Flinders Hotel Motel
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A taste of nothingness
Before dinner yesterday we pre-ordered breakfast at the reception for 8:30 as that was the only way to get food in the morning. Nice and hungry we went looking for our breakfast in the bistro at 8:30 am to find out it was 8 am and that at some point yesterday we had crossed a half hour time zone. Waiting for breakfast I went into the casino and …
Port Augusta
... he he, go Switzerland once more).
A few hundred kilometers later we arrived at Port Augusta where we for the first time since Darwin saw the sea again. After a walk along the seaside it was time for dinner and some chicken wings.
The next day was another rest day. Besides a late breakfast we visited the botanical garden and had an ice-cream at McDonalds. There are two things about McDonalds which I learnt to appreciated while being abroad. Number ...
Closing the loop
... the railway to and from Whyalla. We were especially impressed that one of the trains would leave the Whyalla docks with empty trucks and when it left Iron Knob they would be full of iron ore.
We then visited Melissa's cousin Sherryl in town and met Franklin and Hurtle the turtles and also Nikki's dog Punter. The kids had a quick swim at Nikki's new place before we jumped back in the car for the 45 min trip to ...
Port Augusta to Uluru
... as it gets up to 50 degrees C at times. I just can't imagine that kind of heat. On our way out of town we passed hundreds of piles of sand from the shafts for the mines and heavy equipment for the digging.
We have gone onto Daylight Saving Time so have lost another hour.
We have a very long day today as our goal is Uluru (Ayres Rock) which is 750kms from here.We stopped at another roadhouse just to have a break from the monotony of the barren ...
Day Three
... circles. On "giant watch" today we saw a giant coke can just outside Port Pirrie. We arrived at Port Augusta with the temperature sitting on 26 degrees and the kids ready for a swim. We set up, right next door to a lovely couple from Highton. It's a small world. The kids had swim number one and then we went for a fish off a jetty. Chloe became a instant fishing legend by catching a salmon. We donated it to a local family, fishing on the jetty amazed at Chloe's ...
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