Today we started our journey heading west. Final destination: Perth. Estimated time of arrival: in three days. Kilometres? 3742. So nothing really. I mean, the same distance driven from Helsingborg destination south would get you to somewhere in Lybia.. We had a lazy morning start and left Canberra at 10am. Already after an hour Mick thought is what time for me to face my biggest fear with this journey – the steering wheel and driving on the wrong/correct/pick one side of the road, in any case not the right one. I was so nervous and hadn’t been this nervous in god knows how long. But after the first kilometres my legs stopped shaking and my palms were back to normal moist and not as sweaty and after the first two hours I was happy enough to drive straight forward on a highway. Driving in towns with traffic shall be the next lesson. We drove through the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) to New South Wales, back into Victoria where we had to find a few detours due to the recent floodings. We saw a lot of water and continuous changes in scenery which I found really exciting. Towards the end of the day we were close to South Australia and decided that we definitely wanted to get there for the night, at least just across the border. Because that meant we had driven through one territory and three states in a day. We made it to Renmark and across where we now shall fall asleep, tired as few in a lovely motel, that I booked muahaha. Very happy with the accomplishments of the day and the journey so far. This is gonna be awesome! Tomorrow we’ll head towards the desert. Good night /H
(December 21, 2010)
