A week ago I truly, honestly and madly believed I was back on the straight and narrow with this blogging gig. Seven short days later it seems not. I promised I would return with posts about the interesting places we visited on our three-month road trip. But no, here we are more than a week later…
Nice and flat, easy to level the caravan and the views, well they were incredible and we were the only ones here. It seemed too good to be true. The trip in had been an adventure as we negotiated the muddy track, water across the track in places and rocks and ditches that jostled the…
The internet is amazing, Google Earth incredible but some places you just have to be there yourself to experience the atmosphere and wonder at peoples’ ingenuity. Our visit to Coober Pedy was one of those times we were pleased we brushed aside the uncharitable reports of the town. Driving into the town our first impression…
The shared walk and cycle pathway between Paringa and Renmark meanders beside the Murray River and from where we camped it took us on a wonderful outing on our bicycles.. This was my pick … I wish Paringa, just 4kms from Renmark, was the first town to be connected by rail to Adelaide and the…
It is day 64 of the 92 days of our long service leave, time away from work desk and home. WOW, it seems like we have been away for longer than two months yet it seems like time has flown by. How does that happen. When I discovered dried up ink in the fountain pen…
When the blue cloudless skies and sunshine, of the Northern Territory and northern South Australia, greet you every morning it is difficult to accept the dramatic weather change we are now experiencing. When we stopped at Terowie, South Australia, it was the first night we were not able to have our evening meal outside and…
Okay, maybe not Rocket Town but we did camp north of Woomera at Lake Hart which was one of the testing areas for the Australian and American Joint Defence Facility Nurrungar (JDFN). Nurrungar is an Aboriginal word meaning ‘listen’ and the base’s mission was to provide a reliable satellite-borne surveillance system to detect and report…
One of the 65 tours offered at Uluru is a camel ride at sunset/sunrise. Each camel is fitted with a two-seater saddle and large trains of them are haltered together to plod ceremoniously across the desert dunes at each end of the day. Our pleasurable activities are governed by the size of our piggy bank…
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Area for its cultural significance to the Anangu Aboriginal people and its natural beauty. The park has two important sites, both sacred to the Traditional Owners of the land: Uluru (previously known as Ayers Rock) and 32kms from Uluru stands Kata Tjuta (also…
You sit up and take notice when, after hundreds of kilometres, the countryside changes. When the relentless flat tussock plains give way to ruddy outcrops and the ground supports trees and some greenery you can feel your spirit lift. This is how it must be in the doldrums. Nothing for days and then a puff…
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