Day 84 - Iron Knob to Semaphore - 21 October 2017

 Before heading off we visited the Iron Knob museum but unfortunately it was closed. Sue then drove the first 70 km or so to Port Augusta and then I took over. Somewhere en route we passed a pink lake - the exact location escapes me. We stopped briefly for lunch at Snowtown before heading on to a caravan park at Semaphore, a beachside suburb in Adelaide. There was a very strong, howling wind blowing but despite this we went for a walk to the end of the Semaphore jetty and watched some intrepid wind surfers do their thing. A lovely cup of coffee on the way back and then settled in for the evening.

Day 83 - Penong to Iron Knob - 20 October 2017

 Not a terribly exciting day today - we drove the 475 km to Iron Knob with Sue doing about 150 km after lunch which was had en route - a fairly boring drive scenery wise for the most part. We got through the agriculture checkpoint at Ceduna without incident and stopped briefly at Kimba to view the silo art before pushing on. At Iron Knob we joined half a dozen others at sunset for a beer or two in the camp kitchen before retiring.

Day 82 - Mundrabilla Roadhouse to Penong - 19 October 2017

 Had a heart breakfast of fried tomatoes on toast - all part of the grand plan to dispose of all our fruit and vegetables before we hit our next Agriculture checkpoint at Ceduna. I drove the first 100 km or so to a beautiful spot with stunning views of cliffs on the Great Australian Bight shortly after Eucla. En route we encountered one of the iconic trees festooned with underwear which I may have added a pair to on my previous drive this way earlier in the year. I drove a bit further and then Sue took over driving us to the whale watching location at Head of the Bight Visitor Centre. Sadly we were two weeks too late as the last of the pods had moved on. I then drove the last section to Penong a township we'd stayed at before. Dinner was focussed on lots of steamed vegetables and potato salad again for the same reason of using them up before we would have to dispose of them.

Day 81 - Balladonia Hotel/Motel/Roadhouse to Mundrabilla Roadhouse - 18 October 2017

 We left Balladonia at 8.30 a.m this morning - something of a record for us. The distance was some 453 km with Sue driving a little over 150 km at the start heading to Caiguna. We had lunch somewhere along the way at a roadside stop. Arriving at what would have been 3 p.m. it suddenly became 3.45 p.m. as a result of a timezone change shortly after the roadside stop. Of interest when crossing the Nullarbor are those sections of the highway that are designated emergency landing strips for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Fortunately we didn't get to see them used as such. Facilities at Mundrabilla were so much better than Balladonia which had been too filthy to use. Here at Mundrabilla we had no internet or telephone access and no television reception. Instead we watched a dvd "Gone Baby Gone"