Woolshed Cave to Roadside camp.

After leaving our camp at Woolshed Cave we headed further down the western side of Eyre Peninsula towards Eliston where we were going to turn and head to Cowell on the eastern side. But, we reached a dirt road that looked like a shortcut, so off we went. It was a nice scenic drive through farmland and green hills.
After hitting the bitumen again, we called in at Lock for morning tea. In Lock they have a monument to wheat lumpers. If you don't know what they are, back in the good old days these men carted, on their shoulders, hessian bags of wheat weighing 85 to 90kgs into stacks or onto rail trucks. I read that in 1943 four men at Pinaroo stacked 16001 bags in three 8hr days. Now that is hard work.
Continuing through green pastures and crops we arrived in Cowell where we had lunch down by the water. This area has quite a lot of improvements going on. With a water park, a fairly new looking marina, a new skate park taking shape plus new buildings still up for lease. It should be a hive of activity when it's all finished. To bad I didn't take any photos 😅.
We called in at Wyalla for Russ to pick up oil and filter for his ute then after taking a look around the waterfront we headed off and stopped for the night at a roadside camp where we changed the oil in the Ranger then settled down for the night. No, we didn't drop the oil on the ground, we had a container.Read more