Day 134

Day 134 Port Augusta

Well we left Tanunda as we had planned. Got up at the crack of dawn – 7:30 and were packed up and

Packing ready to go

Goodbye Tununda - note clouds

on the road by 9. We had our directions from the web and headed off, what could go wrong, well I am sad to say that google maps is a little out of date and some recent road works had completed that removed 4 steps off our list. But being the intrepid travellers that we are, we actually saw the road signs as we drove past them and added 2 and 2 and did a big U-turn on the A1, as you do. We hit the right road and

Girt and Trude Port Germein

Old Pub Port Germein

headed on until we hit the water at Spencer Gulf and turned right. We pulled into Port Germein where they boast the longest wooden jetty in the southern hemisphere. It is no where near as long as Busselton, but then I suppose Busselton Jetty is no longer wood. We actually sat next to the sea here and could smell the ocean – well rotting seaweed that was on the beach and the tide was way out, but we did get that

Their little jetty

aroma of being at the beach. We had lunch there and pushed onwards and followed our noses until we hit Port Augusta.

We had been through Port Augusta on our way South to Canberra and had stopped for lunch. We had not really looked at it much and said we would stop on the way back, so here we are. We located the caravan park right at the intersection of the Eyre Highway and Sturt Highway and set up Girt. Once that was done,

Me planning for tomorrow

Views Port Augusta

we headed into town to find the lookout. It was not far from our park and was situated on the edge of the inlet here. There is an old water tower there that they have added a long staircase to so you can climb up to see the views, you have to because they have planted trees all round it so you can see nothing from the ground. To make it even easier, they do not have any parking there either, for a tourist attraction,

Look out Port Augusta

Maureen's gladwrapped paper

it scores about 1 for thinking but 10 for views for those who can climb up.

Tomorrow we plan on going to the Arid Area Botanical Gardens that we saw on Gardening Australia.