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We left our lovely spot under the wave-like Pildappa Rock, half way between the tiny town of Minnipa and the Gawler Ranges.
We headed first into Wudinna and checked out the 8 metre high, 70 tonne granite statue called The Australian Farmer, a representation of the early settlers in the area. The statue was a community project taking 17 years from the time it was proposed until it was completed.
Then we visited a couple more granite rocks in the area including the lovely Polda Rocks where we walked up a sloping rocky incline to get a great view of the surrounding green pastures and the water reservoir at the base of the rock, which stores rain water channeled from the rock via a moat-like stone wall surrounding the base of the rock. Originally this water reservoir supplied the surrounding district with all its water needs.
Cadbury enjoyed chasing sticks and duck diving to catch rocks that Gadi threw into the water.
Then we drove to nearby Mount Wudinna, with its claim to fame being that it is supposedly the second largest monolith in Australia after Uluru. Gadi and Cadbury climbed up to the top and then we ate lunch in the shadow of this massive rock.
On the road again, and the next stop was at Kimba, supposedly the half way point across the country from east to west. Being Sunday afternoon, the town was empty, not even one shop open, so we took the obligatory photos in front of the 7 metre high galah, and then drove up to the White's k*** lookout point to get a view across the surrounding flat countryside. We were impressed with the highly creative scrap metal sculptures at the top of the lookout of explorer Edward John Eyre and his aboriginal friend Wylie. In the last rays of the afternoon sun, the statues loomed larger than life, gleaming rust-red in colour, surveying the landscape they had come to explore.
With the sun fast setting we decided we better hurry to find a place to camp for the night. There were several free camps in town but they didn't appeal to us, being quite crowded, basically just small gravel parking areas. We found a rest stop half way to the next town, Iron Knob, where we could pull off the highway and get in behind some trees for privacy. As we pulled up we scared off a rather shy kangaroo. We enjoyed the last of the sunset exploring the surrounding bush on foot and taking photos of the rosy pink clouds and setting sun.
Then time to head inside, make a quick dinner and chill out with some Sunday night TV thanks to our satellite dish.
Night night xx
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