For the first time on this road trip I woke up before the sun, 5am to be precise. After a god awful nights sleep due to the heat I woke up super early to Skype my beautiful nieces'; who wouldn't get up to see their cute faces. In the blazing heat rubbing my eyes meant one of my contact lenses fell out so with one seeing eye and one very fuzzy one I had a lovely Skype chat with my eldest sister and niece's. After that it was my turn to wake Marco up! Muhahaha. I woke him up politely and went for my shower. After some early morning ukelele playing it was time to get on the road! Adelaide here we come.
On our drive we tried to get a bit of 4wd in since South Australia had been letting us down so far when it came to off-roading. First it was to the next town to get some fuel, and quite obviously an early morning ice-cream; imperative on these travels (sorry Nadia, I still haven't had a Maxibon). Once we were full of fuel we went on our merry way with only one stop in mind! ADELAIDE! WE CAN DO IT! 
We went through a town called Laura and I had to send a picture back home to my aunty Laura. I'm not sure she's that much of a sentimental bloke though... hmmmm... 
Before we got through Port Augusta we started playing with the cb radio, we had had a guy being quite promiscuous with his responses on the radio and it seemed like a free for all on this channel. With his radio silence it was time to get on to a different channel with more happenings, we chose to go on the truckers channel as we couldn't see past the road train and needed to over take. Once the first car had communicated with the truck to over take successfully it was our turn, but he kept on blabbering on the radio... it was a good job because without the communication we would have assumed he was just pulling in and we would have over taken. HOWEVER, there was an even bigger convoy coming in the opposite direction and it was more of a 'move off the road by choice or just get shoved off by the juggernaut' so I'm pleased we heard the conversation and did as the road-train did. Road hog. 
Once we overcame that we got to Port Augusta and drove straight through, it was getting more populated and more city-like the closer we got to Adelaide. Regular encounters with civilisation was feeling peculiar after the frequent days without so much as a trace of other people.
Given our desire to make it to Adelaide in good time there was no other stopping, and as per usual, feeding a hungry Italian whilst driving was an important part of our trip. The skills of not getting my fingers bitten was rather important and achieved! What a winner. 
We did manage to get some 4wd done... kinda. Although having missed the first turning we headed for the next one, we got on it but became apprehensive once we realised we were heading towards mountains... last time we headed up the side of a mountain we had to delicately reverse the car as it could have very well tipped over. Marco got his serious face on and we progressed nonetheless. 
We made it up and around the mountains to the scenic route, it was a very nice route and I took far too many pictures of it along the way. Now I realise to everyone else looking, they look 90% the same. However, Marco and I know the difference, we have seen so many areas that just look so flat and bushy, a change of scenery is just what we need every now and again.
Alright ok, so we did have to make one stop on the way but it was brief...
I can't tell you how grateful I was for the air con when I went out of the car and felt the heat hit my chest. The kind of heat that means you can't quit take a proper breath. Back in to the car and back on our way. After two weeks with Marco and three weeks on the road I was so close. Even Marco was starting to get fed up. 
A little off roading later... WE HAD MADE IT!HELLO ADELAIDE!
I just want to take this opportunity to thank you for reading my blog and my adventures so far. I hope you are enjoying reading my blog and effectively joining me on my trip.
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