Ok so let's take inventory of all the things the trip has broken on poor Betsy and Geri! 1. Cracked windscreen 2. Sheared driving light mount from massive corrugations out to Lake Eyre 3. 12 volt trailer cable smashed 4. Jayco's water waste pipe MIA 5. Electric water pump no longer working along with the hand water pump 6. Jayco's leaf spring suspension no longer in correct position, will need replacing 7. One gas pipe inlet not working 8. Internal table ...

Today off exploring the Flinders Ranges by car. Amazing scenery, unbelievably large river gums, great rock formations and pine trees! We did our first creek crossing, small but fun. Lunch was on a dry creek bed, once again fantastic experiences for all of us. We also went to the Sacred Canyon where we saw Aboriginal Rock carvings. A spectacular place! So happy we have spent a couple of days here at Wilpena as it is truly unique. Craig cooked his first camp ...

Awoken early by some unhappy crows but it was still too cold to get out of bed. All of us had a welcome sleep in as we're here for 3 nights so no need to rush. Bacon Spam and scrambled eggs for breakfast ... no more real bacon on camping trips for us, this stuff is fantastic! Set off for a short bushwalk along Drought Busters Hike and along the way discovered the Mount Ohlssen Bagge Hike which was 2 hrs up a cliff to a great view of the valley. Emily did an awe...

Argghh the flies! We are over the flies! Left William Creek this morning and the next stop is Leigh Creek. A couple of stops to break the journey; Marree for lunch (you guessed it, a meat pie for Em and a pizza scroll for Zac!) and Lyndhurst for air and water! We've decided to head straight to Wilpina Pound as it has started to rain... heavily! Down some more dirt tracks which threw mud up all over the car and trailer. Really looks like we've been on an adv...

Up really early as can of coke that Craig put in the freezer (and forgot to take out) went BANG! We watched the sun rise from our bed, had breakfast and began the pack-up for our final destination on the Oodnadatta ... Lake Eyre. Arrived at William Creek at around midday and have decided to wait for the late afternoon sun before venturing out to the lake via the Lake Eyre North track. The campground had powered sites for us to recharge camera batteries, iPads ...