It was sunny all day but still very cold, except in areas getting sunshine out of the wind. We realised our battery storage problem on the Bushtracker might be an issue with the control panel. We pressed the “synchronise” buttons and the reading rose from 50% charged to 100% fully charged. This annoying feature of the battery monitoring system caused us to waste time recharging.
I went to town to the dump site and for an outing. It was good to see the coffee shop busy serving locals and visitors, even though I had a short wait. I drove the short distance to this large gum tree. It is difficult to imagine how many similar trees there were in this region before European settlement.
I drove up to the lookout on Tank Hill to see the view of the Flinders Ranges.
When driving around town I have been impressed by some of the older houses so photographed a couple of them.
I also came across a settler’s slab hut. The front is made from slabs of timber with mud infills. A couple of walls were constructed using local stone, with later corrugated iron additions.
After lunch back at the farm I drove to the nearby Walloway monument to mark the centenary of a train crash in 1901 which killed two people and injured others. The old railway line near the crash site no longer crosses the gravel road, but the warning signs are still there.
There are a couple of other ruins on the farm, but I only had time to see the church.
Our two Roadie friends who couldn’t come to this gathering, suddenly decided they would be able to arrive late this afternoon. They were able to catch up with other Roadies and enjoy the group dinner and final concert. Blue was keen to visit them.
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