2 Apr 2023

Pushed on home this morning, started at 4am, though didn't get to leave until about 4:30am as had a bit of an issue trying to be quiet at the motel and not wake everyone starting the car so early, which caused a slight problem or two, but all good and away. Decided to stop by the Ettamogah pub site as haven't been there for years, seems like it is a popular camping area out the back, so it is good to see they have managed to reinvent themselves and stay open for business.

Arrived home at around lunch time, so the early morning start certainly helped with that.

Early morning starts and empty highways! Get any better?

 

Ettamogah Pub

All up did a total of 3958.7 kilometres (actual driving days was 5 and a half days) and used 248.48 Litres of fuel. So the fuel usage calculator says that works out to be 15.932Km/L, 6.277L/100Km, 37.474MPG (US), 45.004 MPG (Imperial). Not too shabby for a  68 year old car with a 948cc engine, travelling at 80 kilometres an hour.

1 Apr 2023

Early start today and mainly driving through, so it will really just be fuel stops and not a lot of much else. Hopefully there will be no problems travelling through Sydney and the new(ish) city western bypass. it is dual lane most of the way so hopefully there will be no problems with people being able to get past and overtake the slow old car!

Great start to the day, cool and misty, perfect Morris weather

Another Big Thing, the Big Merino at Goulburn, New South Wales

The day started well, clear sky, bit of a chill to the air and some low mist as well, just the sort of weather a Morris Minor enjoys. No problems at all getting through Sydney and not a single angry driver or horn blast from anyone, most surprising. Oh and stopped in at Goulburn, haven't been through there since the highway bypass was put through in 1992. Other than the Big Merino having be scaled down and moved, not a huge amount seems to have changed.

Starting to get late so travelling on.

Traffic report yet again

Nearly at Gundagai, quite a long day driving 

So calling it a night at Gundagai, 890 kilometres done today (553 miles), bit better than yesterdays effort.