After our night in Madura we set off along the Nullarbor again yesterday for the drive to Esperance and yet more driving along the same road for miles and miles. Just after we left Madura we came to the Nullarbor township where there was a sign marking the start of the longest straight road in Australia. For the next 146.6 kilometres the road didn't deviate so much as a foot to either side with the only variance being the occasional hill to alleviate the monotony...

We are now in Madura on the Nullarbor road, the official halfway point between Perth and Adelaide. After leaving Port Augusta yesterday morning we travelled along to Ceduna, which marks the start of the Nullarbor proper, and found a quiet little campsite overlooking the beach. At least it was quiet until a group of oldies turned up on their outback tour and set about setting up their tents for the night. There was very little between Port Augusta and Ceduna and...

We arrived in Coober Pedy late in the afternoon after the mammoth drive from Kings Canyon and headed for Reba's campground just outside of town for a camping experience with a bit of a difference. When we arrived we set about getting the tent pitched up as normal, only this time we were doing it underground! Coober Pedy is little more than a mining town, with everyone looking for opals, and due to the extreme temperatures a lot of people live underground (especi...

We left Ayers Rock yesterday and travelled a few hundred kilometres further north to our next destination - Kings Canyon - and after the last couple of days of walking we treated ourselves to a nice lazy afternoon before heading out to one of the viewing platforms to watch the sunset against the changing colours of Kings Canyon. Today we were back in walking mode as we set off on a six kilometre hike around the rim of the canyon. When we got to the start of th...

Our first outing today was to the 'town' in the Ayers Rock resort for some supplies, which was a little odd in itself to find a shopping centre with a post office and cafe's in the middle of the desert! Once we were all stocked up it was time to head back into the national park and take ourselves off to the second major attraction in the area - Kata Tjuta or The Olgas; a collection of massive rock formations, the tallest of which is two hundred metres taller than...