Day 10 - Saturday 3/8/24 - Port Pirie

A fairly early start to get on the road to Port Pirie. We followed the coast road north past Whyalla, we didn't stop as we had visited 20 yrs ago and have other places to see this trip. Rounding the top of the Spencer Gulf at Port Augusta and headed south to Port Pirie. An easy uneventful run, the road didn't get busy until after Port Augusta when we met the A1 Princes Highway again.

Pulled into Port Pirie (Echo) Caravan Park, right on the bay. It was lovely weather when we arrived, so we took a nice walk into town. Port Pirie seems a quite little country town with most places shut due to being a Saturday afternoon. There are some beautiful old heritage places throughout the town that are being used as shops. There is even a monument to recognise the large Italian migrant population. The railway station is an amazing building. Instead of pubs, a church sits on nearly every corner, but a couple have been repurposed, one to a fish and chip restaurant, and the other a coffee café, a couple of good religions to follow 😊

It was such a still night with no breeze, I was able to get a couple of good night photos of the harbor.

Day 11 - Sunday 4/8/24 - Port Broughton, Wallaroo, Bute, and Back

Another day of driving following the coastline down the Yorke Peninsula with a little rain on the windshield. The Yorke Peninsular was named by Matthew Flinders after Charles Phillip Yorke. It has a history of agriculture for sheep and grain farming. The towns of Wallaroo and Kadina acquire the name of "copper coast" due to a copper mining surge in the late 1800's.

The first stop was Port Broughton. Really nice little place, and the water reflections were like mirrors. Not a breath of breeze, but a little crisp taking a stroll out to the end of the jetty. We carried on down to Wallaroo hoping to see some more silo art, only to discover it is a night laser show that comes on at 6.30 pm in winter. Oh well, we bumped into a couple who said we didn't miss much anyway. I missed the water tower art at Kardina! Apparently it shows a painting of a Maypole queen holding copper and wheat. We were making good time, so we continued to Bute where I knew there was definitely some silo art. What at quaint little town, and well cared for. The silo art was really pretty and vibrant. It was painted by Janne Birkner & Scott Nagy. A community survey was conducted for the highest priorities that included - lots of colour with elements of local agriculture, flora & fauna. The concept was based on representing women in regional areas, and although the rooster is a symbol of farming its also the mascot for the Bute sports teams.

Covering 257 Km trip we made it back to Port Pirie for a late lunch, and just in time for some rain to set in. Today is the first bit of rain we have come across.