5 Apr 2025
Another long drive day today after a rough start at the last camp ground, the neighbours decided that they needed to get moving at 04:30 in the morning and so everyone else was awake as well. Amazing how much noise someone who is trying to be silent can make. The rough part though was the gravel camp site, not great, but the galvanised roofing nails worked a treat when the tent pegs wouldn't even go into the ground.
It was a slow start for everyone along the highway this morning as well and it wasn't because of The Count either, they were moving two huge mining trucks along the highway out to Iron Knob and they took up both lanes of the highway. Who knew there was something the road trains actually have to stop for. It was a long shadows kind of morning which was great, great light.
Managed to make it to the half way mark around 10am, at Kimba, where they have silo art and a big Galah as well.
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| Kimba Silo Art - painted by: Cam Scale |
From there it was on to Wudinna, home to "The Australian Farmer", which is also listed as one of Australia's Big Things, it stands 8 metres tall and weighs 70 tonnes. It is a stylised representation of a farmer and commemorates early settlers. It was created by artists Marijan Bekic and her son David.
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