Each January School holidays a group of local Scout families take to the roads and take in a part of this expansive land. We trekked to the High Country of Victoria two years ago and were planning to do some more of the High Country this year.

Unfortunately due to job issues and holiday issues, the plan was changed to go to the West Coast of South Australia to maximise time in the regions and lose two travel days.

Today us and the Hattons hit the road. It was meant to be a two day drive across to Sheringa but due to the heat it was decided to travel the whole way across. The trip took in Port Augusta, Kimba ending up at Sheringa Beach around 7:30 pm.

The campground by the beach was full, had an interesting aroma and was fairly windy, so we went back to Round Lake campground on the other side of the dunes which was empty.

The dunes made a great backdrop and the kids went for a run but we called them back as they were also being used by quad bikes with little regard to anyone else. Between the quads and the bugs we found during the night, this campground was only going to be for the night before heading north to find another spot.