Kimba – A day of rest and visit to Kimba Museum

When we woke up this morning it was 2 degrees in the van. We cranked up the diesel heater and enjoyed our steaming mugs of tea.

We have decided to take today as a rest day, then make a push to do extra kilometres tomorrow. If we get started earlier than usual it should be possible.

First of all we went to the Kimba Museum and enjoyed going around the exhibits. A lot of the exhibits date from the 50’s, so are part of our childhood. That includes the horse drawn milk cart, we had one when we lived in Belmont, I think. We were too poor to have the fresh milk, unfortunately, we were brough up on Sunshine powdered milk. I’ve made a slideshow of the photos from the visit.

We did ‘chores’, filling up the water tank, emptying toilet cassette, getting diesel and getting my one item of shopping, some fabric softener.

Our next door neighbour brought out her washing machine this morning, just the same as mine, but with purple trims, and did a heap of washing. I noticed that she washing everything in a large plastic bucket, just using the electric dryer (a generator was provided 250v power). She was even doing her sheets this way. I was very pleased to see that my idea of the small washing machine isn’t as crazy as I feared.

We had lunch, delicious soup, at a cafe in town, then took the van back to the same free camping area. Stephen had a shower using two $1 coins, then had a rest and went out for a walk. I’ve been fiddling with photos.

 

Wirrulla Caravan Park

It’s fairly basic, but we have taken advantage of the cement pad and electricity. We have paid $10 for access to the showers, toilets are free. This was not our intended destination.

We left our camping area quite late this morning, about 10.30 a.m. The trip into Ceduna was uneventful and we surrended a couple of potatoes and pieces of fruit at the checkpoint. Then we went to the service station to feed the Winnie and dump the toilet. They had a tap and hose for the dump, but also another one labelled ‘drinking water’, so we took advantage of it, thinking we would find another free campsite tonight.

We then went into the town and parked exactly where we parked two years ago. Our goal was some shopping, to stock up on fresh fruit and vegetables especially. We were both sort of seduced by the idea of going to a cafe, and noticed it was lunchtime and they had beautiful salads. So that was that.

Then to the Foodland Store, which is a big supermarket, where we found everything we needed. An afternoon rest called, so we went out to a nearby beachfront. Before we left Perth we spoke to a couple who said that they have crossed the Nullabour 22 times. We are only on our second trip – maybe there will be more. We already feel that we know Ceduna quite well.

We were heading for a rest area beyond Wirrulla, but pulled in here a bit after 4.00 p.m., both feeling quite weary. The promise of cheap camping, with showers and toilets was too much for us. So, here we are. Telstra sent me a text to warn me that this is a 4G only area, which suits me. Then we were able to tune in some digital TV so we can watch the ABC news tonight. Not that the news is good, but the ritual is pleasant.

In this tiny, not very exciting town, we have everything we could want or need. There is even a jetty…

Now, have I corrected all my spelling mistakes and faulty grammar? Sometimes I post, then discover the errors. The notification my readers get then has all the errors, they can only get the corrected post by clicking on the link.