Port Augusta, Eyre Peninsula & Woomera

We took off on Sunday morning back down south to Port Augusta as most roads leading to Lake Eyre were closed due to flooding and destroyed roads.
The rain was a blessing in disguise - we were arriving in Port Augusta when a light cam on in our car that told us something was wrong with the engine - nothing major in the end but it was Lucky we were in Port augusta to get it changed!
Since the car needed fixing we spent a few days along the Eyre Peninsula while we waited for the part to arrive
During our time on the Eyre Peninsula we cruised around the bay of Port Augusta – Spencer Gulf and saw Dolphins swimming near the coal power plant – how lovely. We also cruised up to where the Yorke & Eyre peninsula’s meet.
As our car needed repair we spent two days in Arno Bay and surrounds – sleepy fishing villages. We didn’t meet Old Gregg or the man that puts shells on everything but Jamie thought he saw a rocket and the pub made lovely fish cakes.
We drove back to Port Augusta on Wednesday morning, had the car fixed and then sped off to Woomera.


We were quite surprised by this town in the middle of nowhere. The main people who live here are involved in tourism, mining or military activities. Knowing this we thought it would be a quiet place with not a lot going for it except the missile park. (This park displayed replicas of missiles that were tested in the area since the 40’s and still done today for NASA and other military operations.)
We were wrong – this place has had a lot of money pumped into it, most probably for the army officers who would stay here for lengths of time but really – the greenest oval we have seen ever (grass greener than Sydney), an Olympic size swimming pool and….A 6 LANE BOWLING ALLEY. It was a proper bowling alley though you had to get your own shoes and only one lane was working properly – but hey it was fun!