Day 3. Thursday 20th June 2013.

It's Ruby's 6th birthday.....Happy Birthday Blossom.

The night was not quite as fresh as the night before but cold enough. At least it was above freezing and there was no ice on the windscreen. Heard a rooster of two in the early hours but then again we're in the country, so no complaints.

We left Laura at 8.30 a.m. and headed to Port Augusta, just 110 K's away through Horrick's Pass. Fuelled up and turned right at the roundabout onto the Stuart Highway and into the outback we go.

The original idea was to stop at a place called Glendambo, which is where we go to last year. However, we got there at about 1.30 p.m. and decided it was too early to stop, so Coober Pedy, here we come! Just another 250 K's up the road. Got there at 4.30 p.m. and booked into the Stuart Ranges Caravan Park....not a blade of grass around here, must have something to do with the average rainfall being something like 5 inches per year. Decided to stay two nights so that we can do some touristy things tomorrow.

Did a bit of "Skyping" with the Lara Benne's so that we could wish Ruby a Happy Birthday properly, which is what we did. Great stuff.

The weather has been very kind today. Nice and sunny with a slight northerly (therefore headwind) breeze, about 17 degrees. 'Tis forecast to be 19 tomorrow. Now that's better.