30th May Broome

Busy day today doing some shopping for the next leg of our trip. Lunch down town then in the evening made our way to the market before heading to the beach to see the moon too much cloud to see the moon rise.

29th May Port Smith – Broome

Made our way to Broome today with another stop at Roebuck for morning tea, we all went and looked at the shops in the afternoon and went for a swim in the pool at the park.

28th May Port Smith

The same today down for a swim in the morning and fishing in the afternoon with another fish dinner.

27th May Port Smith

Went down to see how far the tide comes in and not much beach left so we had a swim and it was very nice. Back to the beach in the afternoon for some more fishing.

26th May Nillibubbica RA – Port Smith

At Roebuck not far from where we camped we turn south and head 100ks down to the turnoff to Port Smith, a sandy road in but good.

Caravan park basic but nice, after we set up we drove the short distance to the beach and the water was crystal clear did some fishing in the afternoon.

25th May Fitzroy Crossing – Nillibubbica RA

Today we are leaving Fitzroy Crossing not sure were will stay tonight as no plans, saw a few things on the way and arrived at this great rest area at around lunch time and we decided to set up camp for the night.

24th May Fitzroy Crossing

Today we are just doing very little visiting the town which there was not a great lot of shops and the  IGA was the biggest store. Had a swim in the pool at the caravan park and in the late afternoon had a drink at the bar

23rd May Halls Creek – Fitzroy Crossing

Made our way out of Halls Creek after visiting the bakery, now we are back on the black top which was great after 3 long days on the Tanami stopped off at Mary Pool for morning tea before venturing on to Fitzroy Crossing.

Had a great cruise down the Fitzroy River in the late afternoon (Gegiki  Gorge).

22nd May WA Border – Halls Creek

The road was quite bad from the border so it too us a little while to get to Bililuna to fill up with fuel, the road did not get any better after that and we where all glad to get to Halls Creek.

Decided to have the night in the caravan park there not sure if that was a good move.  Things did not get bad that night just told to lock everything up and sleep with your wallets under the pillow.

21st May Mt Doreen Ruins – WA Border

As usual an 8:30am start the wind still howling and the dust blowing everywhere morning tea stopped at one of the bores and the wind still blowing and so much dust.

We came across a big fire along the way and had to drive passed as it was very close to the road, and now onto the border stop.

20th May Alice Springs – Mt Doreen ruins

We left Alice Spring and the wind was howling we made our way to Tilmouth Wells had some morning tea on the road.  Just before Yuendumu,  let down tyres as this is where the dirt starts so had some lunch. When we arrived in Yuendumu it does not change any had an ice cream from the shop and continued on until we found the turnoff to Mt Doreen Ruins.

19th May Alice Springs

We did a lot of cleaning to get ready to do the next part of our trip tomorrow all the washing is now done and put away., In the night all the girls went to Robin’s cabin to watch the royal wedding.

18th May Alice Springs

Desert Park today and we had a lovely time the bird show was the best. At night we went out for dinner at the Casino and the food was really good.

17th May Alice Springs

We took a drive to Owen Springs ruins and on our way home booked into the Desert Park for the night tour of the animals which we really great.

16th May Alice Springs

The girls had a shopping day today and we hit the shops in Alice Springs looking for all the things we thought we needed.

Boys went to the Truck museum for the morning and had a good time.

15th May Redbank Waterhole – Alice Springs

Around 70ks into Alice this morning we arrive around 11am booked into the big4 caravan park. Now for the cleaning of the vans and doing some shopping as no one had any food left.

Starting to get very cold here.

14th May Redbank Waterhole

Today we are taking a small drive to Rainbow Valley to have a look and it is about 50ks away from where we have camped. Did a walk there and returned back to camp.

Sat in the sun for the afternoon and the boys organised a fire as we are having a camp oven cook up and as usual lots of food was cook.

13th May Ayres Rock – Redbank Waterhole

Off we head today and stopped at Curtin Springs for morning tea and all the others to catch up.  We had some lunch at a road stop on the highway then turned left at Owen Springs Reserve, drove down around 6ks to a great camp at the waterhole no water though.

