[RUNNERBUN]

Once again, hello to all. Since my last report 2 days ago we have travelled another 656km / 407 miles making a total of 10662 km / 6625 miles since leaving home and am happy to report that all cars are travelling well. We had an overnight stay at Kimba and have now arrived at Peterborough where we are staying at a very pleasant caravan park which is situated off the main highway and we should enjoy a nice quite night.
Our drive from Ceduna to Kimba was a very pleasant drive with ideal driving conditions, Clear blue sky, cool and very little wind to speak of. A pleasant surprise at Kimba was that we were joined by two more model A's which were also heading home from the Busselton Rally. Before we arrived at Kimba we took a short side trip on unsealed roads to see the second biggest monolith in Australia, second only to Ayres Rock. Yes, it was a big lump of rock but certainly not anywhere near as impressive as Ayres Rock.
A quite night spent chatting with the other Model A'rs and enjoying a little red wine.
We awoke this morning to a very foggy start but the fog cleared soon enough and we had very reasonable conditions for the balance of the trip to Peterborough. We did face a challenge of climbing a very steep and long drive over the mountains north of Port Augusta. This tested the cooling systems of the cars which reached boiling point but quickly returned to normal once we commenced our decent.
While passing thru the small township of Ooraroo we spotted a couple of vehicles on display at the side of the road. Although not Model A's they were very interesting. One being a home made tractor based on an 1916 Overland. The owner told me that granddad wanted a tractor but could not afford to buy one, so he made his own. He apparently had many good years of service from it.

Cheers Until next report.

Pic 1 At the Big Rock
Pic 2 Two more Model A's
Pic 3 Morning at camp Kimba
Pic 4 &5 Home made Tractor based on 1916 Overland
Pic 6 Austin Seven same location as the Tractor
Pic 7 Graham Bros. truck as above.