The 6.30am alarm was set so we could watch the sunrise from the hot pool - a great way to start the day. We shared the space with a couple of The “Lake Eyre Rangers” - their last day of weed control in the creeks at the Station. They had also set cameras to catch the activities of wild dogs roaming this area. They are commissioned by a lot of the Cattle Stations.
The tour of the old homestead gave us an insight into the intrigue and socially unacceptable marriage of the wealthy landowners daughter Agnes to one of the stockmen. He had the unfortunate name of Kenny Pumpa 😬. A true love match which lasted the years although the husband was never allowed back into the family home.
Restoring the property has been the dream of the current owner Jo who lost her husband in a helicopter accident 4 years ago. She started the tourism side with camping around the lake and has done a great job of cataloguing the paraphernalia of 100 years of items left to rot by their original owners.
A traditional morning tea was served on the balcony and then information about the bore from the “Great Artisian Basin” ... and we are again on the road heading towards Emerald ...
En route .. the most life we saw was in a town called “ Jericho”. A horse neighing at us from the front yard of an old weatherboard with paint peeling off it was a highlight.
A long, straight boring road up to the Emerald region of low hills, dark soil and cotton plantations. Greeted by rain, campsite booked and the cotton is sitting in big, round yellow bales waiting for collection.
Rain, a friendly campsite and a communal open fire is on the cards for this evening.
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