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Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Marla December 16th 2008

Today we left the Northern Territory and moved into our 3rd state of Australia, woop! We're currently camping in Marla, which is nothing but a travelers rest roadhouse really. We managed to get a a relocation deal on a Britz campervan so we have a swish Toyota Hiace Hi-top with all the mod-cons in the back for only $5 a day plus we get $110 towards fuel, awesome! It's been a pretty uneventful day, sorted a few things out in Alice Springs, said goodbye to Steph and set off the get as far down the road as we possibly could. We're really sad to be leaving Red Gum and all the experiences and people we met, but so happy to be rid of the managers there. For our last night in the bush we decided to ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Marla July 2nd 2008

After five and a half hours of following the white line we pulled into Marla. The girls wore off some energy in a totem tennis tournament while dinner was being prepared. After our mild night in Alice our warm weather came abruptly to an end. It was freezing overnight! Carrie started the night in t-shirt and ended in trackies, t-shirt, long sleeve top and hoodie. I woke to Matt’s laughter as he rolled over to see a face peeking out from the hood and wrapped tightly in the quilt. I think we are definitely driving in the wrong direction as the hot clear days become more and more cloudy and the nights from mild to freezing. What are we doing? We were keen to cover lots of km’s today and get as close to Pt Augusta ... read more
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Time to rug up




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