The picture of us at the border was the beginning of a very big day, and when I think back on it I keep thinking I missed a stop somewhere, but I didn't. As Tim would say, "we hoofed it!"
For a start we were 2 1/2 hours ahead of all WA, and that made us feel like we had jet lag for the next week!
After going through the border check point with our cooked vege stew for tea, our potato salad and stewed apples, everyone with a pinkie complexion from eating a whole watermelon the night before we were struck by the Eucla hills. Just expecting more of the same landscape it took us by surprise, the mountains, but didn't last long. The kids set about to doing as much school work while they were in the car as possible and thankfully no one gets car sick so this works a treat. A lot of Wedge-Tailed Eagles were devouring carcasses and unusual signs to watch out for camels. We saw 8 camels 20m from the road casually grazing on what I don't know.
The previous day we stopped on the side of the road to have lunch on the Nullarbor and most of our clan needed to go to the toilet, and some with the need of a shovel. We handed them the shovel and toilet paper and said "find a tree to go behind". They stood, looked around. There was no tree for as far as you can see, just salt bush. So off they headed, some in red shirts (not the best camouflage) and they walked and walked. Us back at the caravan kept yelling out to them that we could still see them and laughing at their attempt to hide! Finally they returned , one wearing some old shorts they had found. Clowns.
This day though, Thursday, we stopped at Cocklebiddy for lunch. We don't feel remote at Minnipa any more coming out to these places. Nothing for ages either side of these road houses.
I had some almonds and cashews in the car for a bit of a snack and at one point Manning was enjoying his cashew snack and said "Are these peanuts?" I said " No they are cashews". He asked me another 2 times and I replied the same each time. Finally he said "I'm going to call them peanuts!" At another snack time we were having pretzels and Manning said " Are these schnitzels?" Many times of roaring laughter!
Balladonia was the real start of seeing big trees.
We camped near Cave Hill in between Norseman and Kalgoorlie on the edge of the gold fields.
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