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From Cape Le Grand we drove a 4wd track called the Balladonia track which was narrow and a bit sanday but saved a few hundred kms and was quite an interesting drive. We also took most of the detours off the Eyre Highway to look at the coast and took 3 days to cross over to the Eyre Peninsular in SA. We bush camped each night and this is an example of one of our campsites - it was glorious and peaceful. This one was not far from the Eyre Bird Observatory which is located in the old Eyre Telegraph Station. We found the museum there fascinating. We drove along a track at the bottom of the escarpment there to Madura Roadhouse and the track is obviously little used as Rich had to get out the bush saw to remove a fallen tree to allow us to continue on our way. Infinitely more interesting than the Eyre Highway at that point! We also had to cross the Dingo fence and had to open and close the gate (I can't imagine one has to do that on the Eyre Highway - lets hope the dingos arent too smart and get through there!)
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