The coastal fringe is now behind us, and we’re heading towards Lake Gairdner for some salt lake fun.
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| Sunset at spears creek |
We met our travel buddies Graham and Wendy at Spears Creek campsite, a working sheep station where we overnighted before heading to Iron Knob.
Iron Knob is a mining town that supplies iron ore to Whyalla Onesteel (formerly BHP). The heat wave had the temp at 43C, so we stayed at the pub that night rather than camping. We spent the day at the bar, and in the publicans swimming pool, trying to cool off.
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| Kev and Graham poolside |
The annual DLRA (Dry Lake Racing Australia) event is held on the Lake Gairdner salt pan, 160km long and 40km wide. The event sees motor cycles, trucks, cars, custom vehicles and historic’s complete for race times.
Vehicles hitting speeds of over 200 miles per hr where not uncommon.
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| DLRA marshalling grid |
Before going onto the salt each day we had to blow the dust off our cars, and then once parked put tarps down to make sure we didn’t drop oil onto the salt.
There were spectator areas by the pits and start line, and most drivers and their crews were really happy to talk about their vehicles.
The 120km’s of gravel and corrugated tracks to Mount Ive’s Station and the DLRA campsite was worth it. An amazing few days in the heat and salt watching everything from a postie bike to a jet scream by.
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| Spectators |
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| Jane in the drivers seat |
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