The last post

Since our last message at Kalgoorlie we have really piled on the km’s. This message is being written as we travel along the Barrier Highway from SA to Broken Hill.

Each day has seen us travel in excess of 600 km.  Boy this is a vast country!!  Our first stop was at a little place at the bottom of WA called Cocklebiddy – just a road house.  It began to get cold when the sun started to go down, by dinner time, while trying to cook dinner outside well and truly rugged up, it got even colder.  Then overnight it got even colder and we woke to a trailer tent that looked as though it had been rained on, that’s how heavy the dew was and we could only see about 20 m, the fog was very, very thick.

It was then we decided that enough was enough, the holiday was over, it was not fun anymore, we just wanted to get home to some warmth. We know it has been cold in Sydney but out on the Nullarbor in a tent is no fun.

Next night we stopped at the Nullarbor Roadhouse, having said goodbye to WA and hello to SA.  The place was chokka, because of its proximity to the Head of Bight National Park.  Not so cold that night, or maybe we are acclimatising but day arrives late out there so it was a late start for us and we had hoped to reach Port Augusta.   We stopped off at the Head of Bight and stayed for a while as there was a herd of whales with babies swimming around below the cliffs.  Such a beautiful sight.  So our plans to reach Port Augusta did not eventuate.

Instead we stayed at a little place called Wudinna – terrific little spot, no noise and no generators which we had experienced at the last two stops.  Which brings us to tonight when will be in Broken Hill, which is only 160 km away as I write.

Then one more stop, probably at Dubbo, then home.  How glorious.  How terrific it will be to be able to cook a meal within the protection of 4 walls and even more terrific it will be to be able to get out of bed, walk a couple of metres to the bathroom without having to get dressed. 

Bliss.

So this will be the last post.  All being well we should arrive home (Mike’s place) sometime on Thursday.