The first is a series of posts covering our trip to Renmark for Orienteering. I thought I would try out the “Trackmytour” app on my phone and ended up with a map like this of my tour .
If you want to have a look go to https://trackmytour.com/jQHvg
I think that this has potential as a way of keeping family and friends up to date when we are on our grand WA Wander later this year. I could have made more use of the info that I put on the waypoints to make it more informative and added more waypoints to make the route clearer. I can put things in there when I am off line and then upload when I have coverage.
Having the long range tank put in the hilux, we were somewhat at the mercy of the workshop but they came through well for us and we were picking it up again at about 2.30pm.
We were on the road about 3:40 after quickly stashing our gear into the allocated spots. Hopefully we haven’t forgotten too many essentials.
We travelled up into the hills on the freeway, exiting towards Karoonda just after Murray Bridge. Soon afterwards we came across the first breathalyser , but were waved on through.
We stopped at Karoonda IGA and bought fruit and veg as we passed through. We should be fine taking these ( with receipt) into the Riverland zone. We couldn’t bring them from our local supermarket because we are in the yellow zone due to fruit fly outbreak. We have one banana to eat ( from home) before we cross into the exclusion zone area.
The silos at Karoonda sport a lovely eagle, a train, some mallee forest and sheep.
We stopped to eat our one banana from home and to drop off the skin in the quarantine bin on the way towards Loxton.
Then onwards through the night,over the historic Paringa Bridge and past the painted tanks at Paringa
We turned to the left and followed alongside the river for 20km. Then we were turning off and down to the camping spot, finding Al and Zita fairly easily.
Colwell’s were only a little way behind us in arriving. The three of us were camped at the river edge.
It was lovely to be beside the river, listening to the boobook calls and chatting quietly, letting our bodies relax into the camping experience.
It was a nice cool night. Perfect for sleeping.
Luvapuzzle 