8 April 2014
Today's journey has been some months in the making...........
I was fortunate to meet Karen and Paul of
Camel Treks Australia a couple of months after the death of my Partner Simon Harris
last year and not only did I sell them our beloved
Camper Trailer (the Taj) but I was offered a job cooking for their camel treks!
Today I drove north for 4 hours in the most miserable weather - constant rain,
low cloud, but thankfully not to cold; to rendezvous with Karen and do
the food shopping at Port Augusta for the first trek. After
loading the 4 trolleys of food into her 4wd we drove another hour or so to
Wonoka Station. I did suggest we had bought more food than we needed, but I am
not certain, time will tell. This trek I will be cooking for 17 including myself!
I usually let out an audible sigh when I first glimpse
the Southern Flinders Ranges, the ancient majesty brings an
instant stillness to my active mind, today however low
cloud obscured everything outside a 50 metre radius! Later it
was too dark to see anything but the back light of Karen's 4wd as I
followed nervously along the sodden and slippery dirt road. Karen had
mentioned a few times in conversation that I was experienced at 4
wheel driving, I have no idea where she got that idea, I am almost as bad a 4
wheel driver as I am a passenger. Yes the family is nodding as they read!
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| Not an inspiring photo, a rain drop had lodged on the rearview camera! |
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| Yep four trolleys of shopping, thankfully we had some help. |
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