Kimba, South Australia

Thursday August 11th saw us travel East some 150 Km to the town of Kimba. We enjoyed a walk on top and around Pildappa Rock in the morning so had a bit of a late start for our trip. That being said we still arrived in the early afternoon after an easy drive through beautiful green fields and rolling hills. We found another free camp at the Kimba Recreation Reserve. This was a beautiful free camp with a lovely flat area to set up your caravans for up to 5 days. Good quality amenities that were nice and clean. Shower was separate and was coin operated but reasonable at 2 minutes for $1. I'll give 4 Stars for a free camp amenity offering. The campsite also boasted taps with Potable water and a Dump Point. Another nice touch and quite smart was a box containing brochures of the local town and area. Highly recommended free camp!

Once we were setup we hopped in with the Ransleys for a tour around the sites of Kimba with our guidebook from the camp. We were only here for a one night stay so only really looked at the features right in town. Our first stop was White Knob Lookout. Located on a small hill near town and looking over the local golf course which looks lovely and green. A couple of interesting metal statues are a feature of the lookout.

We did a short walk near our campground that would have eventually ended up back at the lookout. It was drizzling rain so we didn't complete. Found an interesting Metal Emu statue along the way that Sandra wanted to bring home. There are more apparently along the pathway which we would have seen in better weather.

Next stops were a couple of tourist sites. The first is a sign denoting Kimba as the halfway mark when crossing Australia in an East to West direction. The second was a Giant Gallah. Got our tourist pictures at both before setting off again.

Stopped in town for a bit of shopping. The girls checked out some gift shops while Rans and I slipped into the local Hotel for a cold drink. The hotel was a lovely old building and very well kept. The same could be said for the whole town really. We picked up a few grocery essentials before heading home for the day.

We enjoyed a relaxing drink sitting in the sun and watching net ball training on the adjacent courts. Kimba is hosting a major netball competition shortly and the quality of play seemed quite high.

We enjoyed a peaceful night and would like to commend Kimba (and other small rural towns) for the friendly welcoming way in which they treat Grey Nomads. The free campsites and reasonably priced caravan parks are such a pleasant change from the touristy areas along the coast. We will be back this way sometime and look forward to spending a few days relaxing in the friendly environment.