Sunday, March 25, 2012

Nullarbor here we come !

Up early at dawn , pack up and go out to the motor , belt was slipping it would not start . Perfect morning , ended up putting on the starter which was not on this motor from the prevoious day , too much dew and we did not have the moter covered. Put on the starter still having problems witht he new starter ! Finally it kicked over and time to get suited up , problems with the in line fuel fileter and the motor running out of fuel . Got up and away ,nice air flew past Ceduna at 90km away in 1.5hrs ,just past the city it was getting mixed up , drop altitude and surf along the tree tops again. Flew on.. lost ground crew for supplies and landed after 4 hrs and 196km side of the road truck stop . Flew thru some semi rough air for about 2 hrs but nice foward ground speed. Decided to fuel up and set off asap waitied about 45 minutes for the ground crew toshow up . 2 lousy launches on the hwy and set up over in the feild , wind was light a variable . Launched and flew to Yalata 78 km away in thermic conditions , could see a sea breeze coming in and it was mixed air not to nice ! Road house was closed and flew into town and landed at the airport , aborginal settlement had a nice visit from some of the locals , they wanted some gasoline !who knows what for ?? Wind was to strong for and afternoon flight. Cook supper read ,fix motor and stuff ! Total today was 280km , hope for better tomorrow and to get to Border town . Weather is holding for the next few days with the high pressure. Let's go to west Australia...!!

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