So basically we spent the day in Wallaroo, a sleepy little place on the copper coast, travelled down from the top of the Yorke after spending the night in an even sleepier, smaller 1/2 horse town.we got here about lunch, and were hoping to catch a silo lightshow where they project films/ pictures up on the silo walls at the harbour and you listen in on your car radio.  But we had 7 or 8 hours to kill first.

So what do you do in Wallaroo? Well first take a walk all the way along the 950m jetty that should be renamed the pigeon pier, due to the thousands of pigeons that call it and the grain conveyors home. It’s weird walking along hearing hundreds of pigeons but not seeing them until you look down through the wider gaps in the boards and see pigeon backs, tucked right up between the criss crossing layers of sleepers

They don’t even mind if you reach down and give em a little scratch on their backs….. at least I didn’t get bit this time! Jo thinks they should be serving pigeon pie at the Cafe on shore rather than fish n chips (says they’d make a killing and laughs like an evil count… mwa ha ha).

So after our walk among Alfred Hitchcock day of the birds, we head on round to the olde copper smelter,  take in some history and ruins then lunch at the Bond Store in the main street. A micro brewery that does awesome beer and accompanies it with awesome food. We paid for it with Jo’s awesome retirement gift card and thoroughly enjoyed an awesome time ….. in case you hadn’t realised it….. yep….

🎶”Everything is awesome “🎶

Ok so maybe a bit of cabin fever setting in. Then we took a drive then kicked back on the foreshore to await the mighty presentation! Dah da dahhhh.

The countdown has started, 6.30 it’s starting…. nah it was alright, well done, told about the copper history, some weird message from the future that may or may not of made sense, then some local pics and messages from local areas.  All set to good music…. so yeah, time for bed.

Today we left the awesomeness of Wallaroo and headed to the big smoke of Kadina, walked the 3 streets of the cbd, then found Aldi… “yay” after which we tried to follow the historic heritage drive, couldn’t make head nor tails of it nor the map that didn’t match the streets, so just settled for driving around town. Then left for Moonta.

Now if there is anywhere here that was a 1860 mining town, it’s Moonta. But it’s cold today, not getting above 15 degrees, so places like the water fun park and swim beaches are just not going to happen. Instead we settled for a lunch snuggled up in little bus watching the birds walk around and a lonely fisherman trying his luck out on the jetty….even the pigeons stayed home.

Took a drive round the olde mining area, shafts, engine houses. head frames, relics, and ruins. Then retreated for the afternoon to camp. We was going to walk into the pub, but the thunder and rain convinced us otherwise.

Well that’s all folks so here’s some pictures for y’all.