We stayed in Hawker, at the Hotel Motel, which is a quaint 1970s style motel, but quiet comfortable and spacious. We drove from Hawker, up to Wilpena, and checked out the edge of the Pound. we had lunch in the campground, which was quite quiet for this time of year, with plenty of vacant sites.
We then drove up to Blinman, stopping at almost every lookout on the way! Needless to say, the camera ran out of batteries before the end of the day! It is so beautiful up there at the moment, there is a fair bit of green around with the recent rains, but the plains are still that great yellow colour, and the rock walls are a striking contrast of reds and grays. Blinman mine was decidely average: the paths are all overgrown with shrubs and trees, forcing us to walk around some decidedly dodgy cliff-top paths to see the whole place. And since the underground parts of the mine is currently closed off, during safety renovations, we couldn't really see much. Found some beautiful bits of copper infused rock in the surrounding area though, so I have added these to the rock collection...
I am totally obsessed with eagles, and forced susannah to pull over whenever I saw one (or anything vaguely eagle shaped), so I could take copious photos. I shall have to work out what I've photographed now - luckily we brought the "What bird is that" book. Am I becoming a twitcher?
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