After our Sunday podcast service we walked across the river on Parachilna Gorge and up along a ridge to the top of a hill overlooking the gorge and surrounding area – you could see all the way to Parachilna…very scenic.

We returned to the cars and drove back out to Parachilna to have lunch at the Prairie Pub there which is renowned for its feral menu….. kangaroo, emu, camel, goat and various other bushtucker items.

Trev  hopped into a kangaroo burger, Andrew pecked at an emu burger while Ruth and I chowed down on a feral antipasto plate of kangaroo pastrami, camel salami, goat cheese, and emu pate with olives, sundried tomatoes, quondong  chutney etc… Stephie was the only one who was not feral, opting for the safety of hot chips.

After lunch we drove back along unsealed road through Parachilna Gorge to Blinman and then south to Wilpena Pound. The road was quite good and was sealed from Blinman to the pound. The landscape was really scenic with craggy mountains, rolling hills and pine trees amongst the gums.

As soon as we arrived at Wilpena Pound, Andrew had a leak issue….Trev tried to diagnose the issue ….Branch had been very bored over the last few days but now was on fire!! It seemed that a stone from the unsealed road had flicked up and punctured the water pipe feeding the external tap….

We set up camp and planned our itinerary for the next 2 days.