Port Lincoln We left Cowell Tuesday morning and really did head for the hills. We wanted to visit a wind farm to see where they make wind. They were not making much wind as the fans were turning slowly - though still interesting to see the size of those fans - I think I counted about 30 - no wonder it is such a windy place. We rode into a small called Cleve, however the main street was all blocked off - I thought bomb scare? Gas leak? Terrorist attack? Cr...

Monday Well today was what tyre can we get day. Well it ended up we could get a new tyre same as we had before from Northern Motorcycles here in Port Agusta. So with a bit of spanner work we had a new tyre on the bike by 11.30am and after a light shop we were on the road by lunchtime. The road to Whyalla was across some fairly dry parched landscape. The distinctive feature were the twisting black wattle trees - they lept from the ground like they were w...

The Hawker Caravan Park - the one in town, is fantastic - yes it is on the edge of almost desert - however they have plated suitable native trees which are lush and very attractive to the birds. We packed up and found that the back tyre still has a leak, so the tyre was just ridable down to the servo to pump it up with air. We pumped it up and bolted for Port Agusta on the logic that it stayed inflated for the ride from Leigh Creek to Hawker and that is furt...

We had that last moon lit night at Angrochina Village and packed early because we expected a hot day - yes we could have stayed longer - there is much to see, the mountains are old and yet noble - with colour and texture and form and stance - need I go on. The Parachilina Gorge offered some very fine camp spots but without services of any kind - in some places there was still water in the creek. In all places the road was very good so we zoomed along happily...

Departed Trizona Campground around 10.30am and the day was already starting to heat up. We poked along up to Blinman and had a quick look around. We did have an early lunch and then started the run through to Parachilna. The road is gravel but at the moment is in excellent condition, Ernie was quite happy hanging on behind Gertie. When we came down the range into the start of the Parachilna Gorge the mountains were just inspiring, with the sediments folded i...