29th June 2016 Today we continued east along the coast line and onto The Great Ocean Road. We visited many of the spectacular cliff edge lookouts and saw what is left of the 12 Apostles and London Bridge. The sun was shining and the winds not too strong, however, they still smash against the cliffs with enormous force. We left the van at Bimbi Caravan Park. "Camping under Koala's" is their catch phrase, as the surrounding bush is the home to many Koala...

25th June 2016 We continued on south again today. Less than an hour south of Mildura is Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, a place where I spent many holidays as a kid, camping around Lake Mournpall, I was keen to visit and the boys were keen to climb on the trees we used to climb. There had been recent rains, so we left the caravan in the visitor centre. Lake Mournpall was almost full, low levels in recent years had enabled suckling gums to establish on the bank...

21st June 2016 This morning the rain continues to drizzle, clearing up early afternoon. We drive east through mainly sheep farming country, there were some sections with rolling green hills a pleasant sight after so much red dirt. We have lunch in Morgan along the Murray River. We camp tonight in a free camp right on the banks of the Murray River in Renmark SA. We have a camp fire and on the menu is backed jacket potatoes cooked in the coals, one of ever...

18th June 2016 This morning we saw the Todd River flowing rapidly. Speaking to some locals, it is much higher than prior rains. One idiotic person went off in his Kayak, fully clothed and no life jacket! The supermarkets were packed, not sure if it was panic buying or people like us who put off buying last night due to the roads into conditions making getting into town very difficult. We continue south along the Stuart Highway. There are still lots of car...

17th June 2016 Today we decided to stay in Alice Springs one more night, biding time for the Oodnadatta track to open. During the day today it opened to vehicles under 3 tonne, this still excludes us with the van, we see this as a positive sign and hopefully it will be open for us soon. We drove out to Palm Valley in the Finke Gorge National Park. (This is where we planned to go almost a week ago, but the we felt the town close by was not suitable to leave o...