Waking up in nature without other people around is always nice. We had our morning ritual of coffee and tea. Then breakfast and close the awning and tent.
As it was so nice a quiet I told Mo she should try to drive our little monster. After a bit of convincing she took place behind the steering wheel. I explained the pedals and stick and had her start the car. With the power steering and the automatic transmission it turned out to be fun and Mo drove the the toilet building where we cleaned up and tapped some water for washing/cooling.
Today we continued to follow the Sturt Highway towards Adelaide. I had found a forest camp ground which looked promising. At some point we saw the sign of “Welcome to the NSW outback”. And an hour later entered Victoria, there we could stop easy and make a picture.
Not long after we saw some flashing lights and big signs. Apparently we where nearing South Australia and they have a strict rule on not bringing any fruits or vegetables from other states to keep the state fruit-fly free. A few hundred meter later there was a place to get of your fruits and vegetables and an explanation of the why and how high the fines are.
We had just done groceries yesterday, so this felt very bad, trowing away perfectly good food. We made a salad of paprika, tomato and cucumber and ate the mango and papaya. We also bought a dragon fruit, but that was not on the list, so we decided to keep it. The blue berries and the mango and papaya we could not eat, we put in the yogurt. So in the end we only had to toss a paprika and tomato and 2 small cucumbers.
A few km later there was a checking station. A friendly guy asked us about our fruits and vegetables and I told him it hurt to trow away good food and that we kept a dragon fruit, which was OK. He checked the car and the fridge and we where good to go.
After we got of the highway we entered an area with nice rolling hills and vineyards. When we got to the campsite, to our surprise it was closed from December 1st till March 31st. I added this to iOverlander and we checked for another place to stay. Nothing much in the neighborhood, but there was a free camp ground around a cricket field, similar to how we stayed at a rugby club in Byron Bay. Because of this detour we had some great views over valley.
Mo did not feel very well, so she layed down and after dinner I turned in early as well.
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