a child and Children don’t care about differences and they don’t judge.
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