Up early and on the road reasonably early. I think Rena and I are really looking forward to heading home, on the other hand I dont think that James is.
We called in to Noresman, what a quaint little town, with lots of artwork around the town. We called in to the IGA and I got a cake (choc mud cake Rena's fav) and some stuff for Rena's birthday tomorrow.
We then went to the tourist information centre to get some info on crossing the Nullabor. Very friendly staff member, he was new and one of the people there was getting very stroppy with him because he wanted a refund for a pass and didnt want to fill out any paper work, he kept saying 'the OTHER person does it for me all the time, she just does it all for me and gives me my money back just like that', well to the grumpy traveler, GRRR to you. Most of the people who work in the tourist info centres are volunteers, as is the case at Norseman, the guy was new and was trying his best, and this guy was so rude, just because he had changed his mind and didnt want the pass anymore, GRRR to you.
We then went and checked out the Norseman Horse sculptures and then the Camel sculptures before heading to the petrol station to top up the tank. Got to love long range fuel tanks, hurts when you fill them right up, but it means that we have been able to fill up when cheap and drive past the expensive fuel, which will be the case crossing the Nullabor, wont need to fuel up again until we are well inside SA.
It has been really interesting watching the changing landscapes as we have traversed WA, especially all the wildflowers, it will now be interesting to see how the landscape changes as we cross the Nullabor.
We hit the road again and got as far as Newman Rocks and went to check them out, lots of interesting rocks, but not suitable for a camper trailer as very open, so we decided to head back to the main campground and set up camp there as there was a table and a fire.
After we had set up camp, James lit the fire so that we could get some coals going, Lamb Shanks in the camp over for dinner tonight, mm mmmm.
Camp oven on, and the lamb shanks on a nice slow cook I made a vanilla slice (lattice biscuit type) for Rena's party tomorrow. Got to love no cook recipes. I wrapped the spuds and sweet potato and onions in foil and we threw them in the coals as well, so was a nice easy dinner tonight.
There was alot of flies so we waited until well after dark before we ate (gave the lamb shanks more time to cook) it was nice to eat without fighting the flies for my food.
We ended up washing up tonight instead of in the morning (normally do this to conserve water) as I didn't want to have to contend with the flies in the morning.
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