The second day of our trip to the Canning Stock Route
Today up at 5:00am to get under way early for a long driving day. We were at the Servo by about 5:30am, fuelled up by 5:40am, with a quick snack at the servo, and we were right to go. Getting away before 6 and well before daybreak which was to be close to 7:00am
With the LED spotlights and LED bar which was mounted up high on our Land Cruiser attached to the roof rack we we had excellent view of the road and to the sides as well, so that we could pick up any errant wallabies or roos that like to be out at dawn and dusk. Fortunately, there was nothing that jumped out in front of us or were near the vehicles beside the road, although when we started to get some daylight we did see road kill, so there were skippys about.
We headed to Kimba via the Sturt Highway (A20), the Goyder Highway (B64) and finally onto the A1 National Highway. Going via Mildura, Port Pirie, Port Augusta and onto Kimba in SA.
We fuelled up at Port Augusta at about 2:15pm, so making good time to get to Kimba before dark. This time we had booked an AirBnB, as all other motel accommodation in town was booked out or did not have secure parking.
We arrived at Kimba at about 4:30 (Central Time) which was something that we hadn’t considered, getting a “free” half hour traveling west.
Checked in, had a refresher at the House, and then a 5 minute walk to the hotel for a few more beverages and a meal.
On the way to the pub we checked out the artwork on the silo’s which are now no longer used.
Once again another early night, as another big drive tomorrow