Broken Hill NSW to Wilpena Pound SA

Wednesday 22nd June 2021
Well, maybe we should have headed to South Australia yesterday as the Covid situation in NSW is very fluid. Hopefully they won’t shut the border to SA before we get there today.

We were grateful for a very good night sleep in our luxurious king size bed in the Royal Exchange Hotel. The meal was very nice as well but maybe detrimental to our future interstate travel, but only time will tell. We have a few little housekeeping things to do this morning before we get on our way. I noticed a big crack in my phone screen yesterday so hopefully I can get a cover to minimise that today. Some petrol, change my uggies and but a tooth brush. So with this all done we were off and running to South Australia by 10.30am. We had rain during the night and it continued raining throughout the morning, reducing the further west we drove.

We finally entered SA at 11am which was very lucky as by 4pm the border was shut to anyone from NSW. We continued on stopping at Yunta for some lunch, then on to Peterborough to do a little more shopping to replace our fruit and vegetables left at the quarantine station, get our SA National Parks Pass, then race the clock to tonights home at Wilpena Pound. We were hoping to get there before dark but missed that by about 30 minutes. Luckily we knew the lie of the land from our last visit which made it easy to find a camp spot. It was quite windy today so David set up the gazebo with a couple of sides for a pleasant camp kitchen. We had a lovely dinner then packed everything away as we would like to be on our way early tomorrow as we have a walk or two planned.

Anyway, nighty night. Take care everyone and stay safe. Love Fiona and David. xxx