There's a sign in a car park beside the Eyre Highway in Kimba reading: ‘Halfway Across Australia’. It's supposed to indicate the halfway point between Sydney and Perth – a claim that's arguable, particularly if you happen to live somewhere further west along the highway such as Ceduna. But regardless of its accuracy, for us, Kimba marked the starting point of a road trip following the shoreline of the Eyre Peninsula. I'd driven across from Melbourne with my wife and teenage son, a journey that took us three days in our motorhome. We could have done it in two, but we were in no rush, having allocated up to three weeks to complete the trip.
In Kimba, we'd found a campsite shaded by eucalypts at the recreation reserve – surely, one of the best free camping facilities in the country – then hopped on our bikes to ride down to the silo art and photograph the Big Galah. A quick stop at Whites Knob Lookout
