First day on the road.

We are certainly learning by our mistakes! We set off with half a tank of petrol, and we were so soon in the country we thought we may not get any. So we had to backtrack a little to fill up, but when we got back on the road there seemed to be stacks of fuel stations! Having done about 300 miles we aimed for a place called Flynn’s find, where the sign said there would be petrol, and we got there with a little over a quarter of a tank.  We had to wait for the only petrol pump, then the guy came over and said Bad News, we’ve just run out, the nest station is 150k up the road! Mad panic!

However, we were stopping for the night half way so we will have to wait for the morning to see if we make it.

Our trip up was improved greatly by the wild flowers growing alongside the road, beautiful shades of pink, purple and violet, in profusion. They flower among the scrub only for a month or so each year and this is the season. Quite uplifting!

The road trains pass us regularly, we are restricting ourselves to 90kph, (57mph) (we want the car to last the course!) and they do 110, about 70. They are huge, many have around 100 wheels.

Arriving on the campsite we discovered that the owner comes from Bolton, one of many Brits we have met here. The site however was quite primitive by our standards, although it seems it is one of the better ones in this part of the country.

Anne cooked a great meal, stir fry chicken, pots and veg, so we were replete. However the midges turned out to be a bl**** nuisance, even after spraying ourselves. Oh- the joys of camping!

So our first night looms- it’ll be early in bed and read I think, and very early to rise……