South Australia

Hello! Back again after going through a shadow of non-coverage, optus doesn't work for vast areas  but we kept getting, "where are you?' from our telstra conns.
After Coolgardie,pictured right,which is much the best town to visit in the Goldfields, we went through  Norseman. Named after a horse which scuffed the ground and found gold, it is now a strange little town with fuel retailers for E W trucks. We had "Norseman burgers" and I  think I know where the meat came from. Crossing the Nullarbor we stopped just before the WA/SA border at Eucla and finally saw the famous old telegraph station. We stayed overnight at the lovely,quiet very reasonably priced camp ground ($20/powered site, $1 for a shower)

We carried onto Penong and stayed 2 nights, previously we thought this a nice place,but it is a scruffy truck stop where trucks are idled for hours next to the campground. SA redeemed itself with Murphy's Haystacks, a strange rock formation (just south of Streaky Bay) with overnight facilities.

SA has some very odd drivers and is soo different to WA.
We spent last night at Farm Beach, so called because 'the fishermen use tractors to beach their boats'.Not quite 1 star.

After a quick stop in Port Lincoln we are finally in Tumby Bay. We were astounded to see that the pharmacy was celebrating 50yrs of being operated by the Hibble family. So, Ralph maybe contact tiffanyhibble@bigpond.com  for comparisons of genealogy? Whilst chatting they suddenly realised that their ancestors arrived in Aus 100years ago tomorrow!

Although we don't plan on using this transport tomorrow we're heading north up the Eyre peninsula.