A big day lay ahead. We again awoke fairly
early to a light rain falling which stayed with us until around lunch time.
Leaving Moora we travelled on good roads that were constantly climbing. The
land around being flat to undulating with hills a rarity in the distance. The
land mostly covered by scrub with a few wild flowers still showing. The
official description is arid shrubland. Most traffic on the road being oversized
vehicles carrying mining equipment, portable housing and road trains– maximum length
53.5m and suicidal emus with cars a rarity. Stopping at Paynes Find for fuel
was an experience. One lone old guy there thankfully no banjo in sight. But
they’re so modern that we couldn’t use cash, only credit cards BUT they could
only be Australian credit cards! In the end the old boy used his credit card
and we paid him in cash only taking on enough to get us to Mt Magnet where we
were able to refuel and even filled a jerry can each but only after the service
station had reopened after being closed while they updated their computer
system. Yep, welcome to the outback! Continuing on through Cue to Meekathara to
set up camp for the night.
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