The country was predominantly flat with signs of fire in a number of places. Stopovers at Marla and Kulgera for a coffee and lunch and a break from driving.
The outside temperatures were in the low to mid teens and we have minimal warm clothing.
Minimal animal life seen - a few beef cattle, brumbies and some birdlife - wedgetail eagles [2] crows and a few flocks of white cockatoos and an emu or two at Erldunda.
Numerous signs indicating no fencing and to beware of cattle on the road. One sign that had been altered from...CAUTION CATTLE X ING to CAUTION CATTLE TXTING amused us.
With our arrival in the Northern Territory the speed limits changed to 130kph and when you are travelling at around 105kph, you feel like you are standing still as drivers took advantage of the increased speed limit and passed us.
With rain threatening we decide the soft option of a motel room over the tent for the one night at Erldunda - the turnoff to Uluru [ Ayers Rock]. Rainfall here varies between drought & flood - over the last 10 years the rainfall has varied between a low of 75mm per annum and 775mm per annum.
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