Moonta recycling…
We had a lovely peaceful night and after a coffee we packed up and headed north to Wallaroo, one of the 3 towns in the copper triangle. Positioned on the Spencer Gulf being one of a few deep water ports, it has an extensive maritime history. We stopped up next to the kilometre long jetty which since 1862 when the first one was built has been integral to exporting Copper, wool and grain.
The 36.5m Hughes Chimney, built from 300,000 bricks, is the last reminder of the largest copper smelting complex in the Southern Hemisphere.
Our next destination was Port Broughton where we parked under the lovely Norfolk Pines and walked up our second jetty for the day (nearly overtaking our church visits in Europe, but not quite lol). Have I mentioned that Mark can’t resist a jetty. Back in the day as the port was too shallow, ketches were used to take out goods to the windjammers 8km out. It would take 3 weeks to load 5200 tons of wheat!
One of the big trucks on the roads around here.
Then onto Port Pirie we went. It is the second most important and busiest port in South Australia. Its economy is dominated by one of the worlds largest lead smelters which also produces refined silver, zinc, copper and gold.
We drove along the foreshore and decided to get some fishnchips. We ordered something we haven’t had before-Mark had garfish and I had a squid snitz. After fighting off the seagulls we continued on. We didn’t stay too long as the town does have issues with lead levels….
We decided to pop into Mambray Creek in the Mt Remarkable National Park and do a couple short walks in this section of the park. Having our 2 months pass we could enter without paying for the day pass. We saw some emus at the parks entrance.
The 2.4km Davey Gully Hike took us through some varied bush land and offered great views into the Alligator Basin And across Spencer Gulf to Whyalla.
We saw a couple of Yellow Footed Wallabies.
On the 3km Mambray Creek Walk we were fascinated by the shapes of the Red River Gums along the dry rocky river beds.
The native pine forest was tranquil.
We were anticipating a nice hot shower at the campground but we’re foiled by an issue with the water pressure and so we left disappointed.
It was only another 30 minute drive to our overnight spot at Chinaman Creek bush camp which had some good reviews on wikicamps. We settled in after a busy day and watched the sunset over Mt Remarkable ranges.
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