John Tennant Rest Area
John Tennant Rest Area
About this campsite
The rest area is also used by trucks, so it is a good plan to pull off the bitumen onto the gravel near the large shady tree. There is a monument to John Tennant, who was the first to drive sheep overland, around the head of Spencer Gulf to this region.
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