Not much to report today. The road north takes you through Port Augusta which is the last town on the coast. It is amazing how quickly the landscape changes after leaving Port Augusta. Within 10 to 20 km, you are truly out in the bush country where it’s very hot and dry. The road (A87) is nearly straight and flat all the way to the horizon with low rolling hills and soft bends thrown in for good measure. As I could find no good reason for bends in the road, I could only surmise that they were placed there to keep drivers awake
. The drive was totally uneventful and after the first hour became very boring. Coober Pedy is a wide spot in the Stuart Highway (from Adelaide to Darwin) and it’s easy to miss, except by the time we got there we were so wiped out that we could have settled for any wide spot in the road. We made it to Coober Pedy around 4:30, found ourselves a campsite, set up our tent and went out to eat. Afterwards, it was story time and then bed time.Cheers,
Wayne & Peggy