June 15th & 16th, 2011- Curtin Springs Rest Stop- Lassiter Highway

Wednesday June 15th we travelled the short distance north to Erindunda where we topped up the diesel at $1.89/litre before turning West on the Lassister Highway. We travelled West as far as the Curtain Springs Rest area east of Curtain Springs. We setup around noon and had a lovely afternoon collecting firewood and taking some short walks. Got some nice pictures of Mount Connor which is beautiful and often mistaken for Uluru. We had never heard of it but it is quite impressive in it's own right.

We met some nice people from Victoria, Queensland, and Tasmania at this free campsite. No facilities other than garbage bins and picnic tables but nice and spread out with trees. Lovely sunset with a next to full moon. Stephen watched some of the Origin game on the Queensland fellows satellite TV in his huge motorhome. He was very gracious in defeat and congratulated us before they left in the morning. We will catch up with them again at Uluru. Very cold morning again as was under zero again.

Thursday we spent the day relaxing and celebrating Stephen's birthday. Started off with a big Bacon and Eggs breakfast. Kept the campfire burning all day and enjoyed a makeshift game of golf around the campsite with a mat and a bucket. Everyone had a crack at it and we had a fun and enjoyable couple of hours entertainment. Di was busy in the kitchen making omelettes for all of us for lunch. Yummy! Di also found out that you can't shove the cheese through the fly net when you are trying to eat it!

The afternoon was spent busy cooking. We had a nice barbeque dinner with a large potato bake, Veggies, and Gluten free Apple pie. We sat around the fire for a bit after dinner before turning in. Talk to you next from Uluru. How exciting!