TheWanderingHeads

Thursday 23 rd , Southern CrossSouthern Cross Caravan ParkCost $30 per night, Rated by us 5/10 Mileage 25185 travelled 768 KmBack on the road and we hit the longest stretch of straight road in the world the famous 90 Miles Straight, which is actually 146.6 kilometres, of dead straight road going off to the horizon.Now we are warned of camels, Emus and kangaroos typical Australian wildlife that loves the road for some reasons, lots of “road kill” as the dead animals are known as in Oz. Again the landscape is much greener than I expected and or remembered as we wind our way to Southern Cross, long drive today. Rocky outcrops and dry lakes as we head further west, the rain has failed here and the land is now looking very dusty and ... read more

Monday 20 th May, CedunaBig4 Ceduna Caravan ParkCost $41 per night Rated by us 7/10 Mileage 23662 travelled 453 KmHaving decided not to investigate the Eyre Peninusula which is south and will be colder, we headed back north to cut across the top of the peninsula. Taking the back road across to Iron Knob cut off some 200kms from the trip. Even though it was not particularly early the kangaroos were out in abundance, the locals are obviously used to this road and slowed down in certain section, we followed their lead and managed to avoid hitting any roos with some clever braking from G.Iron Knob is the iron ore mine which supply's the smelter at Whyalla to make steel. At the moment, despite lots of government money, the smelter was closed for ... read more

Friday 17 th May, WoomeraWoomera Caravan ParkCost $25 per night Rated by us 6/10Mileage 22939 travelled 433kmWe set off slowly into town to pick up some basic supplies and visit one of the opal mines.The Umona Opal Mine, unfortunately the mine tours had been cancelled until 4pm, so we looked around what we could and headed to the opal shop to buy a few gifts for the girls. As we left the museum I spotted a Sturt Desert Pea growing in the car park, it was bellyful the more so as it had chosen such a barren place to grow, I cannot grow them at home and they are amazing, took some good shots. As we left heading south on the good old Stuart Highway again, the mines are everywhere and have created ... read more

Thursday 16 th May, Coober PedyBig4 Stuart Range Caravan ParkCost $41 per night with membership, drive throughRated by us 7/10Mileage 22506 travelled 419kmThe Stuart Highway has to be one of the most uninteresting roads we have driven I can see why people say “I survived the Stuart Highway”. The road is straight and stretches for ever, we drove past a number of strange large rocks which seemed to be standing sentry like on the road side. We stopped at the Kulgera Pub for coffee this is the first and last pub in the NT, as we approach the border with South Australia. There is a Hills Hoist from which people have hung trainers not sure what that is all about, just an Ozzie thing. The pub is interesting and actually had a huge ... read more

Wednesday 15 th May, EldrundaEldrunda Desert Oasis Motel and Caravan ParkCost $44 per night, drive throughRated by us 7/10Mileage 22087 travelled 211kmSlow and lazy start to the day as we are heading to the National Transport Museum which only opens at 9am and it is only a few kms up the road. I hopped out of the car and walked across the dry Todd river bed on foot so that I could photograph the car and caravan crossing the river bed, it was fun to see and photograph. Some of the trees in the riverbed have amazing roots as they attempt to stay upright in the dry and the flood of the river.The museum was huge and very interesting, with halls for a number of things as well as outdoor displays. The old ... read more

Monday 13 th May, Tennant CreekG’Day Outback Caravan Park, Tenanat Creek, NTCost $50 per night with membership, drive throughRated by us 7/10Mileage 21367 travelled 565kmLong drive today in an attempt to get out of the heat and to start to feel safe again, it is really getting to us both now.The termite mounds continue to be abundant and the colours keep changing, the territorians seem to have a thing about dressing the mounds, so far we have seen, Yoda, The Simpson whole family, Father Xmas, a ghost and many more strange costumes, not sure what the termites make of it, they just seem to continue making the mounds over the clothes. There is lots of water at the roadside and some amazing lilies and bird life, lots of cranes I can see why ... read more