Peterborough to Kimba, SA

A fascinating 290 kilometre journey had us passing through a contrast of landscape. The road trip began with dry wheat country and rolled into the hills of Mount Remarkable, an area that looks like it is begging to be explored with its 960 metre hills filled with gorges and bushwalking tracks. The flat road suddenly turned into a windy range taking us through the hills of Mount Remarkable and out the other side to see the narrowing Spencer Gulf. It was quite a change of weather from hot and dry to windy, damp and cold. The bends of the road eased out to a straight road that put us on the A1 into Port Augusta. We stocked up on goodies in Port Augusta and had lunch by the city park, which entertained us with views of the Gulf and some local street artworks. We ventured out of Port Augusta and the country changes again to dry arid saltbush landscape. The road took us past a town called Iron Knob, its 64 percent graded iron ore has supplied the country since 1900 and makes up 21 percent of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. We drove along and made it to our destination, Kimba. The caravan park was a hassle free set up so easy we did it twice, as I (Shovel) put a water filter on too heavy for the mains tap, the water feature is nice though, isn't it? We went for a walk in the afternoon to witness the almighty 8 metre tall flaming Pink Galah and the stunning silo art put together by artist Cam Scale in 2017. The silo artwork is quite jaw dropping with the amount of detail thrown into the 30 metre towering concrete cylinders. We finished the day off with a delicious curry dinner at the servo. You might think delicious, curry and servo are never seen in the same place but Kimba is an absolute game changer.