Oodnadatta to Victor Harbour

We spent the next few days in Hawker SA. Visited some friends from home and had a great time catching up over dinner at the local pub. we also went through the Jeff Morgan Gallery and saw his amazing murals. A trip to Jarvis Hill lookout was next where the climb to the top was through large rocks and trees where we arrived at an amazing view of the township and valley.

  We then journeyed through the flinders and made our way to Adelaide where we caught up with family friends and had a lovely meal while chatting about family and old times.

 A visit to Haigh's chocolate factory and a tour, well what more can I say but yum. Next was a drive through the Adelaide hills with the amazing views to Mount Lofty, where we had lunch. Mount Lofty is 710m above sea level and overlooks the city of Adelaide, a 34m high fire tower was erected in 1982 to spot bushfires and is still used today.

 Our travels then took us to Victor Harbour and we visited Granite Island via a horse drawn tram but was cut short when it started to rain, we then spent the afternoon watching whales frollick in the bay near Port Elliot in between showers.

Flinders Ranges

Jarvis Hill lookout

Jeff Morgan Gallery

Brighton caravan Park, Adelaide

Tram at Glenelg

jetty at Glenelg

Haigh's chocolates

Adelaide Hills

view from Mount Lofty

Brighton Beach

storm front coming

horse drawn tram to granite island

Oodnadatta pics

Oodnadatta track

Algebuckna bridge on the Oodnadatta track

ruins on the Oodnadatta track

fire truck William Creek

showers Coward Springs

sunset coward springs

camp at coward springs

tying down the load

the bubbler mound springs

curdemurka siding

sculpture on the Oodnadatta track

Marree

Bundy the Marree pub dog

Cape Leveque to Oodnadatta

Called in to Koolijaman, Cape Leveque and had a coffee  and to see the views , it was then back down the Cape Leveque road to Broome to fill up with fuel and top up on groceries before heading off towards Fitzroy Crossing for the night. We called into Wolfe Creek Creater , before attempting to get fuel at Bililuna, an Aboriginal community where the fuel is dispenced by fuel card brought at the store, so we ended up only getting $50 worth which gave us only enough fuel to just make it to the next community for fuel at the end of the Tanami Road.  The road was not in too bad condition, still had to air down and drive with caution.
 A welcome rest in Alice Springs to catch up on washing and to repair a failed viscous hub on the fan on the cruiser, it was then on the black top for a while. Reaching the oodnadatta Track with the weather still fantastic and the road surface in quite good condition we began to enjoy the many historical sights and ruins that the area has to offer. apart from being showered with rocks from a speeding driver and getting our solar panel smashed all is going well.  An over night at the Pink roadhouse where fellow travellers got together around a nice camp fire and chatted about each others adventures.
  We called in at the Peake Overland Telegraph station and copper smelter ruins. Built in 1872 and was one of 11 repeater stations located at around 300 kilometre intervals along the route between Adelaide and Darwin.
It closed in 1891 when telegraphic operations were transfered to nearby Oodnadatta on the newly constructed narrow gauge Ghan railway. The smelting of copper only lasted a short while due to the quality and quantity of the ore. Great camp at Coward Springs and a visit to mound springs then headed into Marree, we had another great camp and community campfire where the patrons cooked us all damper and told some quite funny stories.

fitzroy crossing

start of the Tanami road

the Tanami takes it's toll

road train

wolfe creek creater

corrugations

free pancakes for breakfast

entertainment at the MacDonnell Range Holiday park

repairs to the fan hub

cannon ball run monument

Kalgera Pub

Border

Dingo on the Tanami road