Day 17 red centre trip-Cambrian campsite (Flinders Ranges) to Cowell

Day 17
August 6th
Flinders Ranges to Cowell -387km

We have arrived in Cowell and settled in to our own little house (thanks to airbnb) for the night and enjoyed our first shower in about 6 days (and did we ever enjoy it) .

We enjoyed taking longer than expected through the Bunyeroo Gorge after leaving our camp this morning.  This involved some simply breathtaking views over the ranges from some spectacular high points.

Our camp last night

Bunyeroo Gorge road

We drove along the road with a stream also flowing along it, cached, walked to lookouts and investigated a Heysen Hut along the way.

  We discovered wood duck dam with its' lovely reflections and had a burger with runny egg at Hawker before heading through the Pichi Richi Pass to Pt Augusta and onwards to Cowell, via Whyalla.

We are going to head out to the pub for tea, and then crash for the night.

Our house here is a traditional old town house, and has a quondong tree in the driveway with bright red quondongs on it, and the tell tale seeds on the ground that I remember fondly from when I was a kid.