Our Big Trip of OZ - 24/09/11 - ~16/01/12: Sun 6th Nov – Wed 9th Nov

We said our good byes to the Whites and set off again around lunchtime, headed all the way to the btm of Yorke Peninsula, bound for Innes National Park, about 4hrs drive away. We took the less direct eastern route down, as we planned to come back up via Balgowan.

Well – how nice is the area down here!!

As usual, we scoped out all the camping areas in the park, before settling on Pandolowie bay to set up late in the day. Getting used to the longer daylight hours down here and the weather is still being kind to us, although we had a storm skirt around us on the first night, with a little rain. The next day was spent exploring the area, and on Tuesday, we haeded back up the Peninsula, this time, up the west side, to the coastal town of Balgowan, about 2hrs away.

We called Lloyd & Chris, the couple that we had met back at the Blinman Pub (Flinders ranges) a couple of weeks back. They are from Balgowan, and they wanted us to call in.

We knew the little caravan park was a good one, however, Lloyd & Chris had us stay at their house for 2 nights, which was just awesome. They have a farm about 10kms away (wheat, barley, lentils) and the harvest season had just begun, so we spent a day on the farm, where we all learnt the Ins & outs of farming these crops. The boys and I had a session in the header (harvester) and checked out all the other’ boys toys’ machinery.

That night, we dined out (rare occurance) at the local pub in Maitland with our new friends (20kms inland from Balgowan, as Balgowan has not one shop!)