FRIDAY 15 OCTOBER 2021
UPDATES:
10 OCTOBER : COOBER PEDY TO WOOMERA:
We were not sad to be leaving Coober Pedy after the wild and woolly weather the night before. Back on the road we came across a couple of eagles feasting on road kill. They are such impressive, majestic creatures as they slowly take off. It seems like they will never lift off the ground, however eventually they do.
The plan originally was to camp over night at Glendambo. It was such a short drive that Norm decided to keep going to Woomera.
saltbush and mulga 
Glendambo Hotel
We stopped beside the brilliant white eye catching salt lake, Lake Hart (Kokatha) for lunch.
At Woomera we set up camping at the basic, but perfectly adequate Tourist Caravan Park. Norm suspected that it might once have been the parade ground for one of the military units who served here.
Later, during our drive of exploration around Woomera we paused at the very well set up Missile Park. Last time we were here they were in the process of developing this park. They have done a great job at preserving and presenting the exhibits.
Woomera is an eerie town. It feels deserted, and many of the houses do appear to be unoccupied. There is a mix of housing from the old barracks to more recently built modern dwellings. The town is beautifully maintained, with neatly trimmed trees and bushes along the footpaths and local parks. There is every facility from swimming pool, tennis courts, theatre, indoor basketball stadium, football oval, baseball oval and even a squash court.
After a great deal off difficulty finding it because of discrete signage, we finally arrived at the Eldo Hotel, where we planned to have dinner. It was very impressive with a sense of military style and management. We enjoyed our meals (Butter Chicken for him and Salmon for me) very much.
The next morning before leaving Woomera, Norm visited the Museum whilst Rose and I enjoyed looking at the flowers as we walked around the nearby streets . I was amused to encounter an emu ambling around the streets as well.
11 OCTOBER: WOOMERA TO PORT GERMEIN
From Woomera we drove through flat arid desert-like country for some time. Slowly it changed to saltbush, then a mixture of saltbush and mulga. Finally we could see beautiful Flinders Ranges to the east, and then we could see the ocean or rather it was the Spencer Gulf.
It was mid afternoon when we reached the Port Germein Community Van Park, and home was soon set up. Although it was rather windy we enjoyed our amble down to the wharf and past some of the lovely old stone buildings in town. Before heading ‘home’, we paused for a chat and an ale with some of the locals at the pub.
https://portgermeincaravanpark.com.au/
12 OCTOBER: PORT GERMEIN TO POINT TURTON
Rosie and I enjoyed our morning amble before packing up and continuing south down the Yorke Peninsular to Port Turton, where we plan to pause and stay a week despite gloomy weather forecasts.
A short distance from Port Germein is the large town of Port Pirie with its impressive grain storage silos.
Our drive south took us through beautiful agricultural land of small rolling hills and flat plains. There were patchwork paddocks all along the way, some green, or golden or yellow with barley, wheat or canola at various stages of growth. Lovely wooly black/brown/white sheep were grazing on the land that had already been harvested. There were mostly picturesque old stone farmhouses surrounded by all of the sheds and machinery needed for farming, sometimes deserted and replaced by newer homes nearby.
Servicing the farming areas are lovely old towns that have not been overdeveloped yet.
Psort Broughton 
Wallaroo Town Hall 
Old Moonta Railway Station 
Moonta Town Hall and Cinema
At last, just after 5pm we booked into the wonderfully located Point Turton Caravan Park. As soon as we had set up the van, we wandered down to the wharf before settling down in the last rays of the sun to settle in and enjoy our new home site.
ON THE ROAD 