We were up
early and made a good start driving across the boring Hay plains. When we left
Goolgowi the temperature was in the low 20’s and rising. Rob was dressed in his
favourite “shorty” shorts and a t-shirt. As we left Hay we saw about 5
road trains all carrying bales of hay to Hay. Boredom set in and we made jokes
about it. “Hey, did you see all the hay going to Hay on that truck?” Anyway
after surviving the Hay Plains we stopped at Balranald for coffee and then
headed to Mildura where we were stopping for lunch. During this part of the journey
the weather started to deteriorate with the temperature dropping and rain
falling. It was 9 degrees in Mildura and Rob got some funny looks when we
stopped for fuel, dressed the way he was. He changed into some warmer clothes
during our lunch stop. We continued on and the rain continued. We had the idea
of stopping at Barmera for the night and on Tuesday, Rob was going to play a
round of golf while I went kayaking on Lake Bonney. We decided that given the
state of the weather, this was highly unlikely and so with Rob feeling fine to
continue on driving, headed for home. We arrived back home around 6.15pm all
safe and well. The weather seemed a bit better by the time we got to Adelaide
but we do have the heater on!
Map finished
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