We arrived at Ayers Rock yesterday afternoon after a couple of days of arduous driving along semi-deserted roads (they were at least all sealed roads though) with just enough time to set up camp before heading into the National Park to watch the changing colours of Uluru as the sun set behind us. After looking forward to getting here for so long, it felt a little odd to be sitting on the roof of the car at one of the viewing areas and actually witnessing such a w...

Yesterday morning we arrived at reception for our eight o'clock pick up to take us to the start of the Acacia Ridge Trail that several people had recommended to us. We were dropped off a few kilometres out from the village and pointed in the direction of the start of the trial and then we were off up the side of the mountain in search of the next marker. The walk took us along the edge of the ridge where we had to climb over huge boulders and along the rocky p...

After leaving Adelaide yesterday morning we travelled north for a few hours until we reached Port Augusta, the self proclaimed "crossroads of Australia" translated as meaning "there is absolutely nothing to do here but you have to come through this way to get to wherever you are going - in every possible direction". From here we veered of to the north east towards the Flinders Ranges for another several hundred kilometres until we reached the ...

After a couple of nights in Adelaide we are heading off in an hour or so to visit Helen and David for a few days before they start work at Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary. We arrived in Adelaide on Sunday afternoon after meandering through the hills from Victor Harbour and found ourselves a campsite just a couple of kilometres from the city centre. Once our home sweet home was built, we took a walk through the botanical gardens that were just across the road fr...

We arrived in Victor Harbour on Friday evening after a long old drive from Portland (which is a sign of things to come while we are in South Australia) and yesterday we set about cramming as much into the day as possible. We started the day with the now obligatory crazy golf around the eighteen harbour-inspired holes by the waterfront where we battled with whales, dodged pelicans and out manoeuvred sharks with our little blue and pink balls. After this gentle ...