Taking the scenic route, one day at a time
What can we say about Coober Pedy? Um, kinda different? Chock full of interesting characters? Frontier land? A good place to take the time to clean all the dust out of the van and find a hardware store so we could make some minor repairs to the van? Firstly, Coober Pedy is not a pretty…
You could be forgiven for thinking that the Australian outback is dull, boring, colourless tracts of nothing. Yeah, some of it is, for sure. But we have also found some jaw-dropping treasures in the last few days. Firstly, the Painted Desert … Instead of continuing up the last leg of the Oodnadatta Track from Oodnadatta…
How fortunate are we to have seen Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre filled with so much water? Given that this is the fullest that Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre (the world’s largest salt lake) has been in 45 years, we took a scenic flight from William Creek to view the lake from the air. As mentioned in a previous…
Lower the tyre pressures … Check. Secure everything that’s not nailed down … Check.Top up the fuel … Check.Plenty of water … Check.Wear the sports bra … Jen, Check!Okay then, let’s do it! We were excited about and (hopefully) prepared for tackling the infamous rocky outback track, which is notorious for leaving shredded tyres, broken…
We spent some time stooging around Marree and Farina, just before heading up the infamous Oodnadatta Track. Farina is a fascinating uninhabited town from South Australia’s yesteryear. But for about two months each year (around May to July), an ever-growing group of caravanners volunteer their time to help restore the town. During this time they…