Day 13, The push north..............
What a massive day we had today and certainly one which was somewhat underestimated.
We left Adelaide around 10ish, stopped for some breakfast and much needed fuel after a very long way round shortcut to the petrol station. Turns out the GPS is not always right.
The distance to Broken Hill was just short of 500Km, which seams easy enough, we soon found out that the road conditions to about Peterborough were simply atrocious.
The road was rutted and cut up and at times it felt like we were going to break just about everything in the van. However, we arrived safe and sound with no issues, some 7 hours after departure including a much need fuel and lunch stop.
Bessy drank her fill today. It was the worst fuel economy we have ever had to date. Typically we get 18 lph, which is fairly good seeing we are close to 5T loaded up. Today we managed to get a career high of 25.8 lph.
The road however, was not without its perks. We have never seen so much wildlife in the outback in our lives, the emus, goats, Kangaroos etc, was simply incredible. We did have to keep our wits about us as we dont have a bullbar so feel rather exposed.
We also saw some fantastic wind farms in the Flinders ranger, my god these things are HUGE.
The only down side of the day is that Oskar has come down with some sort of fever and with no air conditioning and 34 degree heat, we need to make sure we keep the little guy comfortable.
Tomorrow we will do some exploring, visit the local attractions etc, before we head of again on thursday for an over night stop in Cobar and then onto Dubbo and the much awaited arrival into Sydney.
Over and out.
We left Adelaide around 10ish, stopped for some breakfast and much needed fuel after a very long way round shortcut to the petrol station. Turns out the GPS is not always right.
The distance to Broken Hill was just short of 500Km, which seams easy enough, we soon found out that the road conditions to about Peterborough were simply atrocious.
The road was rutted and cut up and at times it felt like we were going to break just about everything in the van. However, we arrived safe and sound with no issues, some 7 hours after departure including a much need fuel and lunch stop.
Bessy drank her fill today. It was the worst fuel economy we have ever had to date. Typically we get 18 lph, which is fairly good seeing we are close to 5T loaded up. Today we managed to get a career high of 25.8 lph.
The road however, was not without its perks. We have never seen so much wildlife in the outback in our lives, the emus, goats, Kangaroos etc, was simply incredible. We did have to keep our wits about us as we dont have a bullbar so feel rather exposed.
We also saw some fantastic wind farms in the Flinders ranger, my god these things are HUGE.
The only down side of the day is that Oskar has come down with some sort of fever and with no air conditioning and 34 degree heat, we need to make sure we keep the little guy comfortable.
Tomorrow we will do some exploring, visit the local attractions etc, before we head of again on thursday for an over night stop in Cobar and then onto Dubbo and the much awaited arrival into Sydney.
Over and out.
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