The majority of this trip until we reach Pt Augusta is also without Telstra service. I am not sure how we are going to survive without posting hourly updates on Facebook .....
We had originally planned this part of the trip to take two nights, however we have agreed to just get up and drive until we can’t drive anymore, and see where that gets us.
Despite a horrible headwind that meant I was chewing through closer to 18litrea per 100km instead of the normal 12-13, I kept my foot down and soldiered on.
The kids kept themselves entertained in the back seat playing Minecraft on their iPad’s, whilst Tracy dozed and jumped out of her seat in fright occasionally when I powered over a cattle grid across the road.
We eventually stopped at 5:30pm after a 8am start and could hardly walk.
We were at a roadside stop (called Bon Bon) with about 10 other vans with another beautiful sunset and the most incredibly clear night sky I have seen. The stars and Milky Way are just amazing to see when there are no city lights around
It was also nice to have a night where the temperature stayed above 5 degrees again.....
The morning greeted us with our last country sunrise, before we started on the last leg home.
This was a little slower and thankfully a little easier on the fuel use thanks to a tail wind. We stopped at Pt Augusta for lunch and gave the caravan a wash at one of the commercial wash bays, and then made a bee line to pick up our very missed and loved Taz from mums....
Battling peak hour Thursday night traffic with the van on the back is not my favourite thing to do, but we eventually got home and started the arduous task of emptying the van.
The rains are coming tomorrow, so it is going to be fun removing everything that can be removed to try and get 6 weeks of red dust out of it, but I am sure every last bit of dust will be a reminder of the amazing journey we have just completed.
And No... I am not going back to work tomorrow just because I got home a day early.
(143 hours, not 43.....)
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