It’s going to be a long day… we have 850km to cover between sunrise in Longreach and roo-infested sunset in Gregory Downs. The landscape is changing as the gum forests give way to wide, flat savannah plains which is just as well, since the Camry’s not been too sharp on the hills.

Today we are going into the proper outback, so time to see if the old radiator can handle the extra work as the temperature climbs. The air-con is best described as psychosomatic in that you press the button and imagine it gets a little cooler….

So here we go, off into Crocodile Dundee territory. No network coverage likely from now to Thursday. Fingers crossed on the Savannah Way!