Flinders Hotel Motel Port Augusta

... all this riding &amp; we're not even halfway there yet ! Where we are camped is right next to the turnoff for Alice Springs &amp; Darwin - the road we're taking in the morning. It's a bit daunting from now on - no more nice little towns every hour or two, probably no greenery, and no radio/phone coverage for most. <br>Vital stats - ride time 6hrs33mins, elapsed time 8 hours, distance 164.1km, ave spd 25.0 kmh.

We crossed the border into SA, stopping to toss out the bag of oranges and other fruit we had just purchased in Mildura. (Our guess is that SA is running a particularly cunning public health campaign where they aim to boost the consumption of fruit and veg by prohibiting it; "forbidden fruit" and all that...) <br><br>The trip ...

... small and sweet. We took a few photo's whilst we were driving through but not much else to say on the subject. We drove some more and some more and some more and some more. The weather was beating and the music was pumping! We entertained ourselves by playing eye spy, "I went to the shop and I bought...." , "Guess who I am?" and "Guess what I am?". It was all good fun and made the long drive a little more entertaining. The scenery and the roads are changing. It's a ...

... noite pelo que passámos algumas noites frias na carrinha. De manhã fomos visitar a cidade que é bastante pequena e picturesca, com alguns edifícios históricos e a também histórica estação de combóios Pitchi Richi. De seguida fizémos uma caminhada de cerca de 8km até ao topo do monte Dutchman's Stern, que foi bastante fixe, apesar de não nos sentirmos muito à vontade depois de começarmos a falar de cobras (das 10 cobras mais venenosas do mundo, 8 são ...

... It's ******** that the water in Port Augusta is dirty, it's absolutely refreshing, maybe a bit salty, but that's why they got a free shower near the jetty. We loved it, especially jumping from the bridge. I would have jumped too if I wouldn't constantly lose my bathing suite when I jump in water... Maybe I'll meet up with Max and Eddy sometime in Perth, they were fun! I stayed for two days asking around if ...

... place too much of a strain on this man's heart. He initially struggled to either hear or understand us,or both, and then had to labourly walk the 4 metres to the fridge, bend down to to take out 3 glasses, one at a time, supported all the way by the surface of the back bar, re-elevate himself to a standing position and then travel the return leg of the journey to the pump. We had empathically chosen the closest pump to where we were standing, but the till was even ...

... i found it hard, and ultimately failed, not to smirk a little. In their defence however, most ruins in Britain do not face 40degree temperatures, constant beating by sand and drought, interestingly the homestead had a date palm still growing there, a plant that had been brought there from Afghanistan but had survived. Warren Gorge saw us introduced to more of Australia's native wildlife, In fact we saw three of Oz's famous marsupials - the kangaroo, the wallaby ...

Somewhere in Outback South Australia - 30th August 2008 It's quite remarkable just how different the landscape can be within the space of a 7 hour car journey. We started off on Coober Pedy, barren of almost all plant life. Out here they treat rocks as art, because there sure isn't anything else to look at. We followed the Stuart Highway south, through the prohibited testing range of Woomera. The landscape already had changed - now there was low level scrub ...

... as it only had one engine (propeller on the nose) and the planes at Broken Hill have two engines with propeller's on each wing. Craig rang Jason as we were leaving Orroroo - when they travelled there 18 year ago they were on the phone to Dianne (their weekly call) and were trying to pronounce the name of the town. Obviously they weren't saying it right as a local overheard them as he walked past and curtly corrected them. There are many ...

... storm and huge claps of thunder, although not sure how the boys slept through it. Statistics/Information Weather: Clear blue skies with increase cloud 28 degrees late storm and a cold overnight of 14 Shopping: $86 Alcohol: $48 Lunch: $6.80 Washing: $3 Fishing bait $8 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (Written by Suzanne) Port Augusta The storm last night was wild, the wind seem to blow in several different directions ...