Port Augusta is sometimes referred to as the Crossroads of Australia because it is located where major highways meet, serving as a major gateway to the Flinders Ranges, the outback, and the Nullarbor Plain and that’s about it for Port Augusta. Pete’s brother Garry was supposed to pick up some stuff from someone to deliver to someone else in N.S.W. however that got cancelled so I guess Port Augusta nearly made it as a transport hub.

As a result of the transport cancellation we by-passed the main town and headed straight for Burra, an old mining town and due to our extreme flexibility and disdain of bad weather booked into an old Cornish miners cottage for the night.

We were due to meet Ding at 10am however Ding has moved the meet back to lunchtime so we will have to soak up some history for a few hours.

UPDATE. Ding has now cancelled the meeting, apparently lots of things are getting cancelled. So that’s just more history and pictures.

By the way ……Were you wondering who Ding is? Well Ding is an enigmatic individual who, whilst in the employ of The Royal Australian Air Force was left too long in a room full of highly sensitive microwave generated information. Ding is now on a pension as a result. So whats Ding’s real name…. not even Ding’s mother has that level of clearance.