Hello Everybody. We have left Alice and driven to Tennant Creek (Thurs 27th). Lots of long straight road this time, but a bit more traffic. They all seem to be going the other way… Tennant Creek is about 988 Kms south of Darwin. On the way we stopped at Barrow Creek and also the ‘Devils …
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ALICE SPRINGS & MACDONNELL RANGES
Hello Everybody. We have travelled further north to Alice Springs. It is a really interesting drive. The landscape changes from desert to rocky hills to trees and bushes. We also got to see some wild camels just hanging out on the side of the road. Alice Springs is halfway between Adelaide and Darwin. About 1500 …
KINGS CANYON
Hello Everybody. I know there are lots of photos, but I couldn’t choose. I hope you enjoy. KINGS CANYON – WATARRKA NATIONAL PARK Today (Saturday 22nd) we did the Kings Canyon Rim walk. It is a daunting steep rock stepped start, but once you get going, you are at the top in no time. The …
CAMELS, FREE STUFF AND KATA TJUTA
Hello Everybody. We spent today (Wednesday 19th) discovering camels, bush tucker and Yidarki. CAMEL FARM ULURU Today we went for a little ride on some camels. Pascal led us around and talked about the camels and the camel racing held annually. We visited the saddlery. Each camel has its own saddle as each camel has …
ULURU
Hello Everybody, we crossed from SA to NT with no issues on Sunday 16th. As you can see the police are set up here to check everyone for Covid 19 regulations. ERLDUNDA 1335 Kms North of Adelaide in the NT is Erldunda. It is a roadhouse, Hotel Motel, Caravan park, camels, emus, and a good …
Northern Territory
Hello Everybody, as mentioned in my last blog we have now set off and heading north. We left a little later than intended on Thursday after a little hiccup with the hitch but thankfully got that sorted and made it to Port Augusta around 4 pm for an overnight stop. Port Augusta is approximately 322 …
“Take 2”
Hello everybody. Just a quick note to say we are finally starting our journey north tomorrow to the NT after being rudely interrupted by Covid 19 back in March when we chose to cut short our journey up the east coast of Australia and come home. (however we do appreciate how lucky we have been …
COVID FRICKEN 19
Hello Everybody. After much, much, much deliberation we have made the decision to return home. As you may be aware the borders are closing between each state in Australia. As well as that we cannot visit the places we want to see without restrictions, so it makes for a really difficult holiday. We will leave …
COLEDALE
Hello Everybody. 18 Kms north of Wollongong and about 67 Kms south of Sydney you will find Coledale. Mt. Keira in the Illawarra mountain range circles above us. We are staying right on shoreline at the Surf Life Saving camping ground. Yesterday we watched a surfer walk out onto these rocks and get flattened trying …
ULLADULLA
Hello Everybody. We are about 230 Kms south of Sydney in the hilly coastal town of Ulladulla due to a change in plans as you would have seen in my last blog. Lots of Kookaburras laughing at us around here and beautiful views. But no loo paper here either! In case you were wondering. 😊 …
