15/06/2024
After a couple days delayed start 🤬 we finally got away Wednesday afternoon to start our 5 week trip to Central Australia 🎉 we hot footed it up to Sea Lake the first afternoon and free camped the night behind the Royal Hotel where we enjoyed a delicious dinner & a few drinks - highly recommend a stop here 😊. Next morning we headed off again, we were planning to stop at Lake Tyrell but the weather gods were not on our side 😭 so the first stop was a bit further up in the tiny town of Walpeup to check out a painted silo we hadn’t seen previously. It was beautifully done with great detail that the pics done do it the justice it deserves. We continued on and silly Debra made a rookie mistake and completely forgot about the border crossing 🤦♀️ so it was bye bye bananas, mandarins and tomatoes that I had just brought 🤣🙄 we crossed into SA and continued on to the riverside town of Berri (home of the Berri Estates). We set up camp for the next 2 nights at Martin’s Bend reserve right on the edge of the Murray River, it has a beautiful view of the river straight across from your campsite with loads of birdlife and lots of serenity. I can imagine in summer it would be chockablock and priced at only $5 per night you cannot complain!
The next day we had a look at the surrounding townships of Renmark (Paddle-steamers), Paringa (historical sites and more silos), Barmara (Lake Bonney) and Kingston on Murray (Banrock Station winery). We arrived back to our campsite to discover they’re had been a huge downpour while we were out and that we were now marooned on our own private island 🏝️ lol and to think people pay big $$ for that privilege 🤣🤣 ahhh the joys of winter travels 🥶❄️⛈️☔️