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Van Trip 2007
Port Augusta to Glendambo
Day 21
302 km travelled today
We left Port Augusta at about 8:00am and joined the Stuart Highway heading for Woomera, 173 kilometres ahead, where we spent several hours examining the planes and rockets.
It was here we noticed a caravan in the car park which had a sign that indicated that it came from Gosford, however we didn't see the occupants. It was later in the trip that we came across the van again and this time we met the occupants, David & Cindy Bell. Following this first meeting we have become very good friends, and have enjoyed many caravanning experiences together.
We discovered that they lived at Thornleigh in Sydney, not in Gosford. Their van was purchased from a Gosford caravan dealer.
The town, or village, of Woomera is located in the south east corner of the Woomera Prohibited Area. It is better known as the Woomera Rocket Range. Established as a restricted access township in 1947, Woomera Defence Village is an Australian Defence Force facility supporting the Royal Australian Air Force. The Woomera Test Range today is used to evaluate military and civilian missile, ordnance, and aerospace systems. It is in the 'outback' desert area of South Australia, approximately 488 kilometres north of Adelaide.. In 1982 restrictions on public access to Woomera township were lifted, allowing the town to develop as a tourist destination, while maintaining its support role for the Woomera Test Range.
We continued on for another 120 kilometres to Glendambo where we stayed the night at Glendambo Park at $18.50 per night......not great but adequate. Jude and I had dinner at the pub, Barramundi for me and Fillet steak for Jude.
Glendambo is a town on the Stuart Highway between Woomera & Coober Pedy. 254 kilometres south of Coober Pedy and 592 kilometres from Adelaide. There is a roadhouse/motel/hotel/pub and an Outback Resort.
Day 21
302 km travelled today
We left Port Augusta at about 8:00am and joined the Stuart Highway heading for Woomera, 173 kilometres ahead, where we spent several hours examining the planes and rockets.
It was here we noticed a caravan in the car park which had a sign that indicated that it came from Gosford, however we didn't see the occupants. It was later in the trip that we came across the van again and this time we met the occupants, David & Cindy Bell. Following this first meeting we have become very good friends, and have enjoyed many caravanning experiences together.
We discovered that they lived at Thornleigh in Sydney, not in Gosford. Their van was purchased from a Gosford caravan dealer.
The town, or village, of Woomera is located in the south east corner of the Woomera Prohibited Area. It is better known as the Woomera Rocket Range. Established as a restricted access township in 1947, Woomera Defence Village is an Australian Defence Force facility supporting the Royal Australian Air Force. The Woomera Test Range today is used to evaluate military and civilian missile, ordnance, and aerospace systems. It is in the 'outback' desert area of South Australia, approximately 488 kilometres north of Adelaide.. In 1982 restrictions on public access to Woomera township were lifted, allowing the town to develop as a tourist destination, while maintaining its support role for the Woomera Test Range.
We continued on for another 120 kilometres to Glendambo where we stayed the night at Glendambo Park at $18.50 per night......not great but adequate. Jude and I had dinner at the pub, Barramundi for me and Fillet steak for Jude.
Glendambo is a town on the Stuart Highway between Woomera & Coober Pedy. 254 kilometres south of Coober Pedy and 592 kilometres from Adelaide. There is a roadhouse/motel/hotel/pub and an Outback Resort.
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