As we were driving through Snowtown* on the way to Port Pirie, the landscape changed, taking on a slightly rustier-tinged hue. The sky turned blue, and the weather finally felt warmer, sitting at a comfortable 19°, with not a breath of a breeze.
We decided to stop overnight at Mambray Creek Campground, roughly 40 k’s north of Port Pirie, and ended up staying there for 3 nights. The camprounds were full of large gum trees, kangaroos, emus, kokaburras and had several hiking tracks we were keen to do.
On our second day at Mambray Creek we decided to hike Daveys Gully, described as an easy 2.2 k trail, suitable for inexperienced hikers (us). It wasn’t until an hour into the walk, hiking up a cliff, with no gorge in sight, that we figured we’d taken a wrong turn and ended up on a different track. Turns out we did. We ended up on the Mt Cavern Circuit Trek, an 11 kilometer hike suitable only for experienced hikers, definitely not us. And, oh yeah, the trail was shut indefinitely due to safety concerns. Yikes!!
After our failed attempt at a hike, we were all pretty excited to see some friends from Jett’s school pull up into the campground. We switched from hiking to 4-wheel driving over some pretty magnificent ranges.
*Snowtown is the setting for the barrel murders, and I was completely freaked out driving through it…
Glad you guys got a break from
the wind. How good is the weather? Loving the pics x
Weather is getting better and better! Hope you guys are well Xx
That would be me taking a wrong turn and ending up on the harder trail.
But sounds like you are having an anazung adventure.