Yacka to Port Parham

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After surviving an amazing electrical thunderstorm overnight we left our great campsite at Yacka ($15 for power/showers and toilet!)and headed south to Snowtown, known for the crime scene in which a number of bodies were found in barrels in the disused local bank vault. A movie has now been produced about these events. Snowtown is the main service centre for small towns in the area. Historic public buildings, again all stone, and businesses provide an interesting browse. A huge wind farm now also sits on top of the surrounding Hummocks Ranges.

Driving further south through Lochiel we headed to Balaklava for our coffee stop. Finding a parking spot outside one of the 6 churches in the town, we were greeted by Shirley who promptly invited us back to her place for a chat. Balaklava is the regions service centre, a place for farmers to come to town to do business and socialise, much as Steve and I used to do in Boorowa many years ago!!!! After walking the streets we headed to Shirley's where we met husband Bruce and they proudly showed us through thier one hundred year old house! The jewel in the crown (take note Neil) were the six , yes, six sheds in the back garden where they had a cottage industry happening stripping copper wire from old electrical appliances.

Tearing ourselves away from Bruce and Shirley we headed across to Dublin....no not Ireland!, and then to Port Parham where we free camped the windy night beside reputedly the "Best Crabbing Beach" in SA. The free camping area is the most popular in SA and it was not hard to see why.

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Photos

Yacka
What a great camp site

Yacka
The main street

Snowtown
How big are the blades on these wind turbines ... wow

Balaklave
Shirley and Bruce...new friends from Balaklave !