On our way to Clare, a driver nearly swiped us off our trip. Thank god
for quick lightning Ninja reaction from Kim. At Clare we visited Shut the Gate winery. The wine was amazingly delicious. We loved the experience and
atmosphere. We bought the Forager Shiraz and Ripple Iron Sangiovese.
Kim discovered Stonehut Bakery online a few weeks ago. Their delicious pies were to die for. We had steak,
garlic seafood and crocodile pies. They also boast a petting zoo and
aviary. The “Enter at your own risk”
signs did not instill any confidence that we would not have a scene from Hitchcock’s
horror moment. There was no information on the animals though. We could have
been observing a Yeti and not know it. One curious flock of birds caught my
eye. They looked like larger finches with grey and brown feathers. They were
Apostlebirds, aptly named due to their flocks are normally a dozen in size.
We refueled our car at Hawker and the proprietor kept us in
the loop with local news. Even though it was no longer school holidays, there
were many people heading out towards the outback. Perhaps the flooding of Lake Eyre was bringing more people to the area.
We arrived at Rawnsley Park Station
in good time and set up camp before sun rested for the day. The ground was very
hard and we wished we had steel pegs. We only had lightweight aluminium and
plastic ones. The water tap near our tents attracted a family of ringed neck
parrots. They drank from the tap as well as the leaky pipe joint.
The layout of
the park was very well considered. The caravans/motorhomes area was closer to
the reception/shop/petrol station. The campground was between the two
bathrooms. There was a communal area closer to the reception area. It had a
table tennis table, books, tv, multiple tables with chairs, a fridge, 4
cookers, 2 flat plates, 2 toasters, a kettle, massive sink with drainers on
either side, commercial exhaust hood and a supply of rainwater for the kettle.
It was a great place to hang out as there were other
children here. Thomas and Ella Mae made friends right away. They played table tennis and had a
system going. They took turns and even had a human scoreboard.
Kim and Thomas played scrabble and they had an enormous
amount of fun. Ella Mae wanted to do some maths worksheets. I was surprised
that she chose mathematics over drawing as I also bought drawing materials for
her.
We had prepacked our meals and split them into one meal per
bag in Melbourne. The additional ingredients we bought in Adelaide were fresh
vegetables, hot cross buns, bread, butter, fruit and eggs.
Dinner was rice noodles, miso soup dry mix sachet, tofu,
dried seaweed, black and white sesame seeds, salt and pepper.
Thomas and I had a shadow puppet show in the tent. We
laughed so much with his attempt of a proboscis monkey.
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