From Pt August we travelled west across the top of Eyre Peninsula with a short coffee stop at the Big Galah in Kimba. This stop is right on the highway and has a great little cafe and gift shop which our passengers really enjoyed.
From Kimba we had our lunch stop at the Wudinna. This region is known as The granite country for its deposits of granite in the area. This granite was employed in the construction of The Australian Farmer, an 8-metre (26 ft) high statute (shown above) that was carved in the town as a community project to commemorate the early settlers.
My grandparents (Woodrup) were one of the many first settlers in the area and have been recognized with their names featured under this statue.
We were very fortunate to meet Tim Scholz, former Mayor of Wudinna who was tending the garden at the statue, with some other volunteers and offered to give our group a short talk about the Granite Farmer statue - before the rain headed us back to the coach.
We continued west past small townships of Poochera and Wirrulla before arriving in Ceduna in the afternoon. We will spend 2 nights in Ceduna at the Ceduna Foreshore Hotel.