Adelaide to Perth
The easy bit is over, tomorrow morning I will catch a bus north, then hitch through Port Augusta, Ceduna, across the Nullabor to Norseman, Coolgardie and Perth. My deadline is 12 noon Christmas Day which gives me about 48 hours to cover 3000km, an unlikely equation but this is the one time of year when it can happen… lots of cars on the road, people driving interstate to see family and everyone full of Christmas cheer.
I have no doubt that I will make it on time but it is going to be hard. Hard because it is going to be stinking hot. Hard because I don't like my chances of finding a place to sleep once I'm out there. Hard because mobile range will most definitely drop out and cambot will be idle from time to time. Hard because I have already blown my budget of $100 and run the risk of going over the absolute maximum, $210 ($210 is the cost of a plane ticket from Melbourne to Perth). Hard because South Australia has been strangely kind to me and I fear that it is saving the weird shit till the end… I'll keep you posted.
