Port Augusta Woomera

Last night in civilised accommodation! Tonight we tent it at $20 a night at an abandoned motel in Woomera.  Left Port Augusta after the most interesting hour or two in Wadlata Information Centre. This centre has an extensive educational program on the geological formation of the whole Australian continent and the period of inundation of the sea in the Centre. Leaving Port Augusta between the Ghan Railroad and waterpipes that hug the highway for miles, we saw the iconic tent hills that sit in the landscape like lost settlers. We also visited the beautiful Port Augusta Arid Desert Gardens. Then we travelled in a beautiful open woodland of Mallee,Desert She Oak and wattle.

 Tent Hills Port Augusta. A hard Silica layer on top of the hill which protects the viable layers underneath form this unusual hills on the flat landscape for many kilometres into the centre. A sign from the time this land was under the sea.

 Southern Flinders Ranges from the Arid Desert park

 Mallee