We had a few days without any commitments so took the caravan up to Booleroo Centre, a 3 hour drive from Adelaide, for the Steam & Traction Rally which was great, especially for OH as he loves things mechanical and noisy! I enjoyed the day too, but only spent 1 day there while OH went back a second day and I stayed back at the van and did some painting so we both had some time doing what we love.
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| My watercolour painting done while away in the caravan |
Booleroo Centre derives its name from the Aboriginal meaning "place of mud", which on other visits there has lived up to the name but on this visit the weather was nice and sunny and no mud.
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| Windmills on display |
I have noticed on our more recent trips into the rural areas that there are not so many windmills in the paddocks, so it was good to see a collection of them at Booleroo Centre. Solar pumps are now seen on many farms as they require less maintenance than the windmills.
As the weather was good, we decided to go further north to Quorn in the southern Flinders Ranges, about an hour's drive. Quorn is a beautiful old historic town with many old buildings and the Pichi Richi Railway which is a major tourist attraction but unfortunately the train was not operating while we were there but we enjoyed the beautiful old town buildings and scenery.
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Quorn Railway Station
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The railway yards in the town
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| Eagle sculpture on one of our walks |
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| Sunset view from railway yard |
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| Quandong Cafe in Quorn is one of the first cafes in town |
Sculptures were by Queensland artist Ivan Lovett. Note that each sculpture was able to be lit at night and have more impact. |
| Sculptures in the park |
Our next stop was Port Germein, another small coastal town with the longest jetty in South Australia.
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| A walk on the Port Broughton jetty |
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| View of the ocean from our caravan site at Port Broughton |
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Port Broughton Hotel
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| Port Broughton jetty |
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| First pelican to see this trip |
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| We met a beautiful Alaskan Malamute in Port Broughton |
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A few Galahs we disturbed
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So that's our short holiday done, and we got home safely which is always good as there is a lot of traffic on the roads now.
Happy Easter and stay safe and enjoy whatever you do.
What a wonderful holiday! Those old tractors are just amazing looking--so cool! What were you painting the second day hubby went?
ReplyDeleteLovely sculptures and some great architecture. Looks like such nice weather, too. Hope you are having a really enjoyable day! :)
Rita, I have added my paintings to the blog. I only take limited paints and paper away as we have limited space but its my relaxation time while hubby does his thing. I might put some more of my paintings in another post but I am only an amateur and have only done watercolour since retiring from work, just an interest for me and they are all stored in a drawer and many just thrown out if I am not happy with them!
ReplyDeleteThey are really pretty paintings! That first one is gorgeous! Wow! Thanks for adding them. It was fun to see where you were working, too. Thanks, Rosie! :)
ReplyDeleteMy hubby would definitely love that exhibition. But like you id probably stay at the van and knit or crochet.
ReplyDeleteLots of great photos. Glad your home safe and sound