Birds identified: mallee ringneck, sulphur-crested cockatoo
Nathan, who was so very excited about it being Father’s Day, told Andrew (in fact they were the first words Nathan spoke when he woke up) that he could choose whether he drove or not today because it was Father’s Day. Andrew prefers driving, so I couldn’t see it being any different to any other day in that respect. We had breakfast and packed up the trailer, making sure there was enough time to open the Father’s Day presents. Nathan had bought a couple of items at the Father’s Day stall at school which he had put a lot of thought into.
On the way out of the National Park we saw a beautiful Mallee Ringneck and also a few sulphur-crested cockatoos. When we got to Red Cliffs we had a wander around the monthly market and had a sausage each from a sausage sizzle and bought some more bread, milk, frozen vegetables and a few items of fruit. We knew we couldn’t take fruit and vegetables into South Australia, so we didn’t bring much of either. However, it occurred to us today that we could take frozen veggies and since our car-fridge is currently in freezer-mode we bought some frozen veggies to eat until we could find some fresh veggies in SA to purchase. It worked out that we needn’t have worried as there were plenty of opportunities to purchase fresh fruit and veggies across the border.
We crossed the border into South Australia and about 5 km further on was the quarantine station. Toby scoffed a banana during those 5 km. We stopped in Renmark to eat lunch and the kids enjoyed a splash in a fountain. Nathan said the water was cold, but it was lovely on a 31 degree day!
After lunch we drove on to Morgan and found a lovely spot to camp in the Morgan Conservation Reserve. We had thought that we could have a swim in the River Murray, but it was pretty cold and only Andrew was brave enough to completely submerge. And at night we were serenaded by frogs…it sounded like there was a lot of them.
Fountain in Renmark
Campsite
