This morning we met Nan and Gramps at 8:30am and headed out to Kata Tjutu (The Olgas) which is about a 50km drive. The morning was a little cool but once we got walking we soon warmed up. Our first walk was a 7.4km, Grade 4, Valley of the Winds circuit which took us up…

This morning we met Nan and Gramps out at the Cultural Centre at Uluru to learn a little more about the stories of the area before heading off on our walking adventures. To see Uluru up close is awe-inspiring, I don’t think you truly appreciate the sheer enormity of it until you are up close…

This morning we were up and at it nice and early, ready for the longest day of driving scheduled on our trip. We left Coober Pedy around 7:30am and had a nice easy run the whole day, arriving in Uluru at 2:30pm, much earlier than expected, probably thanks to the 130kmh speed limit on the…

Probably not a lot to fill 3 days in Coober Pedy so it was nice to have a fairly relaxing day. We had a sleep in before venturing out for a morning of noodling. Think “G” ran out of enthusiasm for our noodling before anyone else, he suspects it’s because he’s colour-blind and couldn’t see…

Happy Mother’s Day!!! Another amazing sleep in this morning meaning a very late start to our day. I was lucky to be spoilt with opal earrings and breakfast (Weetbix) in bed from my beautiful boys. Once we got going, we headed out to check out Crocodile Harry’s, an icon in this area and some memorabilia…

What a great sleep we had in the pitch black darkness of the underground! We woke up around 8:30am (well, some of us were awake earlier but happy to snuggle in the warm bed). The boys were shocked that it was so late in the morning as they really thought it was the middle of…

This post is a day late! Yesterday we left Port Augusta about 9am to start our journey “up the middle”. The weather was kind to us and gave us a lovely sunny, but chilly, day to drive. On this first leg we passed numerous Army vehicles heading south. R & L waved to all and…

Bitterly freezing cold. That sums up today nicely. The end 😀 This morning we decided to indulge in room service breakfast at the Country Club before hitting the road for the day. It was rainy and miserable outside and the second we stepped outside the door the coldness of the air took our breath away.…

It was sooo hard to leave Saltwater House on KI this morning, we all really wished we’d booked longer there. G did a quick last drone flight over the house to get some more views on camera. We left the house and drove to Penneshaw with a quick stop at Brown Beach, drive by of…

“Island Time” had certainly captured GARL today as we had an extremely relaxed start to the day, particularly as “R” didn’t wake up until nearly 9am! We enjoyed bacon and eggs for breakfast watching the kangaroos do their thing. After another load of washing finished we finally hit the road around 10am and headed straight…