In today’s drive, from Coober Pedy, this was the final leg from Spud's Roadhouse, Pimba…

…south to Port Augusta.

We normally avoid driving at dusk, due to animal activity on the roads. We spotted many sheep along the road from unfenced properties, and a couple of cows. Just as we were leaving Pimba, a kangaroo jumped out on the other side and stared at us. It was the only alive kangaroo we’ve seen out here this trip, probably because we don’t usually drive in the twilight hours.

The sunset put on its usual glorious display, tempting me to stop to take photos, but we drove on.

A police car pulled over a speeder heading north. Might have saved their life, or at least a wrecked car.

We drove on slowly, far behind a road train. I wasn’t game to overtake into possible oncoming wildlife.

We had the Tesla on Autopilot, so it drove while we watched for movement on the sides. The maximum follow distance setting is 7 (as in the photo), but that’s too close at speed, or behind a truck that can toss up a stone, so I just manually tweaked the cruise speed to keep us further back.

The Tesla’s adaptive headlights shone high beams all along the road side, but blacked out the top of the vehicles in front, so we didn’t blind the truck driver or oncoming traffic. Very helpful to watch for animal movement.

Now for a well earned sleep in Port Augusta.