Port Pirie to Whyalla

We first checked out Port Pirie's industrial areas which consisted of oil tanks, grain silos and a 250 metre smokestack. Leaving Port Pirie we heard an alert for extreme winds.  It was also going to be 32 degrees with a total fire ban.  Our first stop was Port Germein which has a 1.7 km jetty and was at one time the longest wooden jetty in the Southern hemisphere.  The wind was so strong, that we only walked part of the way out.  Coming back the wind was almost impossible to walk into.  Next stop was Port Augusta where we viewed the power station from a lookout.  We then visited the Port Augusta arid lands botanic gardens, where we saw wildflowers and Sturt desert pea.  There also was the Matthew Flinders lookout which overlooked mangroves, red cliffs and Spencer Gulf.  The water tower lookout was our last stop before we left town.  Last stop was Whyalla where after finding somewhere to stay, we went for a paddle in the sea. The water was very cool and clear. The town is overshadowed  by the huge buildings of the steel works and smoking chimneys.  We visited Hummock Hill which had views of the city, steel works and coast from a WWII observation post.