With only 80km's to travel we didn't need to stop for morning tea. We drove to the town of Parachilna and took the turn off to the Gorge. There were three camping areas to choose from that were on Wikicamps and with a lot of thought put into the names they were called Gorge one, Gorge two and, wait for it Gorge three. After checking out one and two when we saw number three we called it camp.
These gorges are home to Kangaroos, Wallabies, Wombats, Lizards, Snakes, Echidnas, Goats and too many to list native birds.
The first afternoon after watching the goats scramble around the cliff beside us and causing mini land slides we were joined by three four wheel drives, all with roof top campers and all were families with kids. Not long after we spotted a group of caravans had made camp as well. This camping area is so big we could wave to the family camp but had no hope of getting the van campers to see us. Earlier we had collected some fire wood, after tea we lit the fire and just chilled out and had some glasses of wine.
Next day we took the short run to the little town of Blinman, they claim to be the highest surveyed town in South Australia at 610 metres. The land was firstly a sheep station known as Angorichina Station. A shepherd employed by the station, Robert Blinman, discovered a cooper outcrop in 1859. In 1861 Blinman and three friends received the lease for the land that became Blinman.
Soon enough it was lunch time and we went to one of only a few shops in town the bakery. We grabbed a Roo and Quongdong relish pie each, not bad at all, we also bought a loaf of still warm bread, this is true country tucker. When we had gotten back to camp every body had split and we had the place to ourselves.
These gorges are home to Kangaroos, Wallabies, Wombats, Lizards, Snakes, Echidnas, Goats and too many to list native birds.
The first afternoon after watching the goats scramble around the cliff beside us and causing mini land slides we were joined by three four wheel drives, all with roof top campers and all were families with kids. Not long after we spotted a group of caravans had made camp as well. This camping area is so big we could wave to the family camp but had no hope of getting the van campers to see us. Earlier we had collected some fire wood, after tea we lit the fire and just chilled out and had some glasses of wine.
Next day we took the short run to the little town of Blinman, they claim to be the highest surveyed town in South Australia at 610 metres. The land was firstly a sheep station known as Angorichina Station. A shepherd employed by the station, Robert Blinman, discovered a cooper outcrop in 1859. In 1861 Blinman and three friends received the lease for the land that became Blinman.
Soon enough it was lunch time and we went to one of only a few shops in town the bakery. We grabbed a Roo and Quongdong relish pie each, not bad at all, we also bought a loaf of still warm bread, this is true country tucker. When we had gotten back to camp every body had split and we had the place to ourselves.
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