We set out from our camp around nine o’clock after some light rain overnight. The changing time zones makes for interesting travel arrangements as we generally don’t want to travel to late into the afternoon (we are grey gonads after all) so we can have a coffee before starting to hit the grog.
The wind had largely subsided but we started hitting some patches of heavy rain. The traffic was relatively light so it was generally easy going. We bought fuel at Cocklebiddy Roadhouse at $2.47 per litre (at least they had the decency not to add the .9 of a cent on to pretend it was cheap) and then made our way onto Newmans Rock to camp amid the bush. we can have a fire here so it should be a good night.