Day 11- Friday June 1st Yulara to Kings Creek Cattle Station Another freezing cold morning. In fact so cold there were patches of white frost on the grass behind our caravan. After breakfast we packed up the caravan and headed off to refill fuel and check our tyre pressures, which was a good idea as …
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Uluru – Mala guided walk and Uluru base walk
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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Uluru and Kata Tjuta
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 …
Uluru and the Field of Lights
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 …
Coober Pedy
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 …
Woomera to Coober Pedy
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 …
Port Augusta to Woomera and beyond
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 …