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Here are some photos to go with the last blog...... read more

Day 20 We left ‘crazy’ behind and headed up to Tennant Creek. We stopped off to view Devils Marbles, a truly unusual collection of boulders and rocks, some perched in impossible precarious positions. There’s a mystical calm in places like this and I can understand why parts of it are considered sacred by the local Aboriginals. Again, I found it hard not to take photographs at every turn, where each turn revealed a new angle and a new interesting shot. Just fantastic. Day 22 It was a relief to leave Tennant Creek. I thought the sound of dingoes howling at night was scary but that wasn’t as bad as hearing some of the locals screaming at each other in the main street. The less said the better. We had intended to stay at Elliott but the ... read more

Day 18 We did a number of sightseeing activities in and around Alice Springs, including having a local Aboriginal guide take us out on a nocturnal tour spotting Mala, Bettongs, and Bandicoots. Though, I think the highlight for the kids was hand feeding the rock wallabies that come down every night into the neighbouring campsite. For $1 a bag of feed, the kids had a ball feeding them and spotting the ones that were carrying joeys. Day 19 Well, today had it’s share of strange sights. We set off from Alice to reach Wycliffe Well, so a long driving day for us. We stopped at Ti Tree which looked to consist of little more than a pub and a police station. Fortunately, I had premade sandwiches so we just found a nice shady spot, Maarten set ... read more

Day 12 We’ve arrived at Kings Canyon Resort and found that in the Northern Territory, the term ‘resort’ is used very loosely. Facilities are meagre, their ‘General Store’ holds less than our local service station (although there is a plethora of cheap tacky souvenirs) and their pool resembles a duckpond. Their washing machine did little more than wet the clothes, they all came out with the same orange dusty tinge they went in to the wash with. At $4 per load I didn’t really want to put them through again and I’m running out of daylight hours to get them dry in. Went looking for a light lunch and found they had a half reasonable café which charged quite unreasonable prices ($81 for lunch! What the..?) Still, we have a perfect site overlooking the Canyon, close ... read more

Day 7 We've crossed the border into NT. Stayed overnight at Erldunda which was pretty uneventful. Have to say, I'm totally impressed by our 3 boys and how they cope with the long hours of driving, no fights, no complaints, no DVDs and not even a DS! They just cruise, so easy! We play games and listen to stuff, at the moment we're alternating between War of the Worlds (Matthew's choice) and Starlight Express (Daniel and Ryan's preference). Day 8 We arrived at Yulara Resort near Uluru today. It's quite a sprawling mini metropolis (compared to what we've been through so far). We're here for 4 nights so it'll be nice to stay put for a bit and take our time. We drove out to The Rock this afternoon to watch the sunset. Quite magical! The ... read more