Ceduna SA

We have been here at Ceduna having pulled in on Tuesday, 31st May. Stan is having a little trouble with his shoulder and is looking forward to a break from the driving. I think it is easy to overlook the importance of breaks on long journeys. I tend to get caught up in the excitement of the moment and tend to keep pushing on. It is easy to overlook the real benefits of travel by doing so.
Last evening I took some pretty good photographs of the sunset over the jetty here at Ceduna and will attempt to retrieve them from my iPhone camera at a future time. Technology has come so far, just a few short years ago one needed to have considerable photographic skills to capture quality photographs but with the advent of the digital camera in all it's forms, it is now possible for novices to take passable shots. Another thing that has progressed a lot is the accessibility of internet connection in caravan parks. Since our trip where I had to attend the office and log into a static desk top computer, I can now purchase access and go back to the caravan in the park and do my computing. I have just completed some Internet banking in preparation of the end of financial year, had a look at our dwindling super fund and logged on to post this blogg.
About the trip so far: we have enjoyed good weather and company. Stan and Shirley are great traveling companions and Mary feels right at ease with no pressure to maintain time tables etc. This in itself is vitally important for a PD sufferer. We have enjoyed a camp fire on the Hay Plains with fellow travelers at a bush camp and met up with the Wilsons from Gloucester NSW near Berri at another bush camp. Lovely people who we ran into again at Mt. Remarkable. Funny how we keep running into the same people as we travel, perhaps two or three days will pass and then out of the blue there they are again.
We are really surprised at the extent of grain production on the Eyre Penninsula SA. Rainfall averages around 10-12 inches and last year they had a bumper season with 13inches. I noticed that SA grain industry is valued at $3.4billion and they are very concerned at the impact of carbon tax on this industry. We have been traveling in grain country for more than two days and am told that it will extend almost to the WA border, another 500k yet.
Just outside of Mildura we got nabbed by the fruit fly police for one tomato carried as contraband. The officer was very nice but gave us a stern warning and advised we will either receive a fine or a warning letter in the mail. We had intended to eat it for lunch but did not realize we were so close to the check point. It wasn't for the lack of warnings of fines to $12,000 for tomatos. But if you think we are in trouble spare a thought for Stan and Shirley, they had TWO tomatoes! I have suggested to ease the pain, that they will probably get twice the fine for two.