The next day,after crossing over into South Australia, we made a slight detour off the Goyder Highway to have a look at the Historic Overland Corner Hotel. It is 21 km from Barmera in the Riverland district and is classified by the National Trust.

The site near the Murray River was an ideal
watering hole for drovers on their way to Adelaide from NSW. The hotel was built in 1859 to cater for the drovers. It also became a staging point for coaches travelling between Adelaide and NSW. It now operates as a hotel but was not open when we arrived.(www.overlandcornerhotel.com.au)

 On our way back to the highway we stopped to look at this old blackbox tree.

 We stopped at the lovely town of Burra for lunch.   (Burra is a pastoral centre and historic tourist town in the mid-north of South Australia. It lies east of the Clare Valley in the Bald Hills range, part of the northern Mount Lofty Ranges, and on Burra Creek. Wikipedia)

It was once home to a copper mine.

 The War memorial.

It’s hard to imagine Burra as it was in the copper mining era, let alone before it… before the trees were stripped from the hills, to feed the furnaces of the now demolished smelting works. A time when the Ngadjuri people wandered freely through this same pristine location. (visitburra.com)

 The visitors centre.

Tiny clothes hanging in a shop window.




The shaded footpaths were perfect for the warm day.

 After a relaxing lunch at the hotel, we "hit" the road again : destination Peterborough for afternoon tea.
We passed a wind farm that seemed to go on for forever on the tops of the ridges. Also a number or ruined buildings, a testament to our struggling pioneers.

 Peterborough sits on the intersection of the East-West railway linking Port Pirie and Broken Hill, and the North-South railway linking Adelaide eventually to Alice Springs via Quorn, both narrow gauge.(Wikipedia)
The Capitol Theatre has been converted into an unusual and original eating place with lots of movie memorabilia. Well worth a visit. Just check out the life size figures of the Blues Brothers and Marilyn Monroe on the stage.

 After asking the owners, we were allowed upstairs to have a look  at  the old seats which need a certain amount of work done to them.

 The original ticket booth was still in place downstairs with the old phone mounted on the wall inside it.
 So after a cool drink and a look around the Theatre we jumped back into the cars with our final destination  still several hours away.

 Our last view of Peterborough were these cast iron silhouettes on the side of the road.





We were now aiming for Willow Springs in the heart of the Flinders Ranges. It is a working sheep station and offers bush camping as well as indoor accommodation. We were bush camping and needed to be there before the sun went down.

We stopped briefly at Hawker to refuel the cars. And I stopped to take photos of the murals and the stunning Sturts Desert Pea.

We arrived at Willow Springs while it was still light. This little pup met us at the office.