So much for Elaine's back settling down, this morning it gave her absolute hell. I decided that we should head north to warmer climes but she disagreed and we continued as planned. Except that we knocked off nearly 300 kms today so that we would get down to the coast quicker. The theory is that it is warmer near the ocean than it is inland and the weather zone tends to support that theory.

So on the way we stopped at Hyden intending to visit Wave Rock, more about that later. The town itself had a very well executed historical tableau. It consists of a series of scrap iron statues depicting the history and development of the district. Very well done with light hearted story boards explaining the statues. Then we headed out to the rock just 4 km out of town. But there was a vehicle charge and we couldn't get close enough for Elaine to do the walk as short as it was. We could not see the rock from the parking area so we left without paying. Actually we have seen a few wave rock formations and they are all rather spectacular do we didn't feel to upset at missing this one.

The drive was very nice through farming country with a few rock outcrops to vary the scenery. Today we split the driving almost 50/50 which shows that Elaine is not 100% as she normally does nearly all the driving.

We are camped tonight at a small, very small, town called Varley about 80 km south of Hyden. Despite the size of the town they have a small camp area with a fee of a donation! We have 3 neighbours.