25 August 2010-For the past three days we have essentially been holed up at Port Augusta waiting for Sweet Sue to recover from a bad cold/sinusitis. She reports that she is well, and looks as if she is. So it is back on the road tomorrow, to Coober Pedy, then a couple of days at Alice Springs, and two more at Uluru (Ayers Rock) before heading back here to take the final right turn across the Nullarbor Plain to Perth. Still windy, and spitting rain throughout the day, but a bit warmer. We will take the warmth as it comes, even a bit at a time. Fruit trees are budding, and the occasional batch of wild flowers show themselves beside the road. Spring can't be far behind.