Nothing to report. Simply taking the most direct route back to Melbourne. Checked out the Nullabour Links at various places - $70 for the right to play at 16 locations. Too cold & miserable for golf - leave it 'til I cross the Nullabour when it's warmer! The number of showers i.e. serious rain is only matched by the rainbows that follow each one. Must say I have spread largesse throughout SA as I drove the 1st 100km's today with the camper tailgate open e...

Hi folks. Did you miss me? Have now arrived in Marla which is the end of the Oodnadatta Track. Marla also has a signal! No dramas over the past 4 days except the bloody flies were horrendous. It bears repeating - the bloody flies were horrendous! The Track took us through all those towns which prospered during the time of the old Ghan. Now, some are ghost towns & all are struggling. Camped at Farina (pop'n 1 or 2 & a great underground bakery open part-...

Today we visited Brachina Gorge & were fascinated by the many varied rock formations & their ages dating from around 540m to 600m years ago. Keep trying to take photos that I know will not capture the real impact of the place. The chap in the pic is a red-footed rock wallaby who was happy enough to have his photo taken. Back to camp for siesta & planning for the next leg. Leave Flinders Ranges tomorrow & will camp somewhere along the Oodnadatta ...

Was good to have the camper set up albeit without the fridge - able to undertake some serious cooking in the form of a can of something! Still needed the -12 sleeping bag in the camper as it was a cold night. Walked to the Wangarra Hill Lookout which provided a view of a very different Pound from the one I saw in 1997. My recollection was of a large open plain with relatively few trees but 16 years later is almost entirely treed. Checked out the Cazneaux Tr...

Bought an ice cooler in Hawker (Pop 470) for an exorbitant price & stocked it with the essentials including ice! Enjoyed a great steak sandwich with the lot & mug of cap (had to put own sugars in as proprietor refused to so do! Then on to Wilpena Pound for a cheap but excellent camping site. Plan to be here for 3 nights so put up camper for 1st time this trip.