We were finally ready to leave at 1:30pm.
This was mainly due to my lack of packing preparation and some extra socialising that we added in the last couple of days.
We figured there was no need to stress as it will be light until after 7 pm.
It was very dusty as we came through Roseworthy and over the rise, towards Tarlee. We waved to “The Girls” at Tarlee as we always do and I snapped a bad photo of them for you.
We enjoyed that delightful Avenue of gums as you leave Riverton.
The wind farm near Mt Bryan was as lovely as ever. They were working on the wayside stop with the huge windmill blade on display there.
We stopped in at Hallet for a last flushing toilet stop and check on our geocache. Unfortunately the cache was nowhere to be found, so we have disabled it.
A quick stop at the local cemetery for the next closest cache, then a cup of tea-but don’t sit on that handy bench under the trees-it has pine tree sap on it.
Then on to the dirt as we skirted the Merridee and Twigham orienteering maps, and made our way to Bri Glen- our first camp spot. We had to crest the new ridge at the roadside from the recent grading as we pulled into the mallee scrub
By 5:30 we were pulling in off of the dusty track among the mallee scrub and it didn’t take long before we had the swags all sorted and were settling in for “snacks”
The Prado now has a red dust covering, and it is still quite hot. Tonight we won’t need blankets in the swags.
The flies are pretty plentiful and friendly.
We have settled down to write this, read today’s paper and complete the cryptic crossword before we enjoy a quick dinner and head for the swags.
We are looking forward to our first stop at the “million star hotel” for the decade.
We were not disappointed. The clouds cleared and it was a moonless night… perfect for star watching through the mesh over the swags.
Luvapuzzle 