Wide open spaces

After a quick goodbye to our new mates in Alice, we headed off early, aiming to get to the Devil’s Marbles before mid afternoon to ensure we got a spot at the campground before it filled up. On the way, we started noticing more and more termite mounds appearing along the side of the road.… Continue reading Devil’s Marbles, NT – how’s the serenity

As we mentioned in a previous post, one of Kat’s good friends in Sydney has a sister who lives in Alice Springs with her family, and after getting in touch with her we had an offer of being able to stay in their granny flat while we were in Alice Springs. After living out of… Continue reading Alice Springs, NT – gems, gorges, gaps and a granny (flat)

After Erldunda, we spent a night in Alice Springs staying with the sister one of Kat’s high school friends and her family. They have a granny flat out the back of their house which they were happy for us to use. The next morning we headed off early towards Palm Valley, aiming to get there… Continue reading Palm Valley, NT – walking the walk

We had a short drive the day we left Uluru as we were only headed back to Erldunda (the place we had doubled back to three time a few days earlier in search of reception to plan and book our stay at Uluru). The kids had been busily (and sneakily) making cards and crafty presents… Continue reading Erldunda, NT – putting the brakes on the trip

After leaving Coober Pedy, we crossed the border into the Northern Territory, and were all really looking forward to seeing the many iconic sights that the NT is famous for. We stopped for a night in a place called Kulgera, just to break up the long drive to our first big stop of Uluru. The… Continue reading Uluru and The Olgas, NT – rocks and (mile)stones

As we left Oodnadatta, Oli in particular was very excited. Our next stop would be Coober Pedy and this was his number one place he wanted to go on the whole trip. Being a budding geologist, he wanted to check out the opals that Coober Pedy is famous for and hopefully buy ‘a few’ as… Continue reading Coober Pedy, SA

The drive towards Oodnadatta continued through the rocky landscape where the vegetation was limited to dry grasses and stocky, woody shrubs and trees. There were occasional lines of taller gums drawn to the seemingly dry creek beds which hid the rare sources of deeper water that only the gums could reach with their long roots.… Continue reading Oodnadatta, SA

Within a couple of minutes of leaving the caravan park at Morree we were on the famed Oodnadatta Track, the huge sign we passed confirming its open status. We planned to follow the track as far as Oodnadatta before cutting back down to Coober Pedy. Although there was grass and shrub cover along the sides… Continue reading Coward Springs, SA – sculptures, salt and springs

The roads to Marree we in good condition. After a bit of blacktop it was dirt the rest of the way, but easy driving. With not a cloud in the sky (pretty normal weather for this part of the trip) and mid 20’s temperature, we were happy to be in the comfort of the air… Continue reading Marree, SA

Mount Little station has been our favourite place to stay so far on the trip (probably why we stayed there for 6 nights!). It is a cattle station about 15 minutes north of Hawker, in the southern Flinders Ranges. The campsite on their station was simple but very spacious, with amenities and a camp kitchen. Chris… Continue reading Mount Little Station, SA