We were again up and about before sunrise. The best of the scenery from the Royal Hotel carpark was a TV aerial!
There is a convenient dump site at Sea Lake where we discovered a small camping area with powered sites. Our coffee was disappointing but drinkable.
We followed some minor roads with hardly any traffic. Much of the land north west of Sea Lake is used for growing wheat so we passed lots of silos and crossed the railway line many times. Trucks haul grain to the silos and it is then transferred to trains for transport to ships or flour mills.
At Walpeup we stopped at a public toilet next to another small camping ground. Payment is by donation to cover the cost of power. We refuelled at the only service station in town and again at Loxton, then had a pitstop at Murrayville.
We crossed the border into South Australia near Pinaroo. The quarantine officer inspected our fridge and confiscated fruit that Anita had forgotten was there. This abandoned building is near the quarantine check point.
The town of Loxton beside the Murray River is one we want to visit in the future, not just pass through. We ended up on the Goyder Hwy and followed that road to Burra where we had booked into the caravan park for one night. After setting up and unhooking, Anita took some washing to the laundry, and put another load through our small machine.
I took Blue for a short walk across Burra Creek. The main town is across the creek just behind the caravan park, including the skate and bike park, town hall and art gallery.
For dinner we drove to the Bon Accord Hotel where we bumped into four of our Roadie friends. We had hoped to hear the pianola but there were too many people in the dining room. Unfortunately it started raining on our drive back to our van, and may continue tomorrow.
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