We saw three cars with dog trailers full of Huskies stopping a few times and found out that they are on their way to the sled dog races at Falls Creek. That's very keen to drive over from Perth just to participate in the races, but I suppose they don't get a lot of opportunity sled dog racing in W.A.
With the heater going for the first couple of hours we made it to Ceduna where they took all remaining fruit and vegetables from us at the Quarantine check point. A quick refuelling stop on the outskirts of town and then back on the road heading towards Port Augusta.
As usual, when we go across the Nullarbor we always have rain (or hail) and this trip was no exception. Although they were only brief showers with sunshine in between they were pretty intense.
The landscape after Ceduna is very hilly for little while but then turns into pastoral land with sheep and lots of crops. The colour of these paddocks was a very deep green and reminded me of English country side meadows. I bet the farmers are very happy over here with the upcoming crop.
We pulled into a rest area at Minnipa and enjoyed a hot soup for lunch. The next refuelling stop was Wudinna and then we continued through Kimba and past Iron Knob into Port Augusta.
Iron Knob (photo 2) is an open cut mine where they are digging away the mountain. A small mining township is located the foot of the Knob.
In Port Augusta we pulled into the Shoreline caravan park where we've stayed a couple of times on our previous trip. While we set up the caravan another maintenance issue raised it's head - the jockey wheel thrust bearing has disintegrated. Although I do have a spare bearing with me, the job will have to wait until the caravan is hocked up to car so I can pull down the jockey wheel.
Having been here twice before, we know Port August quite well and went straight to the supermarket to restock with fruit and vegetables, filled up the car and back to the caravan to settle in for the night.
Here is the link to today's travel map.
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