Broken Hill, New South Wales to Port Augusta, South Australia
The journey between Broken Hill and Port Augusta will be confined solely to the Barrier Highway, making the drive an easy one. The distance between Broken Hill and Port Augusta is about 412 kilometres.
The route:
If my initial plan is still on schedule I should be arriving at Port Augusta on the 19th July and leaving on the 22nd July. Again I will unhitch from the caravan and use the Prado to take a day to experience some of the local scenery that I missed on my last visit in 2010.
The caravan park:
Shoreline Caravan Park
Gardiner Ave, PORT AUGUSTA SA 5700
Phone/Fax:(08) 8642 2965
I’m pretty sure I have stayed here before. The site nestles under the shadows of the Flinders ranges and almost reaches the water of the Spencer Gulf - A great place for anglers. Once again pets are allowed on a leash (so Buddy and I can rest our heads for as long as we wish).
The caravan park offers a substantial list of facilities that I’m sure will cater of everyone’s needs and expectations
I’ll place some photographs and/or video here, once I have had first hand knowledge of the location.
Mobile and TV reception:
Mobile coverage
TV reception includes:
Work in progress
Rates:
Powered Ensuite Site $35 per night, $8 per extra adult, $5 per extra child
Powered Site $25 per night, $8 per extra adult, $5 per extra child
Surrounding area:
There are galleries, fishing, lookouts and Museums of the past are all around and of course, the Royal Flying Doctors are represented. For rainy days there is the Augusta cinema.
The Sydney Morning Herald describes the location (in part):
There is no other town in Australia quite like Port Augusta for contrasts. Arrive in spring and the journey over the mountains from Wilminton is a magical experience. The car cuts through Horrocks Pass down onto the seaside plains near Port Augusta. To the west lie the beautifully contoured, undulating slopes of the Flinders Ranges. They are magical in their beauty and, in spring, they are impossibly green and fertile. At sunset they are gently coloured with a purplish hue. Yet this is only one angle on Port Augusta. The town is literally on the edge of the desert. Drive north along the Stuart Highway and only a few kilometres to the north, the edge of town gives way to flat scrubby land which stretches to the horizon. To the west lie five huge plateaux and their are dry salt lakes beside the road.
Port Augusta is located 322 km north of Adelaide and is a genuine crossroads with roads heading north to Alice Springs and Darwin, west to the Nullarbor and the Eyre Peninsula and east to Adelaide.
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