Morning all
Yesterday we had a look around Darwin before heading back to Katherine.
Day 10 – Darwin to Katherine
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Day 9 – Katherine to Darwin
Evening all,
Coming to you this evening from the top of the country, where it is not too hot and we are enjoyed a cold drink out in the evening breeze.
Day 8 – Threeways to Katherine
Hi all,
Have made it today to Katherine, which is 300km south of Darwin.
This morning we left Threeways (not the Crossroads, as I referred to it as yesterday) and made our way quickly north through Elliot, Newcastle waters & Daly Waters.
Another long leg – Day 8
Day 7 – Alice Springs to the Crossroads
Evening all
Coming to you tonight from Threeways, which is where the highway from Queensland meets the Stuart Highway.
As promised, some photos taken of Alice Springs. Very keen to return one day soon!
Mighty Problems
Over the last few days one of our campervans has had a warning light flash up, the vehicle then looses power and we have to pullover and restart the vehicle to get going again. This same vehicle also had the main ‘house’ door fail in a locked state. This happened on our first night in Alice Springs.
We called the help line at 9 pm and we’re asked to call back at 8am the next day which we did so. This was 8am new years eve. Mighty campers advised they would be driving a replacement vehicle up to us from Adelaide!
New years day (today) we have split up with Chris, Danielle and Gary heading north and the rest of the group remaining in Alice. By the time this post is online the replacement camper should have arrived and the others should be on the road. We don’t know quite when we will be back in convoy…
Day 6 – Alice Springs
Happy New Years everyone
Today we spent the day exploring Alice. Such a lovely town!
We had breakfast at a cafe in the main street mall, the cafe looked a little dodgy, but the food was amazing! After breakfast we found the Alice plaza, but on a hunt for a Telstra shop found a proper mall too.
Day 5 – Ayres Rock/Uluru to Alice Springs
Day 5 we explored Ayres Rock in the morning before making the final leg up to Alice Springs.
Ayres Rock was really interesting with lots of stories about the Aboriginal people, but no description about how the rock actually got there. One thing to note, it costs $25 per person to enter the National Park! but we are all glad we made the effort when we made it to the rock and got to touch it.
Road to Alice
We are so close we can almost taste it. Really pleased to have finally (almost) made it to a town like Alice!
Day 4 – Coober Pedy to Ayres Rock/Uluru
today we crossed the border from SA to NT.
The day began with a look around Coober Pedy and a visit to the Old Time Mine. Such an interesting place and the guys running it were really enthusiastic in what they were telling us. Some of us went noodling for Opal while Dan spent all her time in the mine reading every fact she could! The underground dugout homes and post office were something amazing.
