Port pirie, Australia

... 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 the ...

... 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 ...

... 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 and ...

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 we ...