DAY 3 – BROKEN HILL TO PORT AUGUSTA
Man! This is impressive! Three states in three days!! Just keeping up with the time zones is a job and a half!!
David and the kids all went off on their morning walk while I had a long hot shower and fixed up the van. Even though we are on a time schedule, just the ability to do what we want to do when we want to do it is so freeing!! At the moment it is so dark in the mornings – I am looking forward to that changing – but the night skies are just stunning. No wonder so many songs have been written about stars. It is so clear and every star seems to have its proper place, even though it seems God just threw them all up there in a chaotic mess!
We went out to the Living Dessert Sanctuary about 12 kms north of Broken Hill this morning which was spectacular. Being the only people there was so special. You could really imagine what it was like for explorers like Sturt who could look for miles and not see any sign of civilisation. The Flora and Fauna reserve involved a walk of a couple of kilometres around rocky outcrops. There were stops along the way with information for the kids. There were Sturt Dessert Peas growing in their natural habitat which even David had never seen. There were reconstructed Aboriginal branch dwellings which sheltered them from the wind and the sun. The kids were amazed at how they lived. There were loads of Red Kangaroos, Blue Fliers and Wallaroos (again a few Japanese tourist moments where the children were clicking nineteen to the dozen!!) We climbed to a lookout which pointed out we were 831 kms from Melbourne and over 3000 kms from Darwin. It was an absolutely amazing view – just as far as the eye could see rolling acres of untouched country. So special. We also saw some disused mine shafts where unsuccessful miners carried out work in the 19th century.
After that, we made our way through Manna Hill and Peterborough to Port Augusta by about 5:30pm – quite late for us as it is difficult to put up the van in the dark.
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