On our way to Peterborough we went thru Orroroo no I did not make it up and is famous for having a big gum tree again not made up.
We got into camp about 10.30 am and found a spot not too close to trees at Peterborough Oval, the oval has not been used for footy for some time, the best part for us is it is free. Toilets were clean, and just a short stroll from where we set up. No power or water, thank you solar panels and our two 90 litre water tanks.
First priority was shopping, we were running low on a lot of things, so shopping, followed by cleaning and blogging.
Day two, we bludged a bit until the afternoon where we took the guided tour of the Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre. The museum is situated at the former railway workshops. In it heyday it employed up to 1500 people. The turntable and the round house are the featured attractions due to the steam loco, diesel engine and carriage displays. The turntable is unique in that it accommodates all three rail gauges that were used in Australia (way back when the states had to have there own size) they were the Narrow, Standard and Broad gauge. There were two only two other turntables of similar design, they were at Port Pirie and Gladstone, only the one at Peterborough remains.
The Steamtown Peterborough Railway Preservation Society now run the museum and restore these great beauties to there former glory. One of the more interesting acquisitions is the Motor Inspection Car. This car started life as an ordinary road car but was converted to run on the rails and report any problems by tapping into the telephone lines with poles joined together and a connector on the end, the first mobile phone. Being industrious bunch they built a jack underneath the car so they could raise it up turn it around lower it back down and send it back to where it came from. If you ever find your way to SA take the time to see this museum it was well worth it.
In the main street there is a statue dedicated to Bob the Railway Dog, this dog is a part of South Australian folklore. He travelled the railway system in the late 19th century. He was a mixed breed and was born in 1878 and passed in 1895. He was obtained by William Seth Ferry then working as a special guard at Petersburg as Peterborough was known then in 1884, Bob became accustomed to train travel and was not particular from whom he accepted his dinner from. He was we suppose a sort of train hopping canine hobo.
On Wednesday we took off for a one night stop over at a very small town called Tarlee at the old oval. Cost us a $4.00 donation, this place has a pub and one of the best bakeries we have come across, the bakery cost us more than the camp did. At night anywhere that had lights attracted the biggest moths we have ever seen, easily four times bigger than our Bogan Moths, in one word HUGE!
We got into camp about 10.30 am and found a spot not too close to trees at Peterborough Oval, the oval has not been used for footy for some time, the best part for us is it is free. Toilets were clean, and just a short stroll from where we set up. No power or water, thank you solar panels and our two 90 litre water tanks.
First priority was shopping, we were running low on a lot of things, so shopping, followed by cleaning and blogging.
Day two, we bludged a bit until the afternoon where we took the guided tour of the Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre. The museum is situated at the former railway workshops. In it heyday it employed up to 1500 people. The turntable and the round house are the featured attractions due to the steam loco, diesel engine and carriage displays. The turntable is unique in that it accommodates all three rail gauges that were used in Australia (way back when the states had to have there own size) they were the Narrow, Standard and Broad gauge. There were two only two other turntables of similar design, they were at Port Pirie and Gladstone, only the one at Peterborough remains.
The Steamtown Peterborough Railway Preservation Society now run the museum and restore these great beauties to there former glory. One of the more interesting acquisitions is the Motor Inspection Car. This car started life as an ordinary road car but was converted to run on the rails and report any problems by tapping into the telephone lines with poles joined together and a connector on the end, the first mobile phone. Being industrious bunch they built a jack underneath the car so they could raise it up turn it around lower it back down and send it back to where it came from. If you ever find your way to SA take the time to see this museum it was well worth it.
In the main street there is a statue dedicated to Bob the Railway Dog, this dog is a part of South Australian folklore. He travelled the railway system in the late 19th century. He was a mixed breed and was born in 1878 and passed in 1895. He was obtained by William Seth Ferry then working as a special guard at Petersburg as Peterborough was known then in 1884, Bob became accustomed to train travel and was not particular from whom he accepted his dinner from. He was we suppose a sort of train hopping canine hobo.
On Wednesday we took off for a one night stop over at a very small town called Tarlee at the old oval. Cost us a $4.00 donation, this place has a pub and one of the best bakeries we have come across, the bakery cost us more than the camp did. At night anywhere that had lights attracted the biggest moths we have ever seen, easily four times bigger than our Bogan Moths, in one word HUGE!
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