This is turning out to be another INTERESTING trip! We came up the Sunrasia Highway to avoid those various problems of going through the Adelaide Hills and apart from the fact that we were warmer much quicker, a "great bonus", we only by our logbook, travelled 68km further than going directly along the Western highway.
So Geelong. via the Sunrasia to Mildura, Renmark, coming back onto the usual highway at Crystal Brook, did not take any longer time, may even have been quicker! Certainly easier driving.
BUT, needed the air-conditioner on in the Scout from Mildura, Tee-shirts from Woomera. Whats next is anybodies guess???? Plenty of "free camp" sites along the way also. One aspect that emerged again is the DUEL fuel verses dedicated gas, and we arrived at Pimba on the turnoff to Woomera and apart from there being some petrol bowsers out of commission the LPG bowser was also out of order, and had been for several days. After enquires advised us there is LPG at Roxby Downs we decided to proceed. At Roxby Downs we went to the Service Station to discover that their LPG bowser was also "out of order"??????
Furtunately there is auto-gas at the original township site at Olympic Dam, and the bowser worked, so we payed the 89.9 cents per litre to fill up twice while we were there. Actualy there have been a lot of petrol pumps with “out of order” signs along the way!!!!
We are at Alice Springs, having arrived yesterday. The Foodland Supermarket is giving out vouchers for 8 cents a litre discount on fuel for a $20.00 purchase, so we have one of those. CDMA mobile phone coverage has NOT improved and signed a petition at Kulgera roadhouse requesting further coverage of the Stuart Hwy. Using our HF Radio for communication & checking in with VKS 737. Large eagles have been plentiful refusing to leave roadside kill.