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Day 7 & 8 | Adelaide Hills - Coondambo

10/16/2014

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After a small taste of Adelaide, we quickly realized we weren’t quite ready to spend time in a city.  Opting for the serenity of the open desert, we started heading towards Alice Springs and, of course Uluru.  On August 18th we made it to Mount Remarkable National Park, which offered a campground for $18/night.  As has become our usual assessment, we thought this was too hefty, and instead went on the lookout for a sheltered spot we could have all to ourselves.  It didn’t take too long before we settled in to what seemed to be an almost abandoned dirt road.  We had taken out all of the necessities, and had just about relaxed to watch the sunset when a car came to a stop beside us.  The driver informed us that we were on her property, and that this seemingly abandoned road was actually her driveway.  It turns out we found an even better, more secluded spot for the night; here we enjoyed the sunset and marveled ourselves with the 53.5 meter long road trains shooting by.

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Setting up camp for the night near Mount Remarkable National Park

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Day 4 & 5 & 6 | Nelson - Coorong National Park - Adelaide Hills

10/15/2014

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August 16th & 17th

Given we spent the night on private property, we decided to start our day extra early and head towards Mount Gambier.  This big, small town was our pit stop for groceries, but also an unpleasant surprise in the form of the realization we had a punctured tire.  We continued south towards the coastal town of Port MacDonnell.  Once the second largest port in Australia, this town proved to be quite deserted during the winter season.  Nonetheless we had breakfast by the sea, and headed inland to find long, straight highways lined with never ending farming plains. 
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Enjoying the sunny day on the plains of south-east South Australia

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