Day 36 Getting a tensioner replaced in the car (something to do with the fan belt ?!?) so have a little courtesy car to potter around town in, a Diahatsu Hairdryer or something like that. As Broken Hill is so isolated from the rest of New South Wales, it operates on South Australia time, a difference of 30 minutes. Found out today that BHP of BHP Billiton stands for the Broken Hill Proprietory Company Ltd. It was setup back in 1885 and like most Australian to...

Day 35 Visited the absolutely excellent Wadlata Outback Centre in Port Augusta. This series of video presentations and interactive displays charted the history and hardships of early settlers as well as insight into aboriginal methods, tools and dreamtime. Michael had a go at trying to type out a message in morse code but all he got was a series of E's (dot) and T's (dash) rather than any meaningful combination of the two. In fairness my attempt wasn't any be...

The final preparations are underway... Boxes of our life over the last year have been packed up ready to be shipped back to Belfast. After getting all its accessories added (roof bars, 2nd spare wheel, cargo barrier, etc) as well as some removed (back seats) the car is getting its final service today.