The solar power tower just south of Port Augusta uses an array of mirrors to focus the sun's heat, which is stored in molten salt. This is used to drive a steam turbine to generate electricity.
I enjoyed a stroll around the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden.
The view from the bird hide therein. No birds at that moment. But pictures of the ones that could have been there.
Port Augusta is where the Augusta Highway crosses the top pointy bit of Spencer Gulf. When Matthew Flinders was here in 1802 he made a note of the red cliffs.
Lots of road trains pass through here on their way north to NT or west to WA.
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