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Last pics from the Nullarbor. This is as far W as we are going on this continent, just short of the WA border but close enough for our tech to pick up a WA phone signal and cause time chaos. We now think SA’s 30 minutes time zone is the way to go, it’s just the rest of the planet that is wrong!
Fantastic cliffs, well the ones we can get to in Harvey.
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And most westerly pano of this part of the jolly.
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They still promise the wildlife spotting experience, needless to say we saw nothing much apart from crows and a couple of raptors.
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And looks like the docs have their own airport, would be interesting if one flew in as we were bimbling down the road runway!
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Good job they’ve got a zebra crossing to allow the patients to get across the road!
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And final pic from here, honest, and for completeness, proof we’ve gone from one side of the Nullarbor to t’other.
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We head back to Ceduna tomorrow, lots of long straight roads letting mahoosive Road Trains admire the back of Harvey until they can blast past.
22nd Apr 2023 7:30 am
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PS Just seen our 1st camel!
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Just love the road house eatery art, though he doesn’t look impressed!
22nd Apr 2023 8:09 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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And greetings from here!!
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Hoping to find our fortune and be kept in the manner I could become accustomed to.
Pics from last few days to follow, incl Rocket Park from Woomera, but data is well iffy at the mo.
26th Apr 2023 7:10 am
JordsDisco
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Did you see Mad Max?
26th Apr 2023 7:47 am
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Not yet, but I’m sure he’s driving around in a 4 trailer mine truck road train. No-one is going to mess with him in one of those.
26th Apr 2023 9:09 am
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Is it just me but when I looked at those photos of the sea I thought you must be on the wrong coast as the sea should be on the left ?
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26th Apr 2023 9:40 am
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Waiting for the next post when you tell us that Mrs DSL found a big boulder opal Wouldn't like to comment on her plans from then on Uncle Ray's spare wheel protector
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26th Apr 2023 9:51 am
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Here ya go with some pics.
Spent a day in Port Augusta before heading up the Stewart Highway to CP. It was nice and hot again, ~30c and booooootuful blue sky.
Did a nice walk around the Arid Botanic Garden Centre. Fantastic view of the Flinders Range.
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We haven’t seen many snake warning lately but plenty of signs of them!
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And great seeing 4 Roos plus a joey in the pouch. Two of them are in here, somewhere.
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Bit of a long drive up the Stewart Highway to CP, bit of a slog as Harvey was battling a mega head wind. Fair few salt lakes on the way up.
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And a few pics from the Rocket Park at Woomera.
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Typical view from today, 550kms of outback.
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When in CP you’ve got to do a cave hotel. Not much of a view out the windows but lovely and cool, temp was up to 32c.
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View from a hill in the middle of CP. There’s a hotel and a museum behind the junk yard, not that you’d know it.
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Blower at the top of the hill, bit of a misnomer as it’s basically a giant hoover, as will be familiar to all fans of Outback Opal Hunters.
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And to finish with, a gratuitous pano. Well would be rude not to as fantastic view.
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Off tomorrow on a mail tin trip out to Oonadatta and round the bondu, should have some good pics of more of the Outback tomorrow.
26th Apr 2023 10:12 am
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Just looked it up on Google Earth. You’re only halfway across the bottom! (Or is it the top 🤔)
26th Apr 2023 10:13 am
kajtzu
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Place looks just like Mad Max 2
26th Apr 2023 10:18 am
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ianm27 wrote:
Waiting for the next post when you tell us that Mrs DSL found a big boulder opal Wouldn't like to comment on her plans from then on
I’m sure I’d be involved in those plans, even if it’s to carry all the Lois Vutton bags.
26th Apr 2023 10:22 am
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Gareth wrote:
Just looked it up on Google Earth. You’re only halfway across the bottom! (Or is it the top 🤔)
About half way from E to W but plenty of Aus further N. We’re not heading up any more, back to PA on Saturday.
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This is as far N as we’re going in Aus, we’ll reserve the full Stewart Highway run from Darwin down to Port Augusta for next Aussie trip.
ps deffo the bottom of Aus rather than the top. It’s taken us long enough to get used to the sun being in the N so not going to start getting things upside down. And that’s compounded by SA’s half hour time zone malarkey! We asked someone on last trip why SA has that and the answer was “coz they can!”.
26th Apr 2023 10:33 am
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kajtzu wrote:
Place looks just like Mad Max 2
We have MM 2 & 3 on my ipad, may watch 2 tomorrow then 3
On Fri. Robocop on at the mo.
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26th Apr 2023 3:01 pm
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Ray, you’d love it here. Your “caravan” and 130 would fit right in as well.
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