Geo: -31.9592, 141.467Today's Challenge - The first to spot a white horse gets a free round of drinks at the next outback pub.It's Rods Birthday today and he checks his phone for Birthday wishes. Brooke is up in Brisbane and sends a big Birthday wish, she asks what we are up to today. We leave Gilgandra at 7.30am in heavy fog again but it doesn't take long to clear to a superb day. We weave our way through some very scenic country but there is not a white horse in sight.Three hours into the drive we take a picture of a big road sign welcoming us the the NSW Outback, low and behold, one minute later we spot a highway patrol car pulling over a speeding driver. "Nice welcome" we both say.As we enter Cobar, Debi ... read more

Geo: -27.4676, 153.028Today we spend our last day in Las Vegas before flying to LAX then home to Brisbane on a late night flight. We decide to have one last American classic before heading out to the Airport, a burger, a hot dog and a bucket of iced Corona's. It is a hot day and the beers go down well.We cab it to the Airport and low and behold there are pokies all over the place, one last chance to steal your money before leaving. We board a small United Airline jet and shortly after arrive in Los Angeles. We do some duty free shopping and head to the Alaskin Airlines lounge which is Virgin Australia's partner facility. They have the cheek to charge us $45 a head then only offer lousy snacks and a max ... read more

Geo: 36.0846, -115.172This morning we have breakfast in front of a big open fire as the weather is chilly. We are heading to Vegas today with only one stop (Hoover Dam). Our sat nav tells us it is a four and a half hour trip and we skip the remaining R66 components of the journey as Deb is busting to get to the Sin City. We exit the I40 at Kingman and reduce our speed by 10 mph as highway 93 begins to narrow.Three and a half hours into todays trip the Hoover Dam approaches along with strong wind warnings. As we drive past the dam wall in the distance to our right, we wonder if we missed the exit however we spot it some 5 miles on and join a long line of traffic on ... read more

Geo: 34.9017, -110.16You may notice my blogs are somewhat late, this is mainly due to poor Internet connections and priority on planning the next days activities, however I will try to catch up.This morning we leave Santa Fe and head towards the Ancient Acoma Pueblo known as Sky City. We bypass Albuquerque and the Rio Grand and exit towards the Sky City mesa, its a beautiful drive with rock formations and great scenery. We catch a shuttle and drive to the top of a huge rock formation lined with adobe houses, said to be the oldest continually inhabited city in the USA. This mesa-top village has no power or water and this is how the inhabitants want it to stay. The only sign of modern conveniences are lots of porta loo's perched on the edge of ... read more

Geo: 35.1786, -103.725Today is my birthday yeah!!!After leaving Weatherford in light rain and fog we drive some more R66 until we reach the Apache Trading Post where the road gets swallowed by the I40. Next stop is Clinton which has a fabulous museum and some good photo opps but of cause it is Sunday and it is closed, we take a few good pictures and head towards the Texas border and the small town of Texola. Next is Shamrock and the U-Drop Inn Conoco Station a definite photo opp. As we drive through Texas the weather clears and we spot miles upon miles of wind generators. R66 is very hard to follow here as it is mostly dirt track so we stick to the interstate. The Texan landscape becomes sparse much like outback Australia, as be ... read more