Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map

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Tonightâ€s update is bought to you by Simmo after numerous Extra Drys.

Simmo: We left Mt Isa this morning at a sparrowâ€s fart, bloody Bruce and his 5am starts! Not allowing for the time lapse. Rode an hour of darkness…

Heidi: hang on Simmo is thinking…. still thinking.. Iâ€m going to have to cut him off if we are ever going to get this done.

Simmo: We think the tanks have sprung a leak, we are averaging 15 seconds per kilometre. Bruce and I were able to destroy touring tyres in four days.

Heidi: mine are fine in case anyone is wondering, go the Pilot Road 2s.

Simmo: If anyone has contacts in Broome, we would like them to try and get us some tyres. For the first time on the trip we went tank to tank for refills, having to stop every hour or so.

Left Isa and headed for Three Ways, best road Iâ€ve ever been on, Iâ€ll go so far as to say second best road ever after Thunderbolts, with breakie at Cammoweal. So far the road kill we have found is roos, kangaroos and a PIG, Bruce reckons he saw a cow. Farmers let their stock just roam the roads, there were a few eye openers. Heidi almost took out a couple of emus, didnâ€t even see them. Almost took out a roo or two only the luck of the gods that I missed them. Heidi played chicken with a road-train head on, we could see the whites of her eyes, 30 meters back in the rear view mirrors. Lucky we took extra fuel, quite a few of the petrol stations were out of fuel, but on the upside every service station had alcohol, Iâ€m moving to this state, I love it. So we had to top up on the side of the road from our jerry cans (Bruce had a bit of a girlie moment).

Heidi: Bruce has asked me to say that his girlie moment was in no way related to the fuel issue, he just had the shits with us in general. Thatâ€s what happens when you only have five hours sleep night after night. But he has just told us to shut the f*** up, he is trying to get some sleep. Simmo and I are considering a pillow fight or just jumping from bed to bed for fun.

Simmo again: Didnâ€t pass a cop all day. Yesterday we passed a convoy of Grey Nomads a couple of hours later when we stopped for refreshments they came past us and we realised they had a police escort. They were very friendly and gave us a nice wave, that was the time we changed our undies and got on our way.

Rode safely into Katherine and the friendly lady at the bar, quite attractive mind you, advised us sternly not to walk up to the ATM machine at night without a get away car. Tonight Bruce and I have the luxury suite at the local motel. Note: when booking in I was asked by the manager would I like a double bed for myself and my wife. I said, Iâ€m not married to her nor the guy Iâ€m sleeping with, two separate beds will be fine thanks.

And just on the quiet the lovely lady at the bar seems to have taken a fancy to Bruce but its ok, I have Heidiâ€s camera, pictures to follow in the nudie section. But when she saw the blisters on his right hand and when we told her about the road rash on his arse, she gave him a wide berth. Hence he has taken the photos.

Heidi: Iâ€m cutting Simmo off, he is making no sense as usual. Weâ€ll have a more sensible update tomorrow, Simmo is no longer allowed near the computer, or beer in general. Today we did over 1300kms, bringing our average up to over 1000kms a day. We are still 800kms behind schedule, but today helped a lot. We hope tomorrow will be similar. Tomorrow we are headed for Broome, but it is 1500kms away, so unless we donâ€t stop, it isnâ€t likely weâ€ll get all the way. Weâ€ll see how far we get.

For people following the route, Iâ€ll quickly make sense of Simmoâ€s update. Mt Isa to Cammoweal and across the boarder into the Territory. On to Three Ways then left up to Katherine. A big day, but as Tex and Bundy once told me, you can make up some time in the Territory. We were always counting on this bit to raise our averages. No photos tonight, weâ€re going to bed. NOT TOGETHER, the boys are sharing the honeymoon suite.

Goodnight all, we need to get more than five hours sleep tonight.

HEIDI xxx

Bruce: Shut the f*** up, I want to get some sleep.