Mount Gambier (01.08.2012): OMG is it really August? We left England back in May, it has flown by. Today we awoke to ice on the windows. Yes, ICE!! Leaving the lovely English summer and the Olympic behind to experience a Aussie winter, dark at 6pm and freezing nights. Oh well, on the plus there's not many crowds along the coast and anyhow we will be back in the tropics next week when we land in Cairns. Can't wait to get my shorts and sun cream back out! Today...

Adelaide (31.07.2012): We drove into South Australia's capital by around 9am. What busy roads!! We didn't know how to cope after the lovely single lane empty road that has taken us all the way from Darwin. It took us till around 10am for us find somewhere to park. All the parking is multi-storey and our lovely campervan won't fit. We had to park in the back of beyond in the end but managed to walk into the centre fairly quickly. Now that we are no longer in th...

Coober Pedy to Adelaide (30.07.2012): Bracing ourselves for the longest drive we will endure during our campervan trip, we showered and quickly shoved our clothes in the washer before setting off from Riba's. Destination Adelaide: 845km away, an estimated 9 hour drive. Our roadside friends today were emus - funny old birds. As we got closer to Adelaide the scenery changed from barren desert to green fields and lakes. We made a stop for lunch at Woomera which si...

Coober Pedy (29.07.2012): Today we awoke from our rest stop to continue the 150km drive to Coober Pedy passing through the Breakaways mountain range. I am not getting the hang of this outback camping with no toilets. So much easier for men! Coober Pedy is something else. It is the strangest place I have ever been - in a good way. Extremely quirky. I felt like I was on another planet. It is a place where both the terrain and the temperatures are so extreme tha...

Uluru to Coober Pedy (almost) (28.07.2012): Today was the first day we saw clouds in the sky in Australia. It made for some different photos of our favourite rock. It was also extremely cold until around 11am. I wore as many of my clothes as I could along with a scarf. Come noon it was T-shirt weather again. I can't cope with these extremes. Though I know I wouldn't cope visiting this place in the summer when it is 40 - 50 degrees - they climb being closed whene...