Sesriem to Klein Aus Vista Campsite,Aus Tuesday 1st March

Quite a few campers got away early this morning to drive out to Dune45 for the sunrise so not much sleep in today with all the noise from packing although we are mostly awake everyday by about 5am.

Headed out the campsite at 8am for the lengthy check out process through the gate which shouldn't be that hard but is for no reason.Our drive today is to Aus which is 365kms and should see us get in at about 2.30pm

A few cars on the gravel road today ,mostly tourist hire cars  with lots of holiday lodges dotted along the road as well. 

Had to watch out for Oryx straying onto the road as these couple did

Came across a big herd with some of them scatting and running along the fence line which I clocked at doing 60km/per hour

Pulled into a township called Helmeringhausen at lunch time to stretch our legs and buy some ice,OJ and ice creams then pulled into a shady tree site just outside the town to have some lunch

Arrived into Aus about 2.30 and headed to  Klein Aus Vista campsite a couple of kms out of town to get allocated out tent site.

Had a quick beer whilst Jan fixed his brake pad on his car

Then headed straight for the pool area to get cooled down and out of the heat

The town of Aus was formally the site of a prisoner of war camp established b y the South African army in 1915 to house German inmates captured in WW1.The number of prisoners reached 1500 but by May 1919 the last inmates left and the camp closed.

The area west of Aus is noted for its herd of about 200 feral horses living in the desert which have adapted to the harsh conditions.

Drove  back to the Camsite about 5.30 which is about 2 kms away from the pool and reception area to settle down to a refreshing drink in the very windy conditions whilst using the cars as wind breaks

There was a very big social weaver birds nest in the one the trees

A good shot of their entrance into the nest

With Amanda providing them with an afternoon feed of bread

Had a nice sunset over the granite boulders 

 Followed by a meal of BBQ lamb chops and pork fillet for dinner over another bottle of splattered toad followed by an intruder that Jan had spotted in the darkness - you wouldn't want to be bitten by these scorpions 

We had a beautiful breeze to go to sleep with however the bed rolls were a bit warm from the heat out of the sand- I thought Joey had been sleeping on my side when I got info bed.