Two days packing, prepping, finalizing orders ready to get on the road to South Australia.

Left at sparrows fart to get on down the road with a full day – 11hrs – including stops. Traveling time 9hrs40mins. Yo arrive in Gilgandra in time for beer o’clock. ‘Cause that’s how we roll! 🤣

It was a spectacular start to the day heading out and over the Great Dividing Range with a perfectly clear sky, temperate weather, coffee and sighting fairly close up a hot air balloon.

The view back to the coast was hazy, ready for a pleasant day ahead.

Over the hills and far away, we hit more central areas and let me tell you, it looks so dry out here already I think we may be in for a seriously hard Summer ahead for our farmers.

We managed to get up close and personal with a wallaby on the way, taking out the interior hub covers from the left front passenger wheel. Very lucky with no panel damage though.

A little further down the track a new life given with seeing a calf just born. Nature sure is special.

Stopped for a refuel at Gunnedah before swapping drivers and making the final leg into Gilgandra.

I love the silo art here in our western regions but woke to miss the photo opportunity for the water diviner set. Certainly didn’t miss this one as we got back to the highway – a beautiful portrayal of Dorothea Mackellar’s ‘I love a sunburnt country’.

Arrived to very windy and hot conditions, the making of bushfire weather but it will subside tonight to 10 degrees cooler than today, making for a pleasant trip through to Broken Hill.

Travel safe for those also making the trek to Nationals!

Kat xo