Simon has indeed arrived safely. Simon really appreciated the GPS that his Uncle Phil passed on to him. He was actually very lucky to get through, travelling the inland route after all the recent rains. He trusted his Lexus through 45 cm deep water, and at one stage during a 25 M stretch of water, his car dipped briefly into even deeper water. He was lucky the car’s momentum carried him through! He told us that his Lexus’ electronic gadgets malfunctioned for quite a time following the “dunking”. Simon will be the only posh car driver crazy enough to go that route until the waters recede.
Simon had intended reaching our place 8 am of a morning but he stopped “somewhere along the route” and slept in the car for about 6 hours. This helped him as it turned out because it was in the daylight hours that he was later able to get advice for an alternative route past a submerged bridge.
One of Simon's first tasks was to wash his car of 3,000 Km of dust. After the wash he resolved to do it again a little better the next day. 
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