Another day, another border

After a wonderful last night in South Australia (which we spent in a Mt. Gambier home belonging to Doug and Jill, who bumped into us at the Caiguna roadhouse on the Nullarbor some seven weeks ago) I jumped on Elsa this morning with newly stickered vehicles (thanks to Doug's son Andrew) at the ready, and set off for a final 30km ride into Victoria, our third State. Shortly before noon I rolled past the Thank You for Visiting South Australia sign, handed Elsa over to Dan who continued in line with BoardFree Oz tradition and changed Elsa's wheels and bearings right there on the border, and then pushed a mere 3km more to the small seaside town of Nelson, where we've been resting for the afternoon.

Tomorrow we continue east, heading towards Portland and then towards the magnificent Great Ocean Road. Another city, Melbourne, beckons in less than ten days, which begs the question, 'where the hell is the time going?!!!' One answer comes in the form of political clock changes. When we flew into Perth in mid August we were a mere 7 hours ahead of the UK. Now, with a 45 minute change at Caiguna, another 45 minutes lost at the SA-WA border, then some daylight saving chucked in for good measure and a final 30 minutes forward when we crossed the border today, we are now 11 hours ahead of UK time (they lost an hour when we gained one last week) and are contemplating driving back west at the end of this just to get four hours of our life back!!!!!

The team is tired and weary, a rest day should be on the cards soon but the clock, funnily enough, is ticking towards early December, when we're due into Sydney for some Sailability events. Long days and furrowed brows ahead, not to mention some incredible scenery and marble-sized blisters. Lucky buggers, aren't we!!!!