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We last left you, as we were about to depart Alice Springs for the second time. It took us a while to get organised Friday, with laundry, food shopping and vehicle refuelling. Once sorted it was a late departure and … Continue reading →

Please see the post below for the most recent report on our journey, however here are some pictures that fit in from earlier posts. Rather than update and insert into the posts where they fit we’ve grouped them here so … Continue reading →

Leaving the caravan in Alice Springs we repacked for camping and headed out feeling more free and fancy without the van in tow. Making our way west we stopped at the most of the various gorges and points of interest … Continue reading →

WARNING: this post is a long one as lots has happened since our last. Departing Coober Pedy at about 10 thirts after refuelling and ‘airing up the tyres’ we headed north up the Stuart Highway for ‘The Centre’. The highway … Continue reading →

We’ll update with a full post soon, but now you can view our route day by day (not live updating) on google maps. See the ‘Map‘ page of the blog or click here to go the actual map.

Our route has taken us out of mobile coverage for a couple of days as we’ve progressed north, then west. After Leigh Creek the road went to gravel with a couple of newly made sections of blacktop. After Marree it … Continue reading →

After spending the night at the Angorichina Village we have taken a small detour off the main road to Beltana village then up the road to Leigh Creek for a quick restock. As we have phone coverage we’re taking to … Continue reading →

While we have reception we’ll give you some pictures to look at. These cover the last few days from leaving home. .

The answer in our case is SLOWLY! We are two and a half days overdue to leave with certain preparation taking longer than expected or not going to plan. However by this days end we are hitting the road! We … Continue reading →

Welcome to our Blog, and the first post we’ve made. Currently we are madly preparing to get away for a long awaited family holiday. With last minute preparations underway (actually the truth be told – we’ve been preparing for weeks … Continue reading →