FORTYSECOND DAY – THURSDAY 19TH AUGUST
Slept in a bit as we were not going too far today. Graeme made a farmers breaky and we finally got going about 10 am. As we drove closer to Kulgera there were quite a few rocky outcrops jutting out of the landscape. We reached the boarder of NT and SA and of course had to stop for a photo. At this point I was glad we had stopped where we did last night as the actually wayside stops where not that nice and we were here to experience the land and the environment not to be parked in a concrete carpark! We had lunch in the van at Marla which is the first ‘town’ you get to when in SA from NT. We then travelled about another 30 kms and found an official wayside stop that was pretty good. It is very big and you can go off on dirt tracks and spread out. It is more desolate here that in NT. There is only red dirt and lots of pebbles scattered everywhere and a few mulga trees and the odd other bush. We picked out a spot, set up camp and I had a walk around the check out the area. Graeme gathered up some firewood. Several other vans are camped here too. The train line runs along not far away and as were having our dinner we heard a noise and realized it was the Ghan about to go past. It was dark and the train had all its lights on. It tooted its horn and was quite impressive. I didn’t realize it would be so long. We had toasted marshmallows for dessert.