Started the day early, up at 0700 to -3, with the Cruiser and Van covered in ice. It was close to -6 overnight but the sun was shining so we were confident of having a good day although very cold early. Unfortunately the satellite dish refused to come down, I tried during a little to help it budge but it wouldn’t cooperate. Therefore it was up a ladder to the frozen roof and after a bit of gentle force, I got it done. Now we’ve off to Woomera.

First stop was Port Augusta for brunch as none of us had breakkie before we left, by then the sun was well and truly up and out of the breeze quite warm. We had about 170 K’s to go to Woomera and we needed to get here early enough to visit the museum before it closed. Basically a straight road all the way with mostly barren scrub land, although there were a few attractive hills and dry lakes on the drive.

We managed to spend some time in the Woomera heritage centre as the museum was closed for renovations. Woomera is not quite the town it was, although there is still testing done on the range, its not the same “rocket range” it was back in the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s. FRom Woomer we travelled the short distance back to Spud’s Roadhouse at Pima, for our free camp (with everyone else) overnight.