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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