Broken Hill to Peterborough - 280km

Left Broken Hill this morning and headed for Port Augusta.  Decided to stop at Peterborough tonight and head into Port Augusta tomorrow.  It has been very hot so I hope to find somewhere by the water and prop for a while.   It could still be up to 2 weeks before I meet up with Chris, so there is no hurry to move on.

I'm hoping to have my car serviced during the week, so hopefully when I ring Toyota tomorrow they will be able to fit me in through the week.

The drive between here and Broken Hill was magnificent.  The photos I took certainly don't do the scenery justice.  Beautiful outback countryside - no livestock or crops, just the occasional emu.  Endless dry grassy plains dotted with stumpy trees and in some areas surrounded by brown treeless hills in the distance.   Sometimes the colours and the scenery made my spine tingle.  I don't know how anyone could not want to explore this beautiful country.

At a place called Oodia Wirra, about 40km East of Peterborough there is a quarantine checkpoint on the highway for fruit and vegetables.  I had potatoes, onions and pumpkin which I had to surrender but interestingly I was allowed to keep a large sweet potato.  I also had a nice fresh mango which I had to hand over.  The inspectors search inside cars and caravans, and there are hefty fines if you try to take fruit and vegetables past the check point.