21st Jan – Onto Renmark SA

We awoke to the sound of the Bush Alarm clock (sulphur crested cockatoos’) at 6am, we were up, fed, hitched and gone by 7am (25 degrees) for our 700km run to Renmark South Australia, in total a 8.5hr trip which is one of four 700km plus trips we complete on this journey! We passed thru some diverse agricultural areas including wheat crops, corn fields then grape vines, as the north wester kicked in we watched tumble weeds rolling across the road and fold up the wing mirror every now and then as the trucks passed by, the Sturt Hwy is not the smoothest ride but letting the tyres down to 35psi made the ride far smoother!


3km outside of Hay at 11am ish the temp had hit 37 degrees, we spotted a grass fire on the side of the road, we did a quick U-turn, grabbed our 20L water drum and put it out. Looking like it could flare up again we called the fire brigade and let them know the details so they could douse the area. With 300km left we passed through the tiny little town Balranald, we are now officially in the NSW outback country, stopping for a quick break to experience the 42 degrees and watch a big spider run for the shade, the last leg of the trip was not bad at all (thinking its because we let the kids watch a movie!) Crossing the boarder we handed over any fruit we had.

Arriving at 3.30pm we were very pleasantly surprised by our Wagga neighbours and fellow Perth travellers Mel and Simon who had booked the same caravan park for a couple of nights, it was so hot we stayed in the pool all arvo and enjoyed slushies and icepoles. The caravan park was huge situated right on the Murray River, there were so many speed boats and kids, it was incredible. The resort style pool, water park, bike/scooter track was all the boys needed..  We said farewell to our new friends, they are pretty special and look forward to a Perth catch up. Life’s good J. Fast Fact - The Murray River supports 39% of Australia’s agriculture.










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