MONDAY 7TH JULY 2008

Today I walked all the way from South Australia to Western Australia (sounds impressive but it was only approx 50 Metres when Steve parked the bus and I went to take photos). Quarantine is a joke. We could have had anything tucked away if we had have wanted to. She walked in, patted the dogs and said how lovely they were, asked to see the fridge. I handed the one onion I had left and a couple of mandarins out of the fridge and she took my word for the rest.

We were then off to Eucla to see the Telegraph Station. Parked the bus up near the Servo and unhitched the car as it was a 5km drive on a rough road but you could drive right down to the beach. Let the dogs out for a run on the dunes – they loved it. There was a hundred year old jetty (see picture) as well as the telegraph station.

We headed back to the bus and were about to hitch the car up again and Steve said “You’re F#!*!#*!# kidding me”. I turned around to see what he was talking about and he realised that he had taken the pin out of the tow hitch and done what he had told himself he would never do – he had left it on the front of the bullbar. So we had to retrace our drive all the way down to the beach and hoped that we would find it. Luck was on our side for once – it was lying on the middle of the road just as you turn into the sand dunes. Lesson No. ?? – always listen to your gut feelings and do as they say – they are usually right. We then decided that we would tie them to the actual hitch and then there is no way he could do it again.

We camped the night near the turnoff to the Eyre Bird Observatory just past Madura. When we stopped, we realised the other bracket on the car was bent. So Steve spent the next ½ hour straightening it.