Day 15 - Alice Springs A coldish start to the day. After breakfast drove out of town to the John Flynn memorial rock. It is a replica of one of the Devils Marbles. Originally one of the real Devils Marbles had been used but it was returned; diplomatically sensitive decision as the marbles are sacred …
Day 14 - Alice Springs After breakfast we made our way through the town to the School of the Air. Paid an entry fee to do a tour. Our guide was of Indian origin. Her Indian teaching qualifications haven't been fully recognised in Australia so while she is studying to upgrade them she works at …
Day 12 - Kings Canyon Even with a school group camped next to us we managed a very peaceful sleep, far away from the rest of civilisation. After breakfast we packed some lunch and plenty of water for a day of walking in Kings Canyon. Our first stop was the Kathleen Springs walk. It was …
Day 10 - May 31 Uluru Mala guided walk and base walk A later and more leisurely start to the last day of Autumn meant we could take our time over breakfast and preparing some lunch to take with us. By 9:40 we were out at the Mala car park at Uluru. In readiness for …
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Rudely awoken by our 6:00 alarm. Dressed quickly and ate breakfast. Jumped in the Hilux and drove out to Uluru to the Talinguru Nyakunytjaku viewing area. Just made it in time for sunrise. As there were hordes of others at the first viewing platform we walked around to the second one but decided to keep …
After eating breakfast and packing up the van we filled up on diesel and set off on our day 8 drive along the Lassiter Highway from Erldunda to Yulara. It didn't take too long and Mt Connor came into view on our left. The drive continued for some time until eventually we sighted Kata Tjuta …
Leaving Coober Pedy with all its dirt mounds was quite unreal. For some time after, both sides of the road were littered with dirt piles. We stopped for fuel and a driver changeover at Cadney Homestead roadhouse, but after that the drive had a sameness about it apart from the signs about wandering cattle and the …
Managed a bit of a Sunday sleep-in as we were staying in Coober Pedy for another night. After breakfast we drove through the town to the Catacomb Church. A few others were arriving for the 9:30 service. We were welcomed by one of the locals and found a seat easily. As it turned out there …
On our fifth day we had a much longer drive to Coober Pedy so we quickly ate breakfast and packed up. Unfortunately we didn't time our departure from Woomera very well. As you can see we had to wait for a while as a very long freight train went through. Finally the last carriage passed …
As we had only a short distance to travel we made a more leisurely start to the day. Just before check out time of 10:00 we were on our way. The terrain was very dry with mostly low lying vegetation. From time to time we passed large plateaus as we drove along the mostly straight …
