Sunday 13th
Today we decided that we would stay an extra night here and have a rest day.
It was overcast then sunny, then raining, all whilst the temperature just kept getting cooler. At one stage it was hailing.
I decided it would be a good opportunity to pull out the laptop and update the blog. This really is a slow process, it just takes so long to upload anything with this Telstra broadband stick. Trying to add photos just takes a horrible length of time 4 photos 15 mins, so I have decided that after adding some photos today and taking such a long time I will wait until we get home and get back to home broadband before I attempt to load any more photos.
I cooked dinner and we retreated inside as it was really quite cool. Rena had spent the day playing on and off in the playground, this really is a good spot to stay. Hot showers, flat campground, clean toilets and all they ask is for a coin donation. Well done Kimba :).
As it turned out it was a very cold night, so much so that James got up during the night and got the spare blanket out of the car for the bed. Brrrrrr cold night.
Monday 14th
Well it was time to pack up and move on today. We could of stayed alot longer at Kimba, was a very nice spot to camp.
First I took Rena over to use the flushing toilet before we headed off again. (its the little things in life you get to appreciate). It was so nice to have a hot shower (without having to heat the water yourself and turn the water on and off) and also to have a flushing toilet . Luxuries for camper trailer travelers.
We headed out of Kimba but not before having a look at the Giant Pink Galah at the Half Way Across Australia service station. We didn't realise that Kimba was the halfway point across Australia until we saw the signs.
Next on port of call was Port Augusta & we called in to Woollies and stocked up on some items, we then headed for the petrol station and topped up the cruiser. Then off to the laundrymat. (This is one part of the trip that I will not miss when I get home).
Clothes all clean, dry and folded and we headed back to the highway and headed east.
We headed up the range and called in to the lookout/campground on the western side of the range, a very pretty spot, but it was just a little bit too windy for us to camp there for the night, so we decided that we would head further east to try and find a spot out of the wind.
We headed off to the Orroroo Rest Area, nice spot, lots of spots to camp well away from the road, and very little wind. Was good to have other vans around us for the night too.
Flies and some wind, but we cooked outside ok, luckily for me, I had bought a BBQ chook so made dinner nice and easy.
Once the sun started to set, the temperature cooled down quickly, and as the night progressed it got really cold. Being up fairly high in altitude we expected it to be cool.
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