Back in touring mode now, its a hard life.
Monday saw us crossing the border at Yamba and going through our first quarantine check point.
We have done the right thing at previous border crossings but this was the first actual physical checkpoint
And we get the all clear to enter S.A.
First stop - lunch at Renmark, and we have timed it right for the annual "Rose festival"
Then on the road again to find an off the road camp for one night.
Found this spot above Overlander Corner on top of the hill.
A bit of road noise as weren't that far off the Goyder Hwy, but for one night it was fine.
Still following the Murray River, will we ever move away from it? Stopped at Morgan, another historical wharf and rail stop along the river.
Still has a ferry crossing
The building on the hill behind Les was the region's Morgue
Morgan's Historical Railway Station
The old Boiler and Crane
Then the next day brought us to an appropriately named "World's End". But this turned out to be a cracker of a spot on the edge of the Burra Creek, which is spring fed so always running.
World's End founded in 1877 and ceased being a town in the 1960s. Only ruins remain.
The Wesleyan Methodist Church come school 1889 -1975
The last house standing - just
Burra Creek
Burra Gorge
As we weren't far from Burra, we took a couple of days to see the sights, so much history and to Les' delight mining history. Burra itself is such a pretty town, all the century old houses so well looked after, its gorgeous.
Remnants of the old Copper Mine
Redruth Gaol, the 1st prison built outside Adelaide (1856)
Some of the filming of Breaker Morant took place here.
The ruins of an entire village just on the outskirts of Burra, Hampton Village
And of course I had to look at this, it is actually a Cobb and Co coaching Inn, however it has been used for a music album cover and a music video
Had another first whilst at World's End - Oops
The Culprit
Moving along the Goyder Hwy, we came across several small towns one of Hallett, boasting to be the birthplace of Sir Hubert Wilkins, can't say I had ever heard of him so thanks to Google we looked him up. OMG. How come we do not learn this in school, or maybe we did and I just wasn't listening, Check him out, what an interesting man not just for his time but even now his accomplishments are mind blowing.
Hubert Wilkins - Wikipedia We ended up in Terowie, its historical significance was the place where the rail gauges changed so all north bound trains from Adelaide needed to stop here and all passengers and goods were then transferred to another train ready to head off on the different gauge.
Because of this 1000s of troops were held here waiting for trains to make their way up to Alice and Darwin through the 2nd World War and it is the place where General Douglas McArthur made his famous speech after fleeing the Philippines.
It is a town where time stopped still. It's such a pity that most of the buildings are in such disrepair, however I suppose the population (pop.now around 90) is getting older and all the young ones move away as quite honestly there is nothing out here.The town that time stood still.
The Institute (1879)
Terowie is also the birthplace of Director/Actor James Patterson McGowan (a bit before my time but worth a mention and further investigation) as he is still the only Australian Director to be made a member of the American Screen Directors Guild. He directed Tarzan in 1926.
And then there is the quirky artist of Terowie (All I can say is he must be bored)
But it was a really fun display
We left Terowie making our way to Port Augusta as the car is booked in for yet another service (yes, we are racking up the kms), but a quick stop at Peterborough, another historic railway town. With lots of old buildings and steam train history.
Looking forward to further exploring this area before moving into Port Augusta.
Still has a ferry crossing 
