When we stop for coffee the owner of the store at Wilmington has the day off and is being served breakfast as it is his Birthday. He plans to 'blow the froth off a few' later at his local.
We get chatting and tell him about Wilmington UK and 'the long man' cut into the side of the downs. We give him a card detailing our website where he will be able to view an image of the Long Man.
Cafe at Wilmington
Cafe at Wilmington
After leaving Wilmington we spend the day bushwalking in Mount Remarkable National Park. We only took our film cameras with us and so cannot upload any images to the blog. If you're bushwalking at this time of the year it is imperative that you carry plenty of water with you. It is also 'Fire Danger Season' so you need to follow the rules and remain vigilant.
After bushwalking at Mount Remarkable we move on to Melrose, the oldest settled town in the Flinders.
Cafe interior at Melrose (The old Forge)
Cafe interior at Melrose (The old Forge)
Cafe interior at Melrose (The old Forge)
Cafe interior at Melrose (The old Forge)
Abandoned Brewery at Melrose - First opened as a flour mill and closed as a brewery in the 1934 depression.
Melrose
After staying the night at Melrose we move on to Clare, stopping off at Laura on the way through for an ice cream.
View of Laura
The ice cream parlour is not as we remembered it from our visit in 1998 with the Wayward Bus and we get talking with the owners. Small world as they know Tomo who had such an influence on the journies that we make into the outback of Australia which we love. We leave him a note in her visitors book as he probably has no idea of the influence he had on us all those years back!
We move onto Clare for the night as that is only a short hop away from Adelaide where we have to return the Troupie the following day.
On the way to Clare
On the way to Clare
On the way to Clare
Tree growing in rock at Clare
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