On the road to nowhere

An early start, 6 am, to catch the Groovy Grape bus. I'm traveling with an Irish woman, a Kiwi couple, and a bunch of English, 12 of us total. Our Aussie driver Jen is the same one I had for the Great Ocean Road. We pretty much drove for 12 hours today to get to the Flinders Ranges. It was neat watching the landscape change from green fields and forests, to smaller trees and brown grass, to shrubs and red soil. Even though the land was pretty flat, there were hills and low mountains on the horizon, so the sense of desolation was not complete. We made it to the Flinders Ranges and drove a narrow, twisty road with some decent views of the mountains. Even though the mountains are red and dry, there is quite a bit of vegetation, including pine and gum trees. We had a bit of excitement when we got to a flooded part of the road, but Jen got the bus through. We spent the night in a hostel in the middle of nowhere.