Taking the scenic route, one day at a time
We left Coober Pedy about 9am, heading north for Erldunda Roadhouse in the Northern Territory. It was a long, seemingly straight, drive ahead, as evidenced by the GPS and road photos. We stopped for fuel and morning tea at Marla, as well as a break from the driving for a while. Setting off from Marla,…
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…