Day 69 To the craters!! There were 5 we could see ranging in size form 150 meters wide and 15m deep to 7m wide amazing to see what a 44kg piece of rock will do at speed. We plod on after a short 2km walk though, kings canyon here we come. Well actually not quite, I guess first if you want to save 150km of your drive you have to deal with a teeth rattling road, with speeds only hitting 20km/h for a bit. Ouchies. But then we hit paved roads and back up to 110 and were moving well. We push straight to the camp site to ensure a good spot, not that we are that picky but dammit I want to sleep on grass. So we slept on grass to the tune of 51 ... read more

Day 67 Ormiston Gorge is our next stop. Located about 3 hour drive away. And well worth it. We are able to arrive around 1pm and get setup on a not so tent friendly site, but the rangers came and talked to us for a bit and said they would lay down some sand for next time, awesome… but that doesn’t concern us. Lol. But I guess I should back track to Gosse Bluff, where a 1km wide comet struck the earth leaving a 5km wide pit, amazing to be inside and then to drive about 30km away and get photos, just a steep rise of mountains in an almost perfect circle. Pictures do not show it well, you had to be there. I walked a bit to find the impact site which luckily was only ... read more

Day 65 Morning campers, we sleep till 9:30, what? That is unheard of. Oh well, its not like we are doing anything important today, its an r&r day. I update blogs for well over 3 hours downtown using crap internet. Lol. It sucks and is driving me insane but that’s okay right? We seriously have nothing to write about so here is a photo of a bird Jackie chased with my camera. LOL... read more

Day 63 Alice springs is in sight now! But wait, Matt sniffs out another side track, a 4x4 track with levels 1-3 leading to ruby gap a stop we want to make anyways… hmmm. And were off. Lol. The trail is rough but I never put it into 4 wheel drive once. Makes me wonder about ruby gap road, it says to go in groups of 2 minimum and is rated EXTREME!! We cruise for about 4-5 hours to get to the crossroads an old abandoned town along the way. We pose for a few photos and hit ruby gap trail, about 1km down the road I find a sign that says : ROAD IMPASSIBLE haha! I laugh in the face of adversity, and were off. Another 3 hours to go 46km, the road is rough ... read more

Day 61 Highway my ass… I don’t care what the map says, a 1 lane dirt road is not a highway… LOL. Its rough but not to bad, we have reached the plenty highway across to Alice springs. I would back track and tell you about our morning but it was boring, the usual packing and restocking. We pull onto the highway to be bombarded with safety signs and a giant boomerang. Odd. We drive about 200km to our first camp, beside a half dry river, the bugs are insane, we hide in the tents till its dark out… then we enjoy a meal of sausages and pasta and have a fire and sit under the stars with no light pollution.. its amazing. I love the outback and being away from people and tourist traps. Sadly ... read more