Monday, 20th May ~ Kimba, SA

Before moving on from Elliston, we had to stop in at the bakery.. of course.  Since we arrived in Elliston on Saturday afternoon to find the bakery closed, and not opening until Monday ! The temptation was too great for us. Plus, remember our added disappointment that the Coulton roadside bread stall was closed too. We see it as our duty to 'share' our cash inputs, so naturally, we made pigs of ourselves by buying not only bread but some smoko too !

On this trip, we’ve gone as far south as we can and as far west as we thought we’d go. Now, our trip takes a turn. While not technically turning our heads for home, we have turned around.

Today we drove on three highways to reach our destination of Kimba:

the Birdseye Highway (named after Sylvia Birdseye, a pioneer bus operator in SA - the first highway to be named after a woman);

the Tod Highway (named after the explorer Robert Tod);

and the Eyre Highway (named after explorer Edward John Eyre, who was the first to cross the Nullarbor by land).

 

As we're driving along, and a view like this pops up in front of you, I just can't imagine being in the shoes of the early explorers. Such vast distances they must have covered and under unimaginable conditions. The range you see in the far distance is called 'The Wedge'.

 

Naturally the landscape wouldn't have been quite so bald as this scene today !!! I suppose the early farmers were doing what they knew how to do .. rip everything out.

White's Knob lookout is the place to go to get a 360 degree view of Kimba and surrounds. You'll see these guys there too ...

Edward John Eyre and his Aboriginal Tracker

He liked to do big, long walks!

 

Kimba (pop around 650) boasts as being the mid way point between Sydney and Perth (as the crow flies that is).

 

And is also home to one of the biggest .. the biggest Galah..

 

We finished our audio book today ~ you know how it is, you want to know what happens, but you don't want it to end. Black Wattle Creek by Geoffrey McGeachin was a great crime, mystery story. There was no way you could predict which way you would be going next. He has a great turn of phrase and I found myself immersed in the characters and scenes. I highly recommend this book to you.