Having topped up in Glendambo (see our previous post), we finally made it to Pimba.

“Let’s check out Woomera first” – so we turned left and kept driving. The “Pimba” showcase sign featured a train crossing. Living up to the promise, we were immediately stopped at the rail crossing by a long freight train headed south along the Ghan line.

At about this point we thought we maybe should have charged up before going exploring, but 10% seemed fine.

We followed the GT to overtake the road train, and then turned off into Woomera. We did a lap of the town, with a stop by the rockets and relics of years gone by. This used to be an active RAAF base, with a mixed history of rocket testing and sadly affected lives from radiation exposure. We only saw about three people in the town.

We headed back to Spud's Roadhouse in Pimba, plugged into the RAA/Chargefox fast charger, used the facilities, bought a chocolate bar, drank some tea, then decided to keep driving, to stay in Port Augusta tonight.

Charging:

What a difference a good charger makes. The kerfuffle earlier today at Glendambo had taken two hours to get only 14kWh (22%) of charge. But here in Pimba, before we had even returned to the car, the fast charger had given us more than we needed to get to the next town (51kWh, 81%, in 34 minutes).