DAY 267 Last night when we climbed in to our sleeping bag, the moon illuminated the inside of the trailer tent, it was a beautiful clear night, we had stood out side earlier when it was pitch black, and just gazed up at the night sky in all its glory. We are trying to make ourselves familiar with the stars that adorn the sky and we can easily now pick out the South Cross with its pointers Rigil Kent and Hadar, plus some of the other stars such as Jupiter which is bright and low in the sky at the moment. There is absolutely no light pollution at all, and the evening is cool and clear. Natures Anaesthetic worked its magic last night, the breeze wafted in and we were dead to the world, I can
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