Living Life: LAKE HART

Neither Royce nor I slept very well last night - way too much traffic noise - which is a pity because the camping area at Mambray Creek is a very pretty spot. Needed to watch out for the mozzies as well but because it was so cold wet and windy we didn't spend much time outdoors. Royce and I were up at 5.45am, had a cup of tea then went for a bit of walk exploring the area. At one stage we were watching two magpies which appeared to be fascinated with a rock. It was only after watching for a while when one of the magpies jumped at the 'rock' that we discovered it was a rabbit!
We headed off to Port Augusta once Raymond and Hazel were up and about (lazybones!). Filled up with fuel and did a bit of shopping and then treated ourselves and went to a bakery for lunch.
The weather is a lot better today although the wind did spring up a bit at Pt Augusta. Most of the time it has been more of a tail wind than anything.

From a lookout at a lake on the way to Pimba

We had a pretty good trip from Port Augusta to Lake Hart (which is 40km west of Pimba). Lots of 'wildlife' - or should I say ex-wildlife. We saw about 4 dead kangaroos, one dead sheep, about 6 dead cows, one dead rabbit, one dead wedgetail eagle, one dead fox, some live cattle and sheep, one live wedgetail eagle (at least we think it was an eagle - it was flying and it was pretty big). We also saw some unidentifiable roadkill! The road isn't too bad although there were a couple of surprisingly steep hills. Called in briefly at the roadhouse at Kimba then on to Lake Hart. A very pretty spot but way too many campers and we have decided to move on again tomorrow. We had originally thought we might stay here for 2 nights but that is unlikely.