Long drive today, from Adelaide to Melbourne, which takes us over the SA/Victoria border.
Some views through the windscreen.
Rest stop at Ararat.
Also in Ararat, this Chinese Heritage Centre documents the history of the Chinese in the Victorian gold fields.
And so we arrived at Nick and Devon's home.
I might post some pics if we make any interesting diversions on our way home.
Otherwise, it's goodbye for now.
Map: "A" marks Snowtown.
A short day's travel today, just about 300km.
Near the town of Snowtown was a wind farm and we stopped at the town to see a display of one of the windmill wings.
Snowtown is also infamous for the "Bodies in the Acid Barrels" serial killings.
These barrels were stored in the vault of a disused bank till they were discovered in 1999.
We walked around the little town looking for the disused bank building and, from memory of the newspaper pictures, picked this one.
Note the Christmas decoration on the lamp post. A later check with Google images showed that we were right.
In Adelaide, we were guests of Cheryl's sister in the surburb of Crafers in the Adelaide Hills.
Below is a beautiful view from her kitchen window.
And we had a restful afternoon with the chooks...
...and dog.
Map: Nundroo (marked "A") to Port Augusta
Early morning at Nundroo. This dog slept in the car, while it's owners occupied the motel room.
If we had tried that with Flemington, nobody in the motel would have had a wink of sleep that night!
Another overcast and a very windy day to travel through.
Civilization at last - the pretty seaside town of Ceduna, where we stopped for breakfast.
Supermarket!!!
Mobile coverage again!!!
Breakfast at a beachside park.
Now we travel through the South Australian wheatbelt.
Fuel stop.
Small town Christmas decorations.
Today's strong winds blew vast amounts of topsoil off the wheat fields.
The haze in the picture below was part of the soil blowing in the crosswind.
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Town of Kimba, and the Giant Galah!
We climbed this watchtower at Port Augusta for the views over Spencer Gulf.
Being a Sunday, there was no one in the office at our overnight stop.
Notes advised patrons which cabins to go to and keys were in the door.
Our cabin was nice bright and cheerful, winning my Best Accomodation Award for the trip so far.
Click on images for larger view.
Map: Cocklebiddy to Eucla, just west of the WA/SA state border. The town of Forrest lie on the Indian-Pacific railway.
A very overcast day to begin our journey with.
Road sign, with roadkill beside it.
Madura Pass - the long ribbon of road goes by the Hampton Tableland.
Another view of the Nullabor.
Morning tea at Mundrabilla Road House - beside a vintage vehicle for sale.
Roadhouse owner doesn't like dogs.
Who let the dog out!!?!
Eucla
Old telegraph station partially covered by the shifting dunes.
Finally, we are out of Western Australia!
Map: from the state border to Nundroo (marked by "A"), our overnight stop. Cook is a stop on the Indian-Pacific railway.
We stopped to see the Nullabor cliffs.
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We also stopped at the Head of the Bight, where between May and October, whales pass on their migratory journeys
They have these long boardwalks for viewing the whale migrations from.
Yalata - a disused roadhouse, just before our overnight break.
