I survived the Nullabor

Here I am in South Australia at Streaky Bay. I have had my first dip in the ocean in over 40 years and it was delicious to wash off the Nullabor dust. There wasnt actually much of that because it was raining for most of the journey. Can you believe how surreal it was to be driving through the desert through water rushing across the road, with great swathes of water on each side of the road. It was like, Hello! Is this the desert? All courtesy of Cyclone Rusty. Once the rain stopped it was HOT. I had spent a couple of days wearing a jacket and snugging up at night with a doona. Suddenly it was gasping for the air conditioner and any hint of a breeze. The sea breeze is in now at Streaky Bay and is lovely. Some interesting experiences along the way, apart from the flooded desert. There was the woman at Madora Pass who was working in the servo and commented that she had a campervan. She went on to tell me that she had arrived there in October last year and accepted a weeks work whilst someone took a week off. She was still there and didnt think she could get away until May. She said her lovely new van had only 2,000 km on the clock. I thought I would just keep going in case I got trapped there as well. Then there was the vehicle that pulled out into the service station at Mundrabilla from behind a steel gate. I was just getting back into my van after phoning Judy, or was it Joan? Anyway, I heard this scraping of steel and looked to see from whence it was coming. The gate in a solid steel fence was slowly opening and this vehicle drove through. I asked the driver if I could take a photo. I have now tried to download this photo twice so it may appear twice or not at all. This is being difficult. Anyway if you see the photo you will understand why I commented to the driver that it was like something out of Mad Max. He was however somewhat offended. The scenery along the Bight was fantastic and I took photos but given the experience of the vehicle photo, I will leave that until I get to a more stable environment to send photos.