As we had hooked up last night, we only had to find a tap in the showground to top up our tanks. Two RVs stayed at the showground by the river, apparently avoiding paying for their overnight stays.
Our chosen route was the A8 Western Hwy through Nhill and Bordertown. The speed limit on the Victorian side of the border is 100kph, but in SA, it is 110kph without any upgrade to the highway. At least six vehicles overtook us while we were driving at 100kph in Victoria. Except for one vehicle, each car that overtook us drove at the speed limit after racing past and stayed within 500m of us.
This former hotel is in the small community of Kiata. It was established as a hotel in 1882, but was sold last October for $235,000 as a private residence.
We stopped at the overflowing quarantine bin to dispose of a couple of pieces of fruit. There was no inspection station such as we have experienced at other border crossings. SA wants to keep out Victorian diseases affecting fruit.
We picked the town of Keith for our overnight stop and have been impressed by the caravan park. It has been refurbished and is very spacious. One drawback is that both clotheslines were in afternoon shade. We did a load of washing in the clean and tidy laundry and dried it all successfully on lines tied to the van. Despite her cross look, Tilly enjoyed some time in the sun.
We walked the short distance to the small town where the local butcher was advertising on the footpath. I prefer not to think about the origin of meat!
There is a simple mural on the wall of the local IGA and I liked this part of it.
A more detailed and clever mural of a bookshelf is very realistic, but the book titles are humorous references to local places. The magpie is part of the mural.
A couple of historic buildings in the town centre reflect the unusual way homes were built in SA in the early 1900s. There was little timber growing in SA, so readily available limestone was used as infill between stronger brick corners. The last picture is of an 1899 building, which at times, was used as a school. Since 1949, it has been occupied and maintained by the local branch of the CWA.
For dinner, we walked back to town to eat at the Keith Hotel. This is a large facility comprising the original hotel, a motel, and a purpose built dining room with an outdoor dining area. A lot of roadworkers and other contractors passing through stay at the motel.
Part of the caravan park is surrounded by a fenced conservation park. At dusk, I spotted the lone goat that lives in the park, and a pair of rock wallabies.
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