Murray Town

Stump Jump Plough made between 1912 and 1920 in the blacksmith shop at Murray Town

Stump Jump Plough made between 1912 and 1920 in the blacksmith shop at Murray Town

We headed north to finish off our “off road” trek through the Murray-Sunset NP this morning. After a brief stop to air up the tyres to road pressures we continued North West, finally crossing the border into South Australia mid morning.
We went through the quarantine point and I got a dressing down from the quarantine inspector for exceeding a 25KPH speed limit that neither of us had seen the signs for ! After a quick inspection of the rear of the 90 searching for contraband fruit and legumes we were on our way.
We stopped at Berri to get the necessary permits/paperwork to drive an international vehicle in SA which will cover us for our journey west and also on our return journey through the Simpson desert. All paperwork sorted we carried on our way. Nearly all the roads in this area either go North-South or East-West which can make heading North-West a bit of a challenge !
The aim for today was just to make some distance so we shared the driving and continued on a roughly North West bearing until late in the afternoon where a quick search on WikiCamps led us to a community campsite at Murray Town. We probably covered around 300 miles today including the 30 or so on unsurfaced tracks.
We’re aiming to make it “around the corner” tomorrow, heading to Port Augusta and then head South to Port Lincoln. Just to the south of Port Lincoln is the Lincoln National Park that has some interesting options for a bit of 4×4 travelling and bush camping next to the coast.