The photo accompanying this post has no relevance to the below, however, it does show one of my favorite places this trip - Tunnel Creek.

This morning we said goodbye to Uncle Ron who headed off on his own as he needs to head for home and a single vehicle travelling is somewhat quicker than one that is towing.... I must admit I did shed a couple of tears, and although I know that he will be fine travelling on his own, I, as have the rest of the family, really enjoyed his company as we toured the west coast and hate the idea of anyone travelling on their own. All this being said, I have spoken with him tonight and he assures me he is fine and enjoyed his lunch of leftover roast pork in sandwhiches from last nights belated roast pork b'day dinner - cooked by Anth on the Weber Q.

We left Esperance this morning and headed back up to Norseman where the boys, Anth & I ducked out across Lake Cowan a salt lake and had a look at the Gemstone fields where we all had a little fossick and the boys found a couple of wonderful souveniers of Agate in a variety of colours....

From Norseman we headed off to the Nullabor! So far, it's not quite what I'd expected, although from Ballodonia to Caiguna it has started to resemble what I had depicted with the trees and vegetation starting to drop off.

The rain continues to follow us and despite having been told that it seldom rains on the Nullabor, I think we've seen a different side having experienced a fair bit today. Since pulling up in Caiguna, not much more than a roadhouse with a sort of caravan park complete with an landing strip for planes, we haven't had a drop.

We saw the most amazing rainbow today whilst travelling along the 'longest straight stretch of road in Australia' 90 miles long, so that certainly helped to break the monotony up a bit... although the signs advised to keep watch for Camels, Kangaroos and Emus, so far we have only sighted a couple of Kangaroos in the distance.

Now, without further adieu, please see below the updated responses to THE questions!!!...

FYI - not sure entirely how we will get an accurate tally for $$$ Spent and litres of fuel used as we stopped keeping track a while ago once we realised all would be good, however, I'm fairly sure we will be able to do a reasonable estimate.

Before leaving, I asked the kids and Anthony a number of questions and have revised these a little to be more relevant to where things are at now.

Whilst we sat enjoying dinner a couple of nights ago, I re visited THE questions to see if anything had changed.... here are the updated responses from all of us...

Questions re visited

Anthony:

How many KM's do you think we will travel - 18000

How many litres of diesel do you think we will use - 1800

How much do you think the whole trip will cost - 6000

What have you missed the most - home - our house etc

What have you missed the least - work

What has been the best thing so far - Snorkelling at Oyster Stack

What's been the worst thing - flooding the van at Coober Pedy

What was the nicest place we went to - Coral Bay & Exmouth

Where has been the coldest place we've been - Wave Rock

What's one thing you've learnt - We live in a big country

Helen

How many KM's do you think we will travel - 19000

How many litres of diesel do you think we will use - 3500

How much do you think the whole trip will cost - 9000 (not incuding fuel)

What have you missed the most - my kitchen

What have you missed the least - cold weather

What has been the best thing so far - Tunnel Creek

What's been the worst thing - the rain

What was the nicest place we went to - Coral Bay & Cape Range National Park

Where has been the coldest place we've been - So far Esperance

What's one thing you've learnt - how capable the kids are of travelling long distances in one stretch.

James

How many KM's do you think we will travel - close to 20,000

How many litres of diesel do you think we will use - over 10,000

How much do you think the whole trip will cost - 10000

What have you missed the most - being able to walk from the shower to my bedroom in just a towel.

What have you missed the least - cold weather

What has been the best thing so far - Orminston Gorge

What's been the worst thing - the rain

What was the nicest place we went to - everywhere warm

Where has been the coldest place we've been - Esperance

What's one thing you've learnt - how to get out of a dry bog.

Will

How many KM's do you think we will travel - 10900

How many litres of diesel do you think we will use - 1009

How much do you think the whole trip will cost - 2000

What have you missed the most - Jersey and my friends

What have you missed the least - cold weather

What has been the best thing so far - Tagging & Drafting Cattle at Pardoo Station

What's been the worst thing - the rain

What was the nicest place we went to - Pardoo Station

Where has been the coldest place we've been - Perth

What's one thing you've learnt - what a mirage is