June 2024 - INSPIRING MAX

Kimba is a small country town that is the half way point from Sydney to Perth. For our overseas visitors that is exactly the middle of Australia. It is also only a few hours from Adelaide, another Australian capital city. The towns folk in Kimba are very entrepreneurial. To help bring people to the town they have created Australia’s best free RV camp. As voted by those using it. They have also built a medical centre complete with housing to encourage a doctor to the town. They even advertised on Sunrise. A popular national morning TV show in Australia.

When we were travelling through we didn’t get to spend much time in the town but the camp was amazing. We look forward to staying a few days next time we are travelling to the west coast of Australia. The Big Galah and other sculptures at the Kimba roadhouse were fun.

Today I have gone slightly off script as I have looked for a straight J word for over month and came up with nothing. Therefore I have used the blogging trick of having a J in his name.

Edward John Eyres and his aboriginal companion Wylie was the first European to explore the interior of South Australia. They explored the area around the Flinders Rangers s well as The Great Australian Bight and Nullarbor Plain.

This sculpture to celebrate them is very striking and overlooks the lands that they once explored. They can be found at Whites Knob Lookout outside of Kimba.

The Eyre Peninsula and Lake Eyre in South Australia are also named in his honour.

This area is very arid, lacks water and has extremes in temperatures so it would have been hard work to explore.