Over 30 deg by mid morning. We called into Smoky Bay.
This was a sleepy fishing village, some years ago, is now a hive of activity with more buildings since here last. Then it was on to Ceduna, for a few supplies and lunch. Here in the parking bay I saw the most incredible thing so far !! A faded old Mercedes with a couple who had very untidy dreadlocks, clothes and kids. Ok so Nimbin is full of them. They were topping up their fuel tank, so Chris made some throw away comment about not getting far without it. Don’t judge a book by its cover….. they were filling it with used cooking oil, that shops are happy for them to take away for free. How clever is that ?! Quite an interesting conversation then took place. We filled up at $1.40 a litre and headed west. Went into Denial Bay for a look, lots of oyster farms here, and not as much change as other coastal towns.
Next point of interest was at Penong . A windmill museum ,opened 2 yrs ago.
All types of working windmills on display, including the largest in Australia.
Well worth a look. Then time to find a camp spot for the night. Pulled off the road into the scrub and set up in an area called Rushys Balcony. Have the place to ourselves, well almost.! Flies millions of them. But hey this is the outback. A good idea to stay in the van and cook a few meals ahead. Another good day and sunset.
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