Kimba

We have two days off and Duncan I have headed down to the Eyre Peninsula. Our first destination was Kimba. It is also an arid area, but we could see the environment changing as we headed south from Woomera. Everything in Woomera is baked and dead looking right now. They had a couple weeks in the 110s Fahrenheit (up to 47C):

The first thing we noticed was the density of the ground cover was much higher and the plants were a lot more green:

Then we came to areas that had similar ground cover, but also had a canopy of eucalyptus trees. I believe these are Red Mallee. They have a beautiful red tinge to them, that shows up really nicely when wearing polarized sunglasses:

On the way down, we also passed a lead vehicle coming in the opposite direction with a "Oversize" sign. A minute later, there was a police vehicle with lights flashing, driving halfway in our lane. The passenger was waving us over to the side of the road. Next came another police vehicle completely in our lane. Finally, the oversize vehicle came through. It was a monster dump truck disassembled into two parts. We're guessing that it was headed for one of the iron mines in this area.

Kimba is another small outback town. It bills itself as halfway across Australia (from east to west).

It is a bit of tourist destination as evidenced by with this giant Galah: