{"id":30919,"date":"2023-03-04T18:16:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T07:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=30919"},"modified":"2023-03-05T17:02:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T06:02:34","slug":"port-pirie-south-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=30919","title":{"rendered":"Port Pirie, South Australia 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 3rd March 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 255 kms from Adelaide to Port Pirie in South Australia   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited:  Port Pirie <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Federal Hotel RV Stop, Free, S33.17785, E138.00322  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: days @ $ per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We saw no need for an early start this morning. Heading north requires us to drive through Adelaide so we decide on waiting out the morning peak. So it\u2019s an hours walk along the beach, breakfast before we pack up for the road. It\u2019s still quite cool here this morning as we roll out the gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We manage diesel for $1.84 in Seaford and pop into the adjoining Woolworths for some essentials before joining the traffic. My 50 year old memories of an Adelaide with no traffic now long gone as we travel slowly north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten kms north of Adelaide the expressway returns and the traffic thins out. It\u2019s a fast dual carriageway all the way to Port Wakefield. As the road becomes single lane the road works start and stop for the next 100 kms. There\u2019s a surprising amount of traffic but it\u2019s flowing along. The high point of the drive north is a lunch stop at Lake Burnbonga viewing point. The camera doesn\u2019t really do the pink salt justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An hour later we roll into Port Pirie<\/a>. We do a quick laps of the main streets (there\u2019s more than one) and roll around to the Federal Hotel\u2019s RV stop. Apart from being the closest stop to the centre of Pirie it\u2019s free for patrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once we\u2019ve introduced ourselves to the publican we settled in, have a quick chat with our neighbours in a huge bus, before we go for a walk around town. Pirie is one of SA largest regional cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Having enjoyed a quiet evening and a good sleep Pam is keen for a swim, so we make the Jayco ready and roll around to the pool at 8.30 to do our laps. Pam chats to the staff about the advantages of heating the pool to her preferred temperature of 26\u00b0. Anyway we do our laps on our Pat Malone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pool done, we drive down to the waterfront finding a park next to the biggest set of silos you\u2019ll ever see and have breakfast, then go for another walk. A case of beer and a loaf of Baker\u2019s Delight bread later it\u2019s time to hit the road once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PS: I walk over to the adjoining pier whilst we\u2019re having breakfast and watch some local kid pulling up 3 blue swimmer crabs in his crab trap. Damn, all legal size as well !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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