Broken Hill was the first heritage-listed town in Australia and has many fine old buildings.

The Pinnacles west of town

West of town had seen little or no rain

Thackaringa Hills opens onto the Mundi Mundi Plains

Into South Australia at Cockburn

Over the Indian Pacific Rail line

Disused water stop for steam trains

Passing caravans and trucks was taking its toll

Looking south

Olary – some of the remaining homes not devastated by the fire that tore through the town in 2015.

A donkey in boots – natural bark art in Olary

The station master at Olary would feel a bit hard done-by

Station at Manna Hill

Manna Hill

On the way to Yunta

The quarantine inspection point protecting the South Australian fruit industry from fruit fly. We had a fruitful discussion with the quarantine officer but others may have fallen into the pip of despair.

Peterborough

Orroroo –  a return visit to the Gumtree Cafe which is in our top three best pies from our Australian travels.

And again it didn’t disappoint! Beauty is in the pie of the beholder! It was piefection.

The largest living thing in South Australia – a 500 year old river red gum at Orroroo with a girth of 11 metres

And on large things, small things find a home

Bundaleer Range

Cattle being a bit sheepish

Huge flocks of corellas near Wilmington – where are our ear muffs when we need them?

The road through Horrocks Pass to Spencers Gulf

Southern Flinders Ranges

The northern end of Spencers Gulf

More classic road trip country

The solar powered hydroponic tomato farm at Port Augusta

Good evening from Port Augusta  – the top spot on Spencer’s Gulf