On the way from Wilpena pound to Marree we drove for an hour through the Brachena gorge, it was 15km long and took almost an hour to get through. There were lots of different coloured rocks. We saw lots of different rock formations that have built up over 600 million years. They have been pushed up out of the ground. We hit our first water crossing. The water was up to the top of the tyres nearly.

When we got up there was a kangaroo eating from our slops bucket under the van. In the morning we went for a 3 hour hike called the wangarra hike. The hike took us to the top lookout of Wilpena pound. On the hike we stopped at a cottage. It was a really old cottage and it had signs out the front that had some of the history of it. Someone called Jesse Hills moved there when she was 12 to cook and clean for her 5 older brothers, they also had ladders for the chooks to climb up so the foxes didn’t get them. The hike was really fun. For dinner that night we cooked chicken in the camp oven, it was delicious!

Today we went to Wilpena pound. Our first stop was at Peterborough we had lunch there. We made rolls earlier so we had them. We went to a few shops then kept going. The next stop was at Ororoo to see the big gum tree,it was very big. When we got to Wilpena pound we set up and cooked kelly pasta on the camp fire.We had a good day.
Tess

Today we went to the Almondco factory. You could see the machines working away packaging the almonds. We drove past the Berri factory but it was closed. We went to one winery it is the longest family owned winery. There was a giant orange that you can go into but it was closed. Dad and I swam out to a trampoline on the lake. It was a bit flat so it sunk down into the water so it was like a little pool. The water was so cold it was like swimming in just melted ice. Some times it was so cold that it got a bit hard to breath. We sate out side to eat our tea because it was not to cold.
Tess

Today we first up went on a tour of dad’s cousin Fiona’s farm. They farm dohne sheep (pronounced doony)
All together their farm is about 3000 acres! We also went in their $400,000 sprayer that works through 6 or 7 satellites to have with in 2cm accuracy when driving itself along the rows.
They had about 5 alpacas guarding the sheep. Bordering their farm is the Little Desert that has a big eagles nest in a tree. Dohne sheep are good for wool and meat. On the way to Lake Bonney(where we are spending the next 2 nights) we went through Bordertown which is where Bob Hawke was born.