Saturday 21 July 2018

...Bound for South Australia...

Leaving the next day we had planned to stay at Kernot Range Rest Area but Peter wanted to keep going to another camp – that we couldn't find, so ended up driving back to the Stuart Highway and heading south to the border. We filled up at a quirkey Kulgera Roadhouse. The settlement of Kulgera developed from Kulgera Station, 1927, and the Coulthard family. The name came from the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginal name for an outcrop of granite nearby. The station developed a petrol station and grocery store to service the area. The service area has been sold a number of times over the years.
We got to the border rest area just before all the other happy campers, so got a good spot. Lucky us. We had driven about 400km today – a long drive for us.
The next morning we drove about 130km to the next free camp – Tarcoonyinna Rest Area. We stopped at one, Agnes River, which was great, but no internet and we wanted to find out how things were going at home, so went to another camp further down the road. We also decided that we would book into Cobber Pedy to make sure we got a powered site.
Next morning, after downloading the mail, we continued to Marla about 60km down the highway. Not much here. A Police Station, caravan park and a roadhouse. So many vans have stopped here. There is a small supermarket where we picked up some milk and tuna (a small tin of salmon – 80g - was $6). We then to look at the Oodnadatta Track. Oh my goodness, the corrugations started just after leaving Marla. Not a track for us and our van.
Again we got to the camp I had chosen but Peter didn't feel comfortable there so we had a look at another one 8km down the road. No good. Another 8km down the road and we came to Pootnoura Creek Channel 2 camp site. The track in is very bumpy, but there was already another van so we set up near by. One the advantages of getting to sites early in the day is that lunch can be van-made scones. 
Later in the afternoon another two vans came in.
Next morning we continued the short distance to Coober Pedy.

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