Port Pirie to Mount Barker

From the Flinders Ranges we headed to Port Pirie where we enjoyed a couple of days - it really wasn't what we expected but an interesting area to look at.  Once you head over the Mount Remarkable range you are in the heart of wheat/farming land.  Gladstone has the largest wheat handling facility in SA - HUGE!!    Port Germain has the longest jetty in South Australia - sadly badly damaged in storms and no longer open to walking on. 
Interesting fact - South Australia sources 36% of its water from the Murray River. There are Reservoirs and water pipes running all over the state.  28% of the water is seawater (desalination plants) and only 6% from groundwater.  The remaining is from Reserviors which can be topped up from the Murray in times of drought.  No worry of that this year!! 

Port Germain jetty



 South Australia is classed the driest state, in the driest inhabited continent on Earth.


Port Pirie

We had planned a stop over in Clare & the Barossa however the wild weather and flooding put a stop to this.  Onto Adelaide Hills.