The generic iPhone alarm sound goes off and it sends a shiver down my spine; this is when I’d usually be getting up at home.
But not today. I’ve been up an hour or so already. We’ve just left Geraldton (Jambinu), and the Brand Highway is disappearing beneath us as we head north, the sun rising slowly on our right. I can feel the steering wheel getting warmer the further we go and I feel like I’m thawing out, a process which has been occurring since I left the cold and grey of Victoria a day earlier.