Sunrise over the racetrack at Broken Hill was a great way to start the day.

We fuelled up and left early aiming for Peterborough for a late morning coffee. Branch had decided to assist Trevor with his CB radio which was playing up – crackly and not always connecting…until a voice came over channel 5 asking us all to get off as we were interfering….moving to channel 7 seemed to improve the issue but it wasn’t long before the CB was playing up again…must be something to do with a small aerial – anyway MacGyver and Branch will sort it out at some point – intermittent communication is better than none and can sometimes spare you from inappropriate communications such as musical items selected by “friends” hahaha…..

The drive along the Barrier Highway was uneventful with desert and saltbush for miles – it was hard to believe that the miners from Burra walked all the way to Silverton with all their belongings in wheelbarrows through this arid area– incredible perseverance and tenacity…. Crossing the border we entered South Australia.

We stopped for coffee at the Take a Break Café in Peterborough – a very “unusual” café with home baked goods made by the owner’s mother. It turned out to be more than just a “new agey” place and Gordie left some reading materials in their book display for them including a couple of Bibles and “The Search” – you never know who may benefit from picking one up – God works in mysterious ways!! After a short prayer for the owner we left and continued our journey.

Travelling north from Peterborough the wind picked up and so did the fuel consumption!! A brief stop at Hawker for lunch in the vans out of the gale and fuel we continued on toward Parachilna our destination for the night.

Now heading past the Flinders Ranges the countryside was a bit greener with many ruined homesteads and buildings reminiscent of the pioneer life in early Australia dotting the fields along the highway.

The magnificent Wilpena Pound made for a great backdrop for photos.

We arrived in Parachilna just in time to set up the vans and catch the beautiful sunset before dining at the Prairie Hotel – famous for it’s “Feral Menu” including Kangaroo, camel, goat, emu and various other unusual delicacies.