Day 5 Early bike ride for me, thought I had better let Nicole get some sleep after I kept her awake with my snoring. Banished to the tent tonight. Fair Enough! Rode out around the mine shafts on the western side of the highway. Bloody tough way to earn a living I reckon. The shafts are not covered and very deep you really do need to watch your step. After breakfast we headed into the town centre for a look. Umoona Opals, the underground Catholic Church, C.P. V...

Relatively early start for Day 4. Left Port Augusta without fuel. Whoops my fuel map reading needs to improve somewhat! Heading out to the Outback JD did a run down of the make, model and fuel consumption of each and every truck we pass, oh and road trains created great excitement and even the occasional need for photos! "Awesome", says James, cheeky smile on his face, VHF walkie talkie in hand. (VHF -"Who ate Jeff?!"- Olivia) Got fleeced at "Spuds road h...