The Coast of Spencer Gulf

When we left the Mount Remarkable National Park (still visible in the background, above) we entered a very different landscape. The spinifex has replaced the trees and the horizons have receded. We are now driving along the coast of the Spencer Gulf toward Port Augusta.

There are two large indentations in the southern coast of Australia in South Australia, St. Vincent Gulf where Adelaide is located and Spencer Gulf with Port Augusta at the northern apex.



This is not a very good panorama (the horizon is tilted and wavy), but it gives you a sense of what this portion of our travels was like. This is looking in the direction of the Gulf. The hills you see in the far distance are on the other side of the water. In the foreground you see a large water pipe used to move the water supply from where it is to where it is needed.