Roald Dahl audio books are keeping us well entertained as we travel the miles and it was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory enjoyably read by James Bolam from Renmark to Port Augusta.
Stopped at Burra for lunch, lots of history there, immediately visible by the beautiful old sandstone buildings. Rob and Gracie sampled the local pies and rated them among some of the best.
Stopped for an ice-cream in Peterborough, hard to find incidentally. According to one café employee, they only stock them in the summer! There was a café in the old picture theatre that was a real step back in time to the 60's & 70's!
We reached Port Augusta early evening and opted for a camping park which Gracie loved! Playground got a big thumbs up as did some new friends she made during our two days there. The plan was to spend only one night before heading off but a little setback delayed our departure.
After setting up camp we rode our bikes into to town for a take away pizza along the water front. We planned to ride again next morning before heading off but unfortunately woke to find our bikes had been "borrowed" overnight. Hence the second night spent in Port Augusta trying to retrieve them.
With the help of the local sherrif and CCTV footage at the camping park, by end of day the two adult bikes (somewhat worse for wear) were returned. Unfortunately Gracie's (the really cool one!) wasn't. Never mind, Big W have pretty cool bikes too! Clever Rob spent some time this morning assembling the new bike and we had a great ride around Coober Pedy before lunch. The temperature reached 36 here today so only Rob ventured out again on the bike after lunch to check out the local footy ground where grass has replaced gravel since he last played on it with a few boys! It was quite impressive I believe - Gracie and I took his word for it!
We're heading north again tomorrow towards that big rock but will fill you in on our great time spent in and around Coober Pedy next post.
Setting up bush camp on the Murray at Renmark
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