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20120330 I didn't sleep last night so we were up early to start our trip to the York Peninsula.  After hearing Heather and Mel's experience when staying in a compound in Port Augusta we were very cautious apparently the Aborigines could cause some havoc, not wise to free camp in a place like this, drove onto Port Pirie. Sheep crossing the road as we left Burra, the lady in the blue pants must have been at least in her late 70s & she's still chasing sheep. The inlet is dominated by an Industrial area with huge grain silos and smelter chimneys producing silver, lead and zinc stand against the sky. These massive Silos are what captures your eyes as you drive into Port Pirie, which is located on the Spencer Gulf, 130 miles north of Adelaide. "Timepiece" 1989 Sculptor by Gregs Johns. Built in 1904, the elegant veranda was one of the few in Port Pirie which survived the Council by-law ordering removal of veranda post in the 1950's and 60's in defer...

Need to dry out after Adelaide so I'm back on a bit of a fitness trip, I wonder how long it will last.  The weather is warming as we approach Burra, thank god we are so over the wind and cold weather, it's the first time I've worn shorts in weeks.   Monument entering Kapunda   Kapunda, a mining town first settled in 1839 by pastoralists, Bagot and Dutton. The development of the town owes its orgin to the discovery of copper in 1842. The Kapunda mine being the first significant metal mine in Australia. We drove to this old deserted mine now a tourist route, unfortunately there is not much water left in the mine but the color ( as you can see) was very pretty green.  Even the rocks were colourful, I pinched some to take home for the grand kids, Des said there just rocks, they won't won't them, what would he no. The fitness thing didn't last long, Des and I camped up in Burra near a BBQ, cooked prawns with salad foll...

20120327  Dan was nice enough to take us shopping to stock up our supplies before heading off, we did a big shop thinking things will start getting dearer the further up we go, getting extra supplies of alcohol, when I asked how much my wine was when the lady said, Ooo it's only $8, Des and looked at each other and burst out laughing, $3 more than the Redlands that is not cheap, we said our good buys to Dan and headed for Burra. Driving into the tiny town of Birdwood and the first to capture my eye was the old truck on a poll in front of the Pub, then we noticed Bill's Bits & Bike's, so we stopped to check them out. The Birdwood pub.   Went into Bill's Bits & Bikes which we thought was the museum, but nope it was just a bike shop full of bits and bikes and I mean full, a typical man cave.  I thought Brownie had heaps of bits and bikes, but this guy takes the cake.  Harry Gordon speedway bike wouldn't have a clue who that is but I'm sure Greg wo...