Onward & Southward

25th June 2013

We rose with the sunrise this morning and after breakfast quickly packed down the van and hit the road bound for Adelaide.

Window patched up for the drive to Adelaide

Today was a full day of driving, where we covered about 600kms driving through some varied countryside, from flat desert through to rolling green hills surrounding Adelaide. Apart from a couple of fuel stops, we stopped at Woomera, which made for an interestiing break n the journey and then for lunch at Port Augusta.

Driving into Woomera greeted by Long Tom Rocket

Woomera was established in 1947 as a joint project between the British and Australians and has been used for testing rocket and weapons capabilities, the first Australian Satellite was also launched from here in 1967. There was a large display in the town centre of missiles, planes and rockets which have been tested over the years. There was also a large mobile green canon called "George" which the girls really took a liking to.

The girls in Woomera Town Centre

Chloe in front of Blue Steel

We arrived into Adelaide around 5pm which meant we hit the city centre at peak hour, which was a but of fun with the van on board. We are staying with some friends, Terry, Cindy and their son Sam and they live only a short distance from the Adelaide CBD which should make for a great base for us to explore the city and surrounds from.

After a great meal, catching up and getting some advice on what we should not miss while we are in Adelaide, we called it a night. Again it's great to have friends who are willing to interrupt their lives & routines to allow us to stay with them on our journey and for that we are very grateful.