Quorn

 The next two nights we stayed in Quron, just outside of Port Augusta and the Flinders Ranges. The airbnb was on a small, homestead in the country with some very friendly border collies who walked us around the property. The first day there we went to Quorn, but the large scale power outages shut the town down, and the intermittent storms kept us from doing many hikes. In the end, I think we were both happy to have an afternoon sitting at the airbnb and relaxing after a few long days of driving. We had time to arrange some plans, laptop fixes, flights, and upcoming stays. 

The next day we met with a few biologists I’ve been chatting with. A postdoc and a land manager of the local Flinders Ranges. The postdoc Jereon and his partner took us to the botanic gardens and showed us around the area. The gardens were so pretty and it was a beautiful day out and about. We had a quandog ice cream which is a native fruit that sort of tastes like a raspberry apricot. It was so delicious. 

In the evening we all went to the land managers place for the night to drink wine, eat, and chat. It was a fun night and he had the most incredible home. It is a converted water tower that overlooks the entire city and the bay. It was a nice evening.