Port Augusta - Kimba

We spent a day playing golf in Port Augusta, having spent several days here earlier in the trip there wasn't much in the way of tourist delights that we hadn't already done. We then moved on to Kimba, which is in the north of the Eyre Peninsula, and claims to be half way across Australia. Given we were on almost the most easterly point of the continent not much more than a week ago that's quite a bit of travelling we've done fairly quickly.

Kimba services a large grain growing district and is dominated by grain silos. Apart from a visit to the Big Galah, where Wendy bought a couple of pairs of ear-rings as a memento, we found enough to occupy ourselves here for a couple of days. We did quite a bit of walking, firstly on the local town history walk, then to Moseley Nobs, an interesting 3km trail around a series of hummocks providing sweeping views down the Eyre Peninsula, and then 6km through a nature reserve on the edge of town to a good lookout.

On the second day here we drove through the wheat and canola fields of the central Eyre Peninsula. We first visited Carappee Hill, which is the highest point on the Peninsula and the second largest monolith in South Australia. With no marked walking trails we scrambled partway up in the drizzle, but didn't scale the full height. Several lookouts on various local hills and peaks (including the cutely named Ticklebelly Hill), plus an excellent pub lunch in the town of Cleve rounded off a pleasant and scenic day.