Day 17

Last night our intention was to go to Adelaide from Peterborough today, but looking at the map, Peter realized we could go north west to Port Augusta, then go down to Port Lincoln, before going to Adelaide, so that's what we will do.
Before leaving Peterborough we went to the Steamtown Rail Museum. Peter had fun playing with the "big boys toys".






Now, "this is a spanner". Peter said he doesn't have one quite this big.





This is a statue of "Bob the railway Dog" at Peterborough. It's a bit like "Red Dog", but spent most of his life riding trains. This was back in the late 1800's. He jumped on & off trains making interstate journeys and short suburban trips on trams, as well as Murray River steamers. He travelled as far as Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne and many places in between. I can't believe it, but as I am writing this, a story about this dog has just come on TV on the 7.30 report.




From Peterborough we passed through the small township of Orroroo.
These were some sculptures in the main street.



We travelled through a variety of landscapes, from wide open plains used for agriculture, to arid mountains of the Flinders Ranges. It is much drier here, and that is very evident by the mountains with no vegetation at all.









We arrived in Port Augusta mid afternoon. It is nestled between the Flinders and Baxter Ranges on the calm waters of Spencer Gulf. This is a view from the boardwalk - originally this prime waterfront land was occupied by the railway - the rail tracks are still evident.








As I am writing this daily report, Peter looked out the window and thought we might get a lovely sunset, so we quickly grabbed our cameras and took off to find a suitable location, and this is the result.







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Location:Port Augusta