Port Pirie City and Dists

Well that was a rude awakening this morning....4 degs. Not expecting that so I stayed in bed with my electric blanket (Wayne) until 8 o'clock, yay it was 6 degs by then.

It was an exciting day when we got up, first time using the Awning since it blew away when we were at Proserpine Dam last year. We had to put it out so we could attach the clothes line to the arms.....only took 21 days to achieve this.

Then relaxed in the sun until we received a call from Toyota in Kadina telling us our part had arrived a day early. Quick lunch and off to the big smoke, population on 20,000. Doing a big shop at Woolies to get us through until we reach Coober Pedy, pick up a power board from Mitre 10, a tyre gauge from ARB and the part from Toyota.

Not liking the man at ARB, so rude, I mentioned to him that I had Googled ARB in Kadina and it was temporarily closed, obviously the shop was open. He went on to lecture me that the shop isn't ARB but they sell ARB parts, "The shop is the same name as on his shirt"....haha the only thing on his shirt was ARB. Not impressed with his attitude.

Couple of hundred at Woolies then fuelled up @ $1.94 for Diesel. So embarrassed at Ampol, I forgot my pin number for my card and had to use my Credit Card which didn't need a pin. Stupid thing is I had just used it at Woolies and the number was gone....old age or not using my brain enough !!!

Back to Van to put shopping away then went into Port Broughton with fishing rods loaded, ready to check out the Jetty. Drove down to the Boat Ramp first, SA do their ramps well, floating pontoon in the middle of the ramp, heaps of parking, toilets, very impressive compared to ours in Yeppoon.

Walked out to the end of the Jetty and chatted to the old guys fishing...they caught a couple of fish while we watched. Mmmm....tiny little Salmon, Harley would inhale them for a quick snack, not something we would fillet, they were excited and kept them though. No fishing for us today. There was a boat moored to the Jetty with heaps of Crab Pots and tubs heading to Sydney Fish Market, apparently they catch heaps of Blue Swimmer Crabs here.

Port Broughton is a pretty little town of around 1100 ppl, lovely foreshore. Beautiful old Pub too. Nice sunset back at the Van. Sandy is travelling well and expect to see her tomorrow.Read more