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We got up very early and were on the road by 7am leaving Coober Pedy. We stopped to take pictures of the sunrise and had battery problems with the camera. We had the heater going full blast at this stage as it was cold outside. We saw dead Kangaroos, burnt out cars, Camels, Cattle Beasts and Wedge Tail Eagles and there were puddles from the recent rains. We stopped at roadhouses to buy fuel and food then crossed the boarder from South Australia to Northern Territory. We had been warned about agricultural inspections at the boarder and had munched up all our fruit before leaving Coober Pedy. It turns out there are no border inspections and we could have carried our breakfast fruit with us to eat at Kings Canyon. After the boarder we turned on the air con as it had warmed up and the sun was shining in our face. The drive took 9.5 hours and we arrived at the Kings Canyon Resort late in the day ready for a quick meal and a good rest.

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