We slept in a little later than planned on
Friday morning, grabbed some breakfast, and hit the road for the home stretch
of our adventure. The driving goals I had set during our trip had always been a
little on the optimistic side so I was impressed when we actually reached my
goal of making it to Border Village just before dusk. By this point I just
wanted to get home so I wanted to drive as far as possible each day.
First thing the next morning we passed
through the quarantine point between state lines. This was tougher than border
security crossing into the states. They searched each and every single car that
drove through for fruits, vegetable, honey, and cheese. I was pretty shocked by
this but also amazed at how little time it took. Before I knew it we were on
our way and back in Western Australia.
It was another long day on the road without
much excitement as we made our way to Esperance. Along the way I learned that
we were driving through the World’s largest golf course that stretches from
Ceduna in South Australia all the way to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia and kind
of wished I had learned about it earlier so we could have made the drive a bit
more exciting even though it would have meant changing our route a little.
Once again we made it to our destination
just before dusk, set up our tent, cooked some sausages, and called it a night.
We must have put a hole in our air mattress at some point that day because I
woke up around midnight to find it completely deflated. The rest of the night
was pretty uncomfortable but I knew this would be our last night in the tent so
I sucked it up and got as much sleep as I could.
The next morning we hit the road for the
last time on this adventure. We stopped in Albany for lunch but decided to pass
on exploring the town since it was raining and managed to make it back to Bunbury
around 5pm.
I was so excited to be home. We had driven
13,668km in a little over a month and while we had a lot of fun it was also
very stressful. This trip was very different from my past adventures and was a
real learning experience for me. I really need to work on my patience and maybe
develop my cooking skills so on my next camping trip I eat more than sausages
and sandwiches.
If I could do it all over I think I would
do a lot more planning but over all I think the trip was a success. I stepped
out of my comfort zone on several occasions, I tried new foods, I learned a
little about the aboriginal culture, and did a lot of things that most people
never get the chance to do. I am definitely a very lucky girl.
On Monday I head off on my next adventure
as I start my new job at a hotel in the outback. Hopefully I will have lots of
exciting things to write about and internet access so I can actually post them
but if not I have already planned adventures to the Great Barrier Reef, Sydney,
and New Zealand so stay tuned for lots of awesomeness.
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