12th May Ayres Rock

 We walked the valley of the winds walk and then made our way to the gorge walk. Then in the evening was our tour to the valley of the lights really great night.

11th Ayres Rock

Did the walk around the rock today 23/4 hr which was very good and the weather was a bit cooler. In the afternoon the girls went Dot painting in the town square which was a lot of fun.

Now back at camp to get the dinner and have a chat. Tonight was a bit cool to sit around and talk to long tonight.

10th Ayres Rock

The boys thought about climbing the rock today and when we arrived at the rock it was closed so we all did the Marla Walk (guided) which was very interesting.

After the walk we decided to go to the visitor centre for lunch, very slow service and I think we had to wait ½ hr for them to make us hamburger & chips very slow.

Back to camp for the after noon just relaxing and talking.  Kerry’s birthday today so we had cake after dinner.

9th Kulgera – Ayres Rock

Back on the main road to Ayres Rock today and around 300ks so out of camp early 8:30am, stopped on the road for morning tea and arrived in Ayres rock around 1pm.

Had a look around the place in the afternoon before having happy hr then dinner and chatting in the evening not very cold yet.

8th Lambert Centre

On dirt road this morning heading to the Lambert Centre around 150ks which too us around 3hrs road good.

When we arrived at the Lambert Centre we had lots of photos and lunch before heading back to Kulgera and arrived back at camp around 3pm.  Looked at the mini Olgers on the way in.

7th Cadney Roadhouse – Kulgera

Made our way to Kulgera this morning along the highway.  Arrived in Kulgera around 12:30pm checked in at the roadhouse and found a good spot.

Looked around the pub there in the afternoon and played another game of cards. Saw a truck load of camels come into the roadhouse in the afternoon.

6th Coober Pedy – Cadney Roadhouse

We left Coober Pedy the usual time 8:30am and headed west for Cadney roadhouse which was around 150ks.  We had a quick stop for morning tea then arrived around 11am at the roadhouse check in and found a spot for all the vans.

Some of the group went to the painted desert for a look, we played cards with Robin & Pete for the afternoon.

30th April Wilpena Pound – Alpana Station

9:30am leaving camp heading 50ks up into the Flinders more stopping at several lookouts.  We arrived at the station in time for lunch and took a drive up to Blinman and then in the late afternoon took a drive on the property to a hut 7ks from the homestead and then to a lookout for the sunset.  On our way back which was dark Pete lost his roof rack on top of the car and we had to leave it there until the next day.

5th May William Creek – Coober Pedy

156ks of dirt to Coober Pedy not much to see on the way except Cadibarrawirracanna Lake and we were not sure what was there and surprised to see some water in it.  The road was good all the way into Coober Pedy and we arrived in great time.  Looked around town for awhile before heading back to the caravan park.

4th May Marree – William Creek

It was a bit cool today when we left this morning and as the day went on the weather got better and we had a few stops along the way, Mound Springs was good so we had some lunch there and the flies seem to like this weather and would not leave us alone. A quick stop in at Coward Springs and the flies must not have seen anyone there for awhile as they drove us mad and we continued on to William Creek

3rd May Beltana – Marree

Heading off today and the weather was not so great as we arrived in Copley for a pie and then went onto Farina there was a dust storm when we arrived so we decided it was not worth staying. We then made our way to Marree.

2nd May Beltana

We had to wait here as the others went to Arkaroola and we had to get Pete’s car back together. So they worked hard all morning we fed the little lambs first thing.  The others arrived around 5:30pm ready to have some dinner the station put on as it was Chris’s birthday.

1st May Alpana Station – Port Augusta – Beltana

First thing we had to do today was go back and get Pete’s rack and put it on our car.  We then had to drive 230ks to Port Augusta to get parts for the rack and a new areal while we were there we did some shopping and was out of Port Augusta by 1:30pm with lunch at a little café in Quorn on the way.

We then drove all the way to Beltana station to meet Mary & Chris and arrived around 5pm.