Sat 9 Jul 2011 Hawker

Lunch at the Prairie Hotel in Parachilna

1015 (1761 km) Drove to Parachilna.
1115 (1853 km) Parachilna. Not much there except the pub and a few rundown houses. Didn't look too impressive initially but the inside was quite welcoming and trendy. We had arrived early and there were only a few cars around. By the time we had lunch, there was a busload of people of a tour having lunch there and heaps of other people who had rocked up in time for lunch. We had lunch and it was a very interesting menu. It was feral lunch of kangaroo, emu and camel. Not bad. Mostly like beef. It had interesting little flags with animal pictures stuck on the meat to let us know what we were eating! Whilst we were eating, the ground started rumbling ... no, it wasn't an earthquake. It was the long coal train between Port Augusta and Leigh Creek. People ran out of the pub to take pictures. Had some desert lime and berry ice-cream for dessert. Then bought sweet myrtle chili sauce. $10.50 a jar. Nice.
1315 (1853 km) Headed out towards Glass Gorge. It was a dirt road with creek crossings so we let down the tyres for the ride.
1345 (1871 km) Arrived at Angorichina. It was a hostel in the middle of nowhere, accessible only by dirt road and creek crossings. It had a sign that said "Only real people allowed, yuppies not allowed." We drove in and there were people carry boxes of beer to their cars, even the children were carrying beer. It was $1.799 per litre for diesel. Filled up. Got out of there as soon as we could. Then drove to Glass Gorge. Definitely a 4WD track with water crossings, some mud, some sand, some inclines. Spotted lots of different animals - wallabies, kangaroos, sheep, goat. Glass Gorge had glass looking quartz rocks on the river bed. After Glass Gorge was Blinman which was a small town. We didn't stop, just kept driving. We looked for the Great Wall of China. It was quite impressive. Huge cliffs in the distance that looked like a wall. Was a panoramic camera opportunity.
1630 (2018 km) Got back to Hawker.
1700 (2019 km) Filled up diesel, pumped up tyres. And tried to clean up the car as much as possible. It does not look like a new car anymore. Dinner was burger, Indomie and pasta.