Sunday 18 August Well finally the morning that we have planned to hit the road again has arrived, this is weird moving again after 2 whole weeks in the same place. Alice has been lovely, despite our pressures of getting the towbar and the welding sorted out it has been great here but time to go, we both feel the need to get back out of town and back to bush camping. Opening my eyes to welcome the new day in, I heard those words "Happy Anniversary!" For a brief moment I had forgotten it was our 23rd wedding anniversary today, when we got married I don't think I could ever have imagined waking up in Alice Springs on any of our anniversaries let alone the 23rd. Andy is out of bed early, I could hear ... read more

First thing on the Monday morning Andy took Jack (The Landcruiser) to the welders so that we could have the sub frame welded up in preparation for the new tow bar, at that stage we did not know who would be paying for it but whatever happened we still needed the work carried out and whilst we were waiting for people to argue, we were sitting around gathering costs. Our week was still being consumed by the tow bar drama so we could not really go very far but late on the Tuesday afternoon we visited the Old Telegraph Station, which has a varied history attached to it, opened in 1872 as a Telegraph station played a very key role in the development of Australia reducing the isolation of Australians from the rest of the world, ... read more

Saturday 10 August We decided to dedicate this blog to our Dads, because of their strong connections with the Transport industry throughout their careers so John (Caroline's Dad) and Derek (Andy's Dad, passed away in 1994) this one is for you. The weekend arrived and nothing was going to happen with the tow bar saga which meant we could still not move the trailer, so we decided to make the most of the weekend and be tourists again, although I am feeling very much like a local right now. First on the list was the National Road Transport Hall of Fame which was back out of town on the way to the airport. This had been recommended to us by a number of people as worthy of a visit, and let me tell you they were ... read more

Ok, so we know this probably has been used as a blog title a million times before, but we just couldn't resist. Saturday 3 August Waking up at Old Andado Station, I had thought that perhaps today we would make Alice Springs, eager to stock up on groceries and get into civilisation, but that said, we should just take our time travelling up the Binns Track and enjoy the environment, another day before getting into Alice won't make a difference. Andy finished off fixing the trailer lights, we left the caution sign on anyway, just in case they failed again before reaching Alice Springs. I went to put our $20 in the pot for our overnight stay but I am fairly low on cash, I only have a $50 note and there is no change available, ... read more

Hey everyone, We have finally reached a blog 702 that has taken us over 1 Million words, how about that. As I write this little snippet, we are sitting "Again" in the Marree Hotel and doing some internet, why well you will just have to read the blogs that we are trying to post, (Just crossed the Simpson Desert) huge adventure, but don't ley Caroline know I have told you. Kj... read more