Gidday all,

The weather is finally cooling down, usually down to 5⛄ overnight. A welcome change from the relentless heat we have had this summer.

After the Coorong we kept to the coast as much as possible, up through Adelaide, port Wakefield, through Snowtown, on to Port Pirie, then up toward Port Augusta with a few detours here and there.

Called into Mount Remarkable National Park for an overnight stop and shower as there was hot water there.

Over the last few months I had noticed that the battery bank for the camper was not keeping up to our power needs as it should. After a bit of research on the net found a company in Adelaide to buy a replacement battery bank from at a good price, so decided to head back and do it. Would rather replace them now rather than wait till we were out in the middle of nowhere and the batteries collapsed and left us with no power.

Back we went and got the new batteries, the dealer offered me $40 for the old ones just to get rid of them. I declined as I had noticed a cash for scrap metal place on the way in. So on the way back out we called in and sold the old batteries to them for $100, all good.

Now we are worry free on the power front. As I said the weather is cooling down, so much so that after Adelaide we decided to head back up to the Riverland up north.

Through Gawler and Nuriootpa, on to Blanchtown and Swan Reach, then Big Bend on the Murray. That’s where we woke to the hot air balloon.