I made it back from Blanchetown (3,O) in time to meet up with the specialist mobile caravan electrician in Gawler. After that there were people I wanted to see and things I wanted to do in Adelaide.
Nights 230 - Gawler Caravan Park (3A). The electrician turned up promptly at 9am, so I spent the morning looking around Gawler. Nights 231 & 232 - Para Wirra Conservation Park campground (3B). This is in a beautiful piece of bush close to the city with excellent facilities, advertised as good for first-time campers. I drove down the Adelaide Hills and went visited The Cedars (3C) the home of Hans Heysen where he raised Nora Heysen. Nights 233 - 235 - in Mylor (3D) in a friend’s driveway. We did nice things like visiting the Jurlique herb farm and nearby Hahndorf, and spent a day eco-printing at her home. Click for two videos: In the Adelaide Hills Glenelg Adelaide St Kilda Lochiel Snowtown Night 236 - St Kilda (3E) in a car park between the boat ramp and the adventure playground. Night 237 - Lochiel, in the car park (3F) between the A1 highway and Lake Bumbunga, aka The Pink Lake. Like many pink lakes on this journey it didn’t look pink, thanks to recent heavy rainfall. I slept with a view of “Nessie’s cousin Loch Eel” rising from the water. Nights 238-246 - Hummocks Station caravan park (3G), near Snowtown. I had a night here on my way to Adelaide and knew it would be a good place to rest. It was even better than I expected given that there was a lot of rain and they placed me in a large shed with heaps of room. Snowtown museum has a good history page that includes the Michael family and Hummock’s Station, while the Snowtown movie Wikipedia page details the role of the town in popular culture.
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