Thursday 1st March 2012

It was nice to wake up to a great view of the ocean this morning..very fresh... The wind was very strong all night ..but what can you expect when you're sitting on the edge of the Australian Bight.

We headed to the WA border today just 10 kms up the road..

Just before we crossed it John had to play his next game of golf... tee off 5 and he got his first PAR !!!! A par 3

We then moved on to the border....

Border Check point..

House being inspected for fruits etc...

We went through the check point where we were thoroughly checked for quarantine of fruit,veggies,plants, seeds.. Had to open up the whole trailer and cupboards.

A lady at the side of us had a parrot on her shoulder called Charlie, Mychele said to me a while a go buy a bird like her Banjo and it can travel with us.. I didn't think it was possible but this lady has travelled everywhere with her bird..

While the inspection was going on John noticed a bubble in one of the tyres on the trailer... Bugger !!!! So after the inspection we had to find a spot to change it...

John got his first experience of changing a tyre on the trailer... We both stood there scratching our heads wondering where the jack was for the trailer....we never found it...we used the jack from the truck...to later find out when I reported the tyre to Crossroads RV that the trailer doesn't carry a jack ... Hummmmm

Crossroads are going to courier a tyre out to us.. To Esperance..where we will get it fitted and balanced properly.

We have now gained 2 and half hours..as we had to put the clock back two and half hours once over the border.

Travelled another 65kms and we had to turn into a dirt road and travel 5 kms to the next tee off  #6 which was at a Rifle Range at Eulca.

Eucla is situated some 13kms west of the South Australian border and the name is said to have originated from the aboriginal word meaning "bright".

Eucla was established in 1877 as a manual repeater station for the Overland Telegraph. A jetty and 1km tram line was constructed for offloading supplies to this remote area. At the time both the South and Western Australian colonial administrations operated out of Eucla's telegraph station. Before the invention of Morse Code South Australian staff employed what was known as the "Victorian Alphabet", and Western Australian telegraphers used what was known as the "Universal Code." Today Western Australian and South Australian rivalries appear to be largely confined to the football field...haha

The old Telegraph Station

We have a lot of holes to play today..tee off #7 was at Mundrabilla Roadhouse...you have to really appreciate the caravan parks in the towns back home after seeing some of these... Just a fenced off piece of dirt with a power pole.. No water and they charge $27 a night !!!!

 This is the caravan park

This is the swimming pool...Hummmm

Then we travelled on and found a camp spot for the night.. for a well earned rest  !!