It was a late start. We pulled out of home at 2.50pm after a mad flurry of packing. We are not sure yet how much has been forgotten. Trevor and I are both thinking there is too much food for the fridge ( some didn’t fit and is in a bag with cold bricks).
An unplanned visit to Snowy’s for some gas stove fittings added to the joy of the day. ( they had what we needed and it was inexpensive)
We filled Jerry cans and topped up our tank at Pooraka before heading northwards. We decided to deviate off of the Port Wakefield rd – and drove via Malalla, Balaklava, Blyth, Brinkworth, Georgetown and then Appila to Appila Springs- a lovely scenic spot only a few km up the road by the Appila Creek.
Just out of Balaklava the Hilux passed 200,000km on the odometer.
We had a strange bunny experience today as we drove along the dark road heading for Appila a bunny was caught in the beam of our lights. It changed direction about half a dozen times before finally leaving the road and avoiding a messy end.
Unfortunately it was dark by the time we arrived, so we found a spot a bit away from other campers and by 7.35pm were finishing our cups of tea and ready to climb into bed.
Tea was a luscious three course meal. Garlic prawn entree, pre cooked Chilli con carne with a Cab Merlot and then berries and cake with cream… all washed down with a cuppa made from the thermos.
Like all the grey nomads we will need to be up at sparrows fart soon enough and going to bed with the sun, as that will be the way to manage seeing the sights before the heat of the day in The Kimberly. It’s hard to believe we will soon be swimming and wearing only shorts and T shirts each day very soon. Might as well start getting our bodies used to it now.
- 253km
- Mix of bitumen and dirt roads
Luvapuzzle 