10/07/10 Because of another disturbed nights sleep because of the wind we had a bit of a lie in before heading into the city. 13.00 Mel and I had printed out our AFL (Australian Football League) tickets and made our way to the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) for what would be our first and probably last live game of Aussie rules football. We were both pretty excited as we followed the huge crowds of supporters across the Yarra River and towards the huge grounds...

28/06/10 When we woke up we were surrounded by a few other trucks and travellers, we soon discovered by the medium of text message that England had shamelessly lost against Germany 4 - 2 - glad I didn't watch it now. James and Sean rung us up and asked us if we'd be able to meet them in Orange (Tracey had jumped out in Melbourne) which meant driving for around 600 kilometres in one day. There was nothing to see in-between Broken Hill and Orange so we decid...

22/06/10 It was Lloydy's birthday so we decided to head to Coober Pedy and try and set up camp pretty early enabling us to enjoy the sun and have a party in the evening. We arrived in the Coober Pedy at around 14.00 but couldn't buy alcohol until around 16.00 because of the restrictions there (set because of the drunken aborigines). We bought some food from the only supermarket in town and waited for a while, there were lots of weird people around to keep us e...

17/06/10 After making the most of the hot showers we headed back into Alice Springs to use the internet where I managed to send my dad a birthday card and a father's day card. Mel and I both managed to successfully change our traveller's cheques at the aborigine dominated bank where there was more trouble between a local abo and the security guard. We then drove south down the Stuart Highway before taking the turnoff towards Ayers Rock. Along the Lasseter high...

11/06/10 10.00 checked out of the campsite before driving on to Longreach, where we stopped off at Jericho for lunch, which was another small cowboy style town. We stopped in Jericho for quite a while lapping up the sun on patch of grass opposite the small town hall which was a mere shack made from wood. The day seemed to pass quite quickly and we didn't quite make it to Longreach so set up camp on the outskirts. We stopped in a truckers lay by which was prett...