Friday 8th November After stopping in at a caravan place in Mildura to pick up some supports for our awning we were on the road to Loxton. These supports will stop rain pooling on it and stop it flapping so much in the wind. Once again it's windy and unfortunately we are driving straight into it so it is going to cost us in fuel consumption. But that wasn't the main concern; as we proceeded out of town a dust storm swamped us and we were forced to slow right down. At some points we were only able to see about 10 dotted white lines ahead and cars or trucks coming in the opposite direction were suddenly upon us before we had hardly even seen their lights. Gusts of wind up to 40 km/h were driving drifts of topsoil across the road and you can imagine what a struggle Eric had to keep the van travelling straight. The planned comfort stop at the Cullulleraine local store was almost skipped because the conditions were so bad, but on the other hand it was a chance to check on the se