{"id":151,"date":"2026-05-19T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/?p=151"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:00:45","slug":"day-2-kimba-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/?p=151","title":{"rendered":"Day 2. Kimba SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a restful night in Renmark, we set off at 8am to drive further westward. Clear blue skies were short lived as a heavy drizzle and showers seemed to jump in front of us at every turn.. Morning tea stop at our fave bakery in Burra, &#8220;Honey Stick&#8221; and &#8220;Berlinner Donut&#8221;&nbsp; were consumed along with tea and coffee&#8230;back on the road again and more rain&#8230;finally cleared around midday, so we stopped at Wilmington for lunch&#8230;then descending the Southern Flinders Ranges towards Port Augusta..great views as we drove through Horrack&#8217;s pass down the hills..Port Augusta really defines the start of the outback the sign saying s it all..left turn to Perth, right Darwin&#8230;we took the left&#8230;soon arriving at The Tanks&#8230;five old water storage tanks now used to store old car tyres&#8230;millions of them&#8230; moving on towards our night stop , passing Iron Knob and finally Kimba&#8230;.pub dinner and back to camp&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_150351-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-157\" src=\"https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_150351-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_150351-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_150351-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_150351-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_150351-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_150351-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_150351-685x514.jpg 685w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_150351-2000x1500.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_151338-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-154\" src=\"https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_151338-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_151338-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_151338-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_151338-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_151338-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_151338-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_151338-685x514.jpg 685w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_151338-2000x1500.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_114752-scaled-e1779192000238.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-158\" src=\"https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_114752-scaled-e1779192000238-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_114752-scaled-e1779192000238-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_114752-scaled-e1779192000238-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_114752-scaled-e1779192000238-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_114752-scaled-e1779192000238-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_114752-scaled-e1779192000238-685x913.jpg 685w, https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260519_114752-scaled-e1779192000238.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a restful night in Renmark, we set off at 8am to drive further westward. Clear blue skies were short lived as a heavy drizzle and showers seemed to jump in front of us at every turn.. Morning tea stop at our fave bakery in Burra, &#8220;Honey Stick&#8221; and &#8220;Berlinner Donut&#8221;&nbsp; were consumed along with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/detak.com.au\/wp\/?p=151\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 2. 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