We left home on Wednesday 9th October, about an hour later than we planned , mainly because we kept locking up and then unlocking and going back into the house to get things we had forgotten, for Jules to retrieve her phone and to go to the loo (several times!) Eventually we managed to hit the road! Here we are leaving our driveway. It was raining.
First three nights were at Naracoorte, Murray Bridge and Port Pirie, passing through Penshurst which claims to have the best tasting tap water in Australia, and later Angaston which claims to have the best Pizza in Australia. How lucky were we to hit two Australia wide bests in the first couple of days!! I can only hope our good fortune in this regard can continue. I will be keeping an eye out!
A quick side trip to Greenock in The Barrossa to buy some wine from a vintner who we had discovered on an earlier trip. Mick Schulter, who has named his wine Schadenfreude because, when all the other local vintners failed to produce any wine in 2010, Mick cracked on and managed to create, against their advice, a fabulous Shiraz which is now the talk of the town.
Jules at Mick Schulter’s Winery
The highlight for me of this first few days was the silo art in Coonalpyn. Amazing images painted on grain silos, apparently attracting hundreds of visitors and transforming the local economies in these fairly remote tiny communities.
Silo Art at Connalpyn
The highlight for Jules was the Big Rocking Horse!
Big Rocking Horse
We have now reached Spuds Roadhouse, about 470km North of Adelaide at the junction of the Stuart highway and the Olympic Dam Highway and many kilometres from anywhere. A thriving business selling all manner of things including fuel, pies, hats, key rings and beer to a constant flow of trucks, utes, cars and caravans. We are staying the night here for a voluntary donation of $5 per person. Tomorrow we head off up the Stuart Highway to Coober Pedy.
Spuds Roadhouse
John and Jules Travels 