Thursday the 22nd March

We woke up early with the prospect of getting some distance, consulted Predict Wind on the internet which is usually very reliable we found . Left the ground at around 7:15landed at 7:18 my Gps was not working and I need a working road map to get into PT Augusta. Launched again and flew towards Wilmington met some south winds and had to climp over a pass near Orrorrow, but was quite smooth , was wairing for my ground crew to catch up wanted to find aout about ground winds before the big pass ahead of me . I was qute nervous climbing over the pass as the winds were supposedto be increasing from the south especially on the other side. it was a smooth as sillk flight over and a real treat to do it. Green rolling hills and a nice glide over the back with smooth air .Pt Augusta here we come , the wind was picking up , followed around the city , north of the airport and onwards to land near Iron knob about 160 km away. Yes throught the crux and happy to get away from the windy area , I think ! Had to go back to Pt Augusta as the ground crew did not stop for supplies and we are entering the area of no services ! Got food , propane , gas and Macdonalds ! Flew another small flight in the afternoon , we know the wind is picking up and we hit it , down after 20km , trying to make Kimba this evening would be nice , Predict wind says lots of wind tomorrow !