Day3 Port Augusta to Coober Pedy

I had pre-organised accommodation at the Big4 Pt Augusta in a cabin. But there was a bit of a mixup. They were great and had left a key out for us in a safe place for our late arrival.
But they had given us a Honeymoon Suite!!

Now I think Tack is a nice bloke, but I ain't sleeping in the same bed. He snores.

So we dismantled the settee and converted it to a bed. Ian was there too and slept on the settee cushions. I had the nice queensize bed all to myself and managed a good night's sleep.

In the morning, after the settee was re-assembled, quite a few FarRiders gathered for breakfast at the BP Servo where they do a pretty good burger-with-the-lot. Add coffee for the perfect start to a travelling day.

Then a few of us went back towards Horocks Pass. Tack had yet to see the place in daylight and we also stopped at the Banner Shot Location. This is a spot on the road near Horrocks where he once stopped for a photo which became the banner photo that adorns the FarRider Forum pages. he once challenged us all to get a similar shot and there have been several examples over the years. So we took a few more.
This is one of those places, like Horrocks Pass itself, that will forever remind FarRiders of the man who got us all started.

Tack, Grumpy and Dave, and I then set out North along the Stuart Hwy to eventually catch up with Ian who had left earlier for Mt Ebeneezer where he will be resting up for a whole day. More to come on that.

There isn't much to say about this highway. It is long and straight, but there are a few spectacular spots where the vastness of outback Australia is made apparent.

We made it as far as Coober Pedy and "holed up" for the night in an underground motel. Nice and dark with the lights out.