KIMBA SA

GAWLER TO THE EYRE PENINSULA AND THE START OF THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT TO NULLABOR ROADHOUSE

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May 30th 2023
Got away from Gawler around 10am on 31st May and hit the road for six hours getting to Kimba at around 4.30. It was a good drive on a really lovely sunny day passing through Port Augusta and Iron Knob. Kimba is a rural service town and is one of the major wheat producing areas of South Australia. It is also the halfway point crossing Australia. We are staying at a free camp here (donation to keep ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Eyre Peninsula

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more