Stuart's way - the highway

Stuart Highway was calling this morning, after some interesting times in Coober Pedy and being in and out of more shafts and holes than I would like to remember, it was time to go.

Our first stop was breakfast and a place we frequented the last couple of days, as they also had great coffee, clean toilets, clean tables, and good staff.

The breakfast was a little pricey but sometimes it is just easier to forget the expense and remember holidays aren't for Scrooges, they are for enjoyment and relaxing.

The Big breakfast included the following: (a ton) of bacon, two hash browns, two eggs, one Italian sausage, one fried (1/2) tomato and two slices of toast all for $20.  Katie had a much smaller option of egg and bacon roll for $7.50.

We only had around 4 and a half hours to drive today and we did take our time, whilst having breakfast we saw the entire Police force (uniformed and undercover) have their breakfast in the diner.  We think they may have been on a siege or heist overnight, you can only imagine the stories Katie was coming up with, as there were far too many police at the table for this little town of Coober Pedy.

We left town full well knowing, we will be back soon enough on our return trip.

Katie took the first leg of the journey and that brought us into Marla around midday.  Here we spent a little time calling home to Melanie and had some lunch.

We also watched and saw a local guy, he appeared to be a local.  He was a person who would introduce himself and if interested, the travelers would then chat with him. At one point, the couple we saw took pity on him and purchased him a milkshake.  He also made the rounds assisting travelers to take photos.

The final leg was my turn and took us over the state border. Apart from a photo opportunity, there was not much else to see or do.

Then we pulled into Kulgera for a pit stop and another photo. These places just amaze me, in the middle of nowhere, they have nothing but have everything a traveler could desire. From a cold drink, (soft and hard) to a well-cooked meal, somewhere to pitch a tent and of course fuel for the car. This place also had a clothesline where there were many shoes hanging to dry

The last leg was much quicker than expected with the speed limit in SA being 110 KmH it was a surprise to see the new state limit of 130KmH in Northern Territory.

We arrived in Erldunda and have pitched the tent, amongst the caravans!

The caravans all turned up after this photo was taken