Kimba is HALF WAY ACROSS AUSTRALIA and home to the big Galah (no not Steve). I asked the lady at the Gem shop where it was halfway from and to and she said from Brisbane to Perth. Kimba is the hub of what used to be primarly sheep farming and barley. They say that 90% of the farmers have got rid of all their stock due to the drought. They also claim faim to their quality of barley. Even the Scotts used to come and buy their barley from there as it was such good quality. We then headed for a camp site east of Ceduna at Mudamuckla. The countryside out here is amazing. I really thought it would be all salt bush and rocks from here on but there were fields of green for miles. Every town has huge silos for the grain. Steve and I couldn’t get over it, we both had visions of the whole trip across being like going up the centre and there being nothing for miles. There are farms everywhere and the traffic is unbelievable. There was a huge amount of trucks and caravans/campers and there was also a lot of small towns along the way also.
When we set up camp we met a retired lady travelling by herself. She was part of Earthwatch and she was busy picking up all the rubbish at the stop. She said she was happy to be sharing the stopover with someone else. She had had a couple of restless nights but told me that she solved this by drawing a circle in the dirt around her camper (must try this sometime!!!!). The Government could easily employ someone fulltime to travel along the Eyre Highway and pick up all the rubbish. People are just so careless. It is quite disgusting in some areas.
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