Windy and wet ...

The beautiful breeze became stronger later, accompanied by lightning flashes and a few drops of rain, which caused a brief retreat. I stayed up under the stars for quite a while afterwards, before retiring to bed. 

The wind picked up considerably during the night. There was lots of creaking and other noise as the canvas flapped and support poles flexed. Thankfully we stayed grounded, in spite of feeling as if we might go whirling about (like Dorothy in her house) at any time!

It wasn't raining early in the morning, so Nick and I went out with Mr Dog.  The clouds darkened as we walked, so we headed back to our site and started packing up.

We managed to get a lot done - but not everything - before the rain started.  Even in those soggy conditions, it was our earliest pack-up/departure of the trip!

It was a long day of driving.  We rolled into Roma around 4:00pm set for our last night, revisiting the Ups and Downs Farmstay (where we stayed in 2018). The Spacevan fared pretty well after the wet pack-up/travel - and thankfully there wasn't too much chaos to deal with. 

Our hostess advised us of hail storm warnings and offered space for our vehicle under shelter.  The fridge was plugged in though, so we opted to leave everything as is.  (She had added that no hail eventuated on any of the previous nights).

Day 10, Blackall to Roma - 501.5km