Gordon & I parted company after our stop over in Minnipa on the Eyre Highway & I turned south at Kyancutta to catch the ferry at Lucky Bay just out of Cowell, across to Wallaru on the Yorke Peninsula. The Eyre Peninsula is solid wheat with another export facility at Port Lincoln. After a night at Wallaru, I had an easy ride to the very pleasant town of Mt Barker in the Adelaide Hills, to
catch up with my niece & her partner Ben. Thanks for putting me up for the night. Today it was supposed to be sun, but no such luck for the ride down to Mt Gambier via the coast road through Meningie & Kingston SE.
I took a small detour to Murray Bridge where the first bridge over the Murray was opened in 1879. The bridge was constructed of steel, while most structures of the time were built of timber. The bridge opened up the western states of Australia to the eastern states & was important to commerce at the time. There are now 2 road bridges & the original rail bridge all in close proximity to each other.
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