Farewell Port Augusta..

Today we said good-bye to Port Augusta, the idea was to head off early (for once) and get the bike rack welded onto the caravan, but after speaking to one of the few welders in town it wasn't to be, he was WAY too busy.

We decided we would still head off early but as we began packing up our van our friendly neighbours pounced and we got chatting, or listening might be the better word, to all our new friends in the caravan park.
Not that we were too worried, we are not really pressed for time and we have loved hearing other travellers adventures, you get some great advice them, it's amazing how there is such a community spirit amongst nomads with caravans.
Brenton is still getting used to waving at everybody who goes by with a van like we are old mates, it's great!

Our aim was to make it to Woomera as we are heading to Coober Pedy, it's about 180kms from Port Augusta.
On the way out of town we got stuck behind a road train, but it suited us fine and meant we could sit on the comfy speed of 80kms/h!

He eventually got the better of us and our 4wd was no match for the power he had! 

The drive was rather flat but the wind proved to be a problem once again.

There are not many overtaking lanes on the Stuart Hwy on the way to Woomera, we were used to seeing them a fair bit closer to Adelaide, there are also very few towns in between Port Augusta and Woomera, only a few very basic rest stops, with some good photo opportunities.

We did spot some Emu's chilling out on the side of the road which was a bit of a shock! We also saw a lot of road kill, including some HUGE cows!

We turned right off the Stuart Hwy just before Woomera and stopped in at 'SPUDS' roadhouse, it's very American and I think you can even stay at overnight with your van for free and just pay for showers. 

                                    

After seeing this 'infamous' SPUDS roadhouse,we were back on track to Woomera, which was only 10 minutes down the road.

We drove into Woomera and the caravan park was the first thing you see, it looked very basic but there were plenty of people in there which is usually a good thing.

We stopped straight away at the Missile Museum, Woomera itself is an Australian defence force facility and you could tell by the buildings and sheds all around.

We went to the visitors centre that had the famous 'Bowling Alley', but didn't find much useful information, we were going to have a bowl at $3- a game but after waiting 10 minutes for service and asking around we decided to give up, only to see that on our way out most of the staff were outside smoking!

It was about 2pm and after Brenton's comment of "It's like someone built a town and no body showed up" we decided it was time to push on.

We are very glad we did, we drove for about another 170kms and found a little (very little) town called Glendambo, and yes there are now flies!

We are very impressed by this tiny town of 30, we pulled straight into the caravan park which is just behind the service station and paid $20- for a powered site, the park has a swimming pool, laundry and some showers, and when we arrived in the afternoon it was pretty quiet, but as we are learning it does not take long for these places to fill up!

We went for a walk to check out this small town, it took about 15 minutes! It just has a nice feel to it and the people are friendly.

We cooked bangers and mash for dinner, very yummy and very filling then  we watched the sun go down on another day.

Off to Coober Pedy tomorrow.

xxx

Dead animal count: 25

Spider Count: 1