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Port Pirie Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Port Pirie, Australia
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Day 59 - Port Germein
... to be to put them back into the freezer for a while after cooking so the flesh sets harder. In the evening we headed back into Port Pirie for the Darren Coggan ‘Peace Train’ show which was a musical about the life and times of Cat Stevens. The ...
The final kilometers of Moby...
... most dangerous towed 'pull-start' I have ever witneesed or been part of. Hello tow truck. Not good. Off to delightful Port Pirie, a industrial town famed for its lead smelter and the resulting extreme lead concentration in the blood of the locals. With ...
Day 61 - Port Germein
Went for a walk out to the west of town along a dirt track. The tide was up so we couldn't get out as far as we would have liked - the water was up over the track. The wind wasn't too bad so it was quite a nice walk. We had arranged with Mick to try ...
The long haul home
... Port Augusta by evening but this proved a kilometre too far so I settled for an overnight stop in the unappealing industrial town of Port Pirie. The camp site was fine but the wind with which I had been battling since arriving in NSW was very strong ...
Day 57 - Port Germein
... more undulating until we hit the coastal plain which reminded us a lot of WA. Very flat and dry and wind blown. Stopped at Port Pirie to get some supplies and had a quick look at the harbour which was across the road from the supermarket. Looking to the ...
Day 19 - Port Augusta to Port Pirie
... We were also greeted by the famous Wally on his old BMW motorcycle - apparently he always does this for Bike for Bibles rides going through Port Pirie.He really is a character - when we missed a turn on the way to the Church, he tried doing a quick u-turn ...
Day NINETY ONE
... by Daniel .."That was the longest scenic loop we have ever done"!!! Mum thought she could keep going so we made it to Port Pirie still in between rain storms. The town was a bit nicer than we were expecting (much better than Whyalla). We settled in ...
Christmas 2011
... to Quorn & ate our sandwiches under the best shade we could find - an old pepper tree!!! Very warm up there. Came back to Port Germein and found it to be relatively cool - haven't even had the air conditioner on. A bit different to yesterday - 40C and ...
Day 58 - Port Germein
... . The highway actually goes over the Spencer Gulf within the town. Apparently you can go for boat tours up the gulf from Port August. We had a look around the shopping area and also had a look at the visitor’s information centre or 'Outback ...
Day 60 - Port Germein (Port Augustu)
... turn off to the east just up the road from the Port Germain turnoff. The road winds up through the Flinders Ranges through the Port Germain Gorge. This is where they brought the bullock teams down to the coast back in the old days. The grain was loaded ...
Back to Work!!!???
So, we had been driving to this place expecting the worst, our travel guide quoted "Unless you enjoy lead & seed, drive through Port Pirie", I had a road side chat with a guy a couple of weeks previous, who said much the same, and what do you know, when ...
A Crabbin' We Will Go!
... ! Wow! Two pies, two cappuccinos - $23.00!! That was a surprise! On through Laura, Gladstone and on to Port Pirie, then back to Port Germein via the scenic Napperby and Nelshaby, right at the foot of the range which was quite ...
Catching Crabs
... finally found the incentive for John to walk 2 nights in a row!!! 6.4km in two days has to be an amazing achievement! Drove in to Port Augusta to fight with Christmas crowds - can't miss out on all the fun! Picked up a few bits and pieces that we will ...
Showers!!
Quick overnight at Port Germein on the way over to Port Lincoln. First shower since the start of the trip - HEAVEN!!! Ben and Bethan ...
Dedicated to my loving Father, Kevin
... , to show family and friends without internet. It was his love, support and encouragement that enabled me to leave my safety net of Australia and explore the UK. On since returning home, I know how proud he was of what I had achieved in the short 4 ...
Handcocks Lookout
Handcocks Lookout again! Vicky made it here fine - all appears to be well which is good news - it certainly dosnt feel dangerous anymore although she still has her excelent backfire which scares the sh*t out of the birds!! We played another game of ...
Buschwanderung in den Flinders Ranges
... haben wir wieder ein intaktes Ersatzrad. Während des Reifenwechsels haben wir zu Mittag gegessen und sind danach weiter bis Port Pirie gefahren. Der Campingplatz von Port Pirie liegt an einem Süßwasserfluß und so hatten wir viel ...
a few beers on the south coast
Our travels from Port Pirie to Mt Gambier and all the places inbetween Port pirie-After arriving back in a civillised town with Mcdonalds , subway and Kfc .We stopped in a little town called port pirie because it told us too in a leaflet perhaps ...
Day 69
... on to Port Germain. Port Germain is 80 kilometres down the road and a very historic town with the longest wooden jetty in Australia. A jetty meant another opportunity to go crabbing. We walked to the end of the jetty but it took a long time because it ...
Day 241:
... the tiny beach. I found it very strange that the tiny road adjacent to the beach formed its own district and wasn't actually a part of Port Pirie. We decided to camp in the car park of the beach for the night as it was close to toilets that only closed ...
Stopped fro lunch at Port Germein SA
... ranges both sides, one side over the water to Eyre Peninsula. We went for a walk from the "Longest wooden pier in Australia" up the main street and browsed through a shop called The Junk Shop, quite the characters with humorous poems and ditties hanging ...
PT GERMAINE & PT PIRIE FOR "BEESTINGS"
... at Mambray: 16292 kms Weather: 12 degrees at 8.30. sunny We should have turned off at Port Germaine but just another 22 kms on/back to Port Pirie meant that we could get another stash of beestings to take with us. That we did- 10 of them! and we saw ...
There'll be lead smelters over the Red Cliffs of..
... could hear the trucks going past, but once I fell asleep I didn't hear a thing till I woke up the next morning. Port Pirie has the distinction of being the site of the World's Largest Lead Smelter. I tuned into a local radio station and they ...
LANGHORNE CREEK - PORT GERMEIN
... adjust Bella's briefs!!! Port Germein was a lovely coastal town with a VERY long jetty - once it was the longest wooden jetty in Australia. It now been overtaken by the jetty in Bunbury or somewhere. The Germein jetty was just on 1 km long and we did ...
Dogs and Mosquitoes
The trip from the Innes National Park to Port Pirie was great. We stopped for lunch at Moonta Bay, a beautiful little coastal town. Port Broughton was also another place we would have liked to have stayed. We stayed the night at the caravan park at ...
Antiques a Go Go!
... Originally established in 1915, the smelter processed lead and zinc ore from Broken Hill. Port Pirie was declared South Australia's first provincial city in 1953, and today it is South Australia's second largest port. It is ...
Into the Westerlies!
... and more lube oil in drums and in the deep tanks to despose of before we deserted the Aussy coast. Heading out from Port Pirie we hit the Westerly winds and seas that seem to blow perpetually across the Great Australian Bight! Punching into these seas ...
Port Pirie, lead kept us in!
... available. Then we had to wait until the next spring tide to be able to sail out towards Fremantle! Port Pirie, we found, was a really nice place to get stuck in! A swimming area netted into the river for safety from sharks we ...
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