Tuesday 13th June 2017

On the highway heading 360kms to Spear Creek Caravan Park. This park is set immediately adjacent to the Western slopes of the Flinders Ranges in the middle of a 7000ha working sheep station, and is built amongst 400 year old red river gums.

We stopped for morning tea at a rest stop, and then lunch on the river bank in Port Augusta. A beautiful sunny day once again.

We learnt that the unusual breed of Dorper sheep are bred on this property. They are very low maintenance as they feed off the ever present salt bush and do not need shearing as they lose their wool. They also beed twice a year, and are slaughtered whilst very young.

We did buy some of the lamb and it was absolutely delicious.

We arrived to a very warm welcome from Bill & Karen. But we did meet Bill at the gate to the property as he was overseeing the grading of the dirt road into the property. What a mess! We were virtually following the grader for the last couple of kilometres - very, very dusty and extremely rocky.

After setting up camp, we headed to the Chardonnay seat at 5pm for the obligatory happy hour and to watch the beautiful sunset. We met other campers here to share our stories.

We enjoyed a BBQ dinner and slept so peacefully in this stunning quiet setting.

Wednesday 14th June

Kev cooked delicious scrambled eggs and toast for brekkie, and we then enjoyed a great walk around the property following the gorge and a very dry creek bed.

After a light lunch we spent the afternoon sitting in the sun, relaxing and reading. Sheer luxury.

However, we could hear Bill's booming voice every time a new guest arrived;

"Welcome to Spear Creek folks, a 5th generation working sheep station."

A yummy chicken dinner and a cosy, warm sleep.