Day 17 Tuesday 25th Packed up camp and headed out to Simpsons Gap in the West MacDonalds ranges Via the final resting area of John Flynn the founder of the RFDS to pay our respect. As much as we wanted to see more around Alice and the MacDonald ranges we decided we can't see it all so thought that was a bit of a compromise. Simpsons Gap is a beautiful cutting through the ranges. Would be even more beautiful in the wet. Currently a few murky green puddles in a ...

Day 16 Monday 24th Royal flying Doctors museum, did the tour Mr Flynn is an inspiring fellow and a very worthy cause for the people of the outback. Great set up at museum with a film featuring a hologram of Flynn. Able to sit in a plane and of course spend pocket money on fluffy flying doctor toys! . On to the School of the Air, had the pleasure of the museum director to give us the tour due to a few staff off sick. Again gave us some more perspective of the ...

Day 15 Sunday 23rd JD did some running repairs on his bike tyre! . Kids and I went to pool. . We rode our bikes into town. Which was the hairiest experience yet! Matilda hasn't done much riding to date and the bridge over the Todd River, which is also the Stuart Highway, has a NARROW Footpath!!!! I was back leader and neatly had a heart attack watching Matilda wobble precariously as the trucks and campers roared past. Eventually after Olivia "accidentally"...

Day 14 Saturday 22nd . Slow to set off. Tempted to stay another night here! Everyone a wee bit grumpy and tired today not getting on so well! Could be a long trip to Alice! Not even to the Lasseter highway already 3 stops....one for Spue! Called into Erlunda roadhouse for fuel, coffee, ice cream and to see the emu farm. Road is as straight as the eye can see. Flat, Flat, Flat! And oh so very dry! We have traveled 3500kms so far, an average of 250kms per...

Day 13 Friday 21st. Pancakes for breakfast. Girls ginned around on their bikes until we set off on a 3-4 hour circuit walk around Kings Canyon Rim, in the Watarrka National Park. Start of which, a steep climb, was similar to Duck reach but just stairs straight up! Matilda powered ahead and believe it or not I wasn't the slowest. Grace and Olivia, who were getting on ok today, literally pulled each other between sitting rests. Well worth the climb. It was ...