Taking the scenic route, one day at a time
Until this week, we had no idea just how beautiful the region surrounding Alice Springs was, but we are loving exploring the area. The MacDonnell Ranges extend almost 650 km in length, spreading either side of Alice Springs. We explored the East MacDonnell Ranges, which contains areas of rich cultural significance to the local Aboriginal…
Just when we thought Uluru couldn’t be topped, along comes the Kings Canyon to blow Uluru clear out of contention! We drove 300km from Uluru to Kings Canyon, with the view to doing the Kings Canyon Rim walk early the next morning, before the heat of the day. As luck would have it, a chilly…
We’ve been very fortunate to witness the Red Centre grandeur of Uluru and Kate Tjuta at sunrise, sunset and in between. It is so hard to describe the spectrum of colour changes across the day, from purples, pinks, oranges and deep reds. Stunning. Breathtaking. We spent two days in the region. On the first afternoon,…
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…