We set off early for Coober Pedy which is an opal mining town. The plan was to smash out 700 klms to Coober Pedy which would give us an entire day exploring this town. It would also be a test to see how many klms were possible if required. Everything went to plan and we arrived in the hot, dry and dusty town of Coober Pedy late afternoon. The next morning we headed into town and checked out the opal shops, needless to say Jo-anne didn't get any opal jewellery. O...

We hooked up on Thursday morning all set to go, then oh no, a problem. Our van had no power connection from the car. We had arranged to stop at JB to get another van issue sorted. Anyway after half an hour or so, everything seemed to be good, except we needed to find an auto electrician to get the car sorted. We stopped in Bendigo and eventually got the car issue fixed after 1.5 hours, then the error on our van battery management system was back. We headed for Wy...