Streaky Bay to Border Village (Day 3)

A rather over ambitious goal was set for today to reach Madura in WA, but this wasn't going to happen.   Forgetting the time changes, we kept noting that the kids would be getting quite hungry at around 7pm and that we still had a few fruit and vegies on board that I would rather eat than throw away at the quarantine station on SA/WA border.  So we decided to pull into the caravan park at Border Village to spend the night eat our food and start afresh the next day.

However, the day was a long one, broken up with a few photo opportunities along the way.  The first stop was at Penong, SA which is famous for a heap of windmills that pump out of an artisan basin.  For us though, it is famous for the poo explosion of 2013 from baby H who had not only filled his nappy, but also some of the car seat as well.  An unsuspecting mummy picked him up and wore a god bit of it too.  After a change of clothes, I packed all the pooey stuff up into bags, making special note of which ones had clothes and which one had the nappies (you can see what is going to happen here...!)

Onto the Nullarbor which really does go on for what seems forever.  I have done this trip before (twice) and it hasn' changed.

 We stopped at the Nullarbor roadhouse to feed the baby and stretch our legs.  And the continuation of the poo explosion of 2013 continued.  This time Bella.  I have NEVER see so much come out of one small child...EVER.  Of course this would happen at a place where we couldn't wash and had to keep moving.  After using nearly a whole packet of wipes, I got it under control and added to the pile of bags.

Fuel is also pretty expensive around here.  Average about 1.99/litre.

 This stretch of to Eyre Hwy also has some great photo opportunities of the Great Australian Bight.  Mark was very taken with this view and reckoned that it is more magnificent that the Great Ocean Road and the 12 Apostles.

As we were checking in at Border Village, and thinking it was quite late, I questioning the girl as to the local time - of which it was about 4pm!!  And here we were, starving and ready for bed.

At Border Village

I think this night, we were all in bed and alseep by 8.30pm local time.

Oh...and back to the poo explosion.  Well, I had to do a clothes wash when we pulled into Border Village.  I opened all the bags, only to discover that I had still in my possession a bag of soiled nappies and a missing t.shirt.  I had thrown my t.shirt in the bin at Penong.  Sigh.....

Total kms travelled today: 606
Total kms travelled so far: 1,975