Across the South Australian Border to Peterborough & Jamestown, SA:

From Broken Hill we headed south/west across the border into South Australia and our first stop was Peterborough, SA.

Col and I are voting Peterborough as the friendliest town in Australia - the local people were so lovely, welcoming and friendly. Everywhere we went in Peterborough people smiled & said hello to us, stopped to talk & pat our dogs (Brandi & Dfor just loved it) - even walking down the main street in town, every single person who walked past us said 'hi' or chatted to us - we were starting to feel alot like famous celebrities - we found it so amazing that everyone in a small rural town could be so friendly - we felt very welcome in Peterborough.

We also loved the local story & main street monument to a dog called 'Bob' - who apparently was a local dog who became a stray and spent the 2nd half of his life travelling the steamengine trains by himself & became known & loved by all the town:

The Story of Bob the stray dog:

Peterborough played a very important role in the very early railway history of Australia as a crossroad/interchange for major railway lines throughout South Australia. However, the once flourishing town of Peterborough started declining once steamtrains were replaced with diesil engined trains. The local Peterborough community is trying very hard to support the towns ongoing viability by turning it into a tourist destination - particularly with its amazing railway history.

Peterborough Steamtown Museum:

We stayed for a day & a half at the Peterborough free campground reserve in town and we really loved the Steamtown Centre + the night sound & light show (photos above & below) - such a wonderful, friendly town & well worth a visit if you are in the area and a bit of a history buff like us:

Peterborough Steamtown Museum Night Sound & Light Show + Movie:

We travelled on through to Jamestown which was an attractive town south of Peterborough - we spent the morning here and enjoyed two main things about the town;

Jamestowns beautiful old houses:

Jamestown Glass Museum:

We stopped at the Penn Glass Gallery which is situated in the house of a lovely old bloke named Kevin Conway. Kevin had such a wealth of knowledge about all things glass in Australia, which he has been collecting for over 40 years. Kevin was very pleased to meet us and made us coffee & tea, served up with a plate of home made cookies as soon as we arrived. Then he followed us around his home/gallery telling us about the history of the various glass displays he had on show - excellent collection, very friendly & interesting (Mandy likes and collects a little glass art work & learning a little history about the different types of glass & its production was great).