We were relieved to make it to the border and find that we were still allowed to re-enter our home state. With all that is going on with COVID closures (and especially truckers over these borders) we always had it in the back of our mind that we might miss our window of opportunity if we lingered in WA too long.
We crossed the border checkpoint around lunchtime after dropping down onto the plain at Madura and then climbing up again and enjoying the views as we came towards Eucla. The Sandhills looked like clouds on the horizon when they were in the distance.
We celebrated with a purchase of fuel ($1.88/litre) and an egg and bacon burger from the empty store.
The diesel pump is pretty out of the way and hard to find at Eucla. It doesn’t help when a road train parks between the incoming traffic and the pump, blocking it from view. We watched a number of vehicles drive in, look for the pump and get confused. Maybe the opposition at Border Village ($1.99/litre) are in cahoots with the truckies??
Not sure who Andy and Dave are??
We stopped for a cuppa on the cliffs, checking for signs of whales in the calm blue water, but no whales were seen and we ended up taking refuge from the hot wind and flies inside the vehicle. As always the views of the cliffs were stunning.
We stuck our nose into a couple of potential stopping places before finding one just 6km west of Yalata at about 5:30 when we followed a track in off of the road and behind some trees. We could still see some light from the traffic and hear some noise- but not enough to worry us.
It was a beautiful clear night and we ate up our veggies in a stir fry along with some tender beef from that same excellent butcher. Then we sat back with our cuppa and spoke to Ben, Jasmine and Sophia through the magic of mobile phone coverage as we watched the stars overhead and the distant traffic passed us by.
It was a warm night with blankets not needed and we were happy to be sheltered from the wind among the trees.
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