Witchelina walking – Day 1 of getting there

We left home on 20/5/23 at about 1130, heading down Greenhill rd to South rd and heading on to the northern expressway.

We stopped in Two Wells to fill with fuel plus put a bit of back-up fuel into a Jerry can (100 litres in total). We initially thought we might stop at the bakery in Two Wells, but there was a line out of the door so we didn’t.

We ended up stopping at Rodney’s at Owen for soup, toast and a cuppa before heading onwards again.

We were aiming for Cradock Pub for the night where we thought we should be able to get a hot meal and camp out the back.

We decided to take the route via Blyth, Clare, Spalding, Jamestown and Orroroo to get there.

The weather was sunny as we left town and we were peeling off the layers but once we left Rodney’s place, we had mostly grey skies and bits of rain.

We were travelling on the Explorers Highway also known as the RM Williams Way.

We finally arrived at Cradock at about 4.15 – in time to get set up before the sun set.

There were quite a few vans in the parking lot – about 12 ended up there that night.

The deal is that you can stay if you buy a beer. We didn’t buy a beer, but we did buy some red and some dinner. We tried some Quorn gin too (very nice). We also met a lovely couple as we sat waiting for meal time and doing our crossword.

They were on their way home to Adelaide after a good tour of the west coast – Graham and Annette take their big dog with them on their travels and carry a washing machine drum for a fire on their drawbar too. They ate with us and then invited us back to enjoy their fire along with a few others of their neighbours for the night. (3 lads travelling together and one lady travelling alone)