Well, our window, unfortunately, isn’t fixed because an incorrectly sized window was sent in error and much as we have thoroughly enjoyed our time in Alice we decided to get a piece of Perspex cut and have duct taped it in place. We are now heading north to Darwin where we have arranged for the correct size window to be delivered there. Once again the roads are more or less straight and we are honestly just cruising along and singing along to some old favourite songs with no-one but ourselves to hear our very “out of tune” wailing! Tonight we are at a camp by the side of the road with several others and as it is so warm and with no city lights to spoil the sky, we sat outside watching the stars which are ... read more

The road north from Port Augusta today was amazing and constantly changing as we are really heading into the outbacks now. The soil is very very red and sometimes there are 2 metre high bushes lining the road, and then changing to just small shrubs, before again changing to just stark red rocky ground. We spotted a sole emu very close to the road at the last minute, (fortunately it did not run in front of us), a dead cow, four amazing wedged tailed eagles on top of some kangaroo road kill, plus a few scrawny looking sheep. There are several huge spectacular salt lakes along the way too so all in all it was a fascinating day on our first day heading towards Coober Pedy and Ayers Rock. We are parked tonight in the large ... read more

Adelaide is a great city and we are really enjoying our stay here, with so much to see and do. However, our first priority was to thoroughly clean the motorhome inside and out before exploring the local sights and attractions, as, as the saying goes, work before play! Next on the agenda was to fix our van door and a full vehicle service, ahead of our trip to Alice and Darwin and so with a clean bill of health given we can hopefully be confident that we have prepared ourselves for the long road ahead as much as possible. We ventured into Adelaide, exploring Rundle Mall and all the surrounding shops before taking the tram to Glenelg beach, Adelaide’s closest beach. Glenelg has many historic buildings plus a lovely pier which we walked along as it ... read more

Pete, Tessa and I had another wonderful stay in Hobart with our good friends, Karen and Tom and enjoyed a delicious roast and a hot baked desert. We do miss not having an oven sometimes but on the other hand really appreciate a roast when we have one. We travelled down to the most southern tip of Tasmania today and were the last ones on the beach after hiking the track to South East Cape bay and so can correctly state that we were further south than anyone else in Australia!!! After stopping at a sheep cheese factory to savour the wares and purchase some very expensive cheese, we toured north today past the Great Lakes area with its amazing scenery which reminded us very much of New Zealand, camping at the small town of Deloraine ... read more

We caught up with good New Zealand friends in the tiny town of Hamilton NW of Hobart and introduced them to freedom camping in their hired motor home and enjoyed our first night catching up on news. Next day we headed off in convoy towards Queenstown (an old mining town), taking time out occasionally to do some small nature walks in the bush before camping for the night by a beautiful lake and sharing a delicious meal and enjoying more than one glass of wine! Our next trip was to Strahan, a sleepy fishing town with tourist boats operating to the stunning Gordon River. Our site for the night was right on the beach giving us ample time to stretch our legs and enjoy the beautiful coastline. What with our friends experiencing a small town campsite, ... read more