Scrapbook Adventures #3

My Post of 16th July ended with the quip that I wondered if 6 weeks of Lockdown would be enough to finish my Scrapbook Project.  - It wasn't.  

But then 'The Powers that Be' added another Two weeks to our Stage 4 Restrictions - so was 8 weeks enough?

YES!  -  JUST!

I left Our Adventure having to Phone Home from Iron Knob. 

(Birthplace of the Aust. Steel Industry.) 

With nothing more than a 'Flip Phone' on the CDMA network I was able to put minds at rest that we were "Still Out There."

Moving on - we found our way back to the Coast and the Stark Beauty of Point Lowly Lighthouse. 

[This is the Lighthouse I place on my Blog sidebar every time one of my Children are away from Home.]

Next Stop - Port Augusta.  Here the Eyre Highway starts or ends depending on which way you are travelling.  It was here we saw our first signpost to ... Darwin!

With a 2 Night stopover we had an entire day to explore as much possible.

Arid Lands Botanic Gardens in the morning and Alligator Gorge in the Afternoon - on the Hottest December day in Port Augusta for 2008. 

We learnt that HAVING water with you and TAKING water with you were two different things. 

It is no use to you left in the boot of the Car!

"Come on Sis... no one gets left behind."

Our whistle-stop tour took us 1.5 km to the end of Australia's longest wooden Jetty at Port Germein.

For our effort we got a lesson in fishing for Blue Swimmer Crabs from a Chap that was supposed to be painting the local School Hall.

(He said he would go back to it when his 6 pack of Beer ran out.)

We also learnt that they take Truancy VERY seriously at Port Pirie.

We got lost in Mazes at Mintaro

and were Amazed at the Opulence of a Bygone era at Martindale Hall. 

(Incidentally this is where the Appleyard Girls School Scenes for Picnic at Hanging Rock was filmed.)

We called in at Cellar Doors had lunch at Wineries in the Barossa Valley.

And it was here the Weather took a turn for the worst.

A Storm that made the News back home.

Black Rain Clouds darkened the Sky but not our Spirits.

Sheltering from it was not an option - We had to Out Run It.