OK this morning plan A was to get up early, as in about 7.30, and get on the road before the wind came up. Plan B was the one we used as we didn't get up early and were a taken aback a bit by some sad family news. We then used the morning to attend to a few minor jobs. One of these was to inflate the spare tyre to the required pressure, now on these vans the spare is under the van just behind the the rear axle making the job rather difficult. But we got it done along with the other jobs and got on the road about 11 just as the wind was starting to drop and stopped for morning tea just a few kms down the road. Continuing after that the wind kept reducing which was great.

The scenery today was scrubland with small trees and grasses and a backdrop of a low mountain range, actually very nice and constantly changing during the day. We stopped at Halls Creek to fuel up, they charge for water there but we were lucky enough to find an untended tap and fill up our water tank too. We then headed off further east to stop at a place called Leycester Rest Area, just your basic place to park with ablutions.

Just to note the effect of the wind on our fuel consumption we are getting about half a km less driving in to the headwind.