Day 13 - Drive Faster, I Hear Banjos!

• Balladonia - Kalgoorlie - 380kms
• Kalgoorlie - Menzies - 133kms
• 20°c

Overnight was super windy, maybe that herd of wild camels went rushing past our camp? 

seriously thought the van may tip over during the night!

So we started the day with no phone  reception again, until we were about 25kms South of Norseman.  That was 599kms no phone reception across the Nullarbor, we didn't need it but were thankful we had the Satellite Phone.

Also no radio reception so were on ipod shuffle for most of todays drive and we couldn't help but giggle as Duelling Banjos aka Deliverance blasted onto the stereo, yet i did stop laughing when Steve wouldn't let me use my veto to skip it.

Thought we'd stop over at Kalgoorlie for a night or two, but that wasn't to be.  All the caravan parks were booked out, The Goldminer caravan park doesn't open it's office on Weekends? Strange.

We found a free camp spot and discovered the reason all the parks are booked out is that The Kalgoorlie Cup is on!  Apparently it's a huge deal in town, we thought the dressed to the nines locals were just a little odd? Really would've liked to see the Super Pit but it wasn't to be, we decided to keep driving and stop a little further on.

 We stopped for the night in Menzies, which is almost a ghost town yet has a really good vibe to it

Menzies Caravan Park, $29 a night, only charged $1.50 each child!, power, water, shower, great place to stop, super helpful & friendly caretaker