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The Bottom End

Thursday 28th Nov After driving on the worst road we have travelled since leaving home, we have pulled up in Warooka, known as the "Gateway to the Bottom End" of the Yorke Peninsula. We are in the campgrounds (just a donation required) at the town oval behind the bowling green. There were plenty of bowlers in action today and we were invited to join them for dinner. A nice way to return their hospitality and put a few dollars into the club's coffers.   In the afternoon we took a drive to Yorketown, birthplace of two of our friends but in different places and decades. We knew Leslie Menz in Cobram during the 90's and we met  Jan Henschke in Katherine in the 2000's. Yorketown is surrounded by more than 200 salt lakes and at various times they have been mined for their salt. Like many salt lakes in wheatbelt areas, they are vulnerable to pink algae and consequently can acquire a gentle pink hue in certain seasons and under specific climatic conditions.  The bi