Friday March 12th—Day Eight My outback experience is quickly coming to an end!Today we left the National Park after a quick visit to Fortescue Falls for our morning "shower".We slowly began the long journey back to Perth eventually stopping in a town named Newman.Newman is a VERY REMOTE mining town with the bare essentials, a grocery store, post office, bottleshop, and a couple bars.We did a little sight seeing tour of Newman, visiting the visitors...

Thursday March 11th—Day Seven Today we woke up as usual… around 6am or so.It's hard to say what time it was exactly since I didn't bring any items from civilization, cell phone and watch included!(It has actually been quite lovely not having the distractions of technology… I HAD to bring my Ipod though, too much driving not to!)Around 7am the troop headed out for a morning hike to explore some of the National Park trails.Our first hike was along the Circ...

Wednesday March 10th -- Day Six Today we awakened to dew and humidity, two things that are not welcome when trying to pack up tents and gear!We were on the road shortly after 7am ready for a full on day of driving.We covered approx 590kms today!!!Our stops today consisted of yet another roadhouse that was extremely overpriced… I'm talking about $1.50 for a single gummie worm!!!Our other stop was at a civilized town in the middle of NOWHERE!The town was calle...

Tuesday March 9th---Day Five Today I woke up at 6am even though we were supposed to sleep in (meaning a 7am wakeup!)I rendered it useless to lie awake in a hot tent, so I went for a shower and then a stroll along the beach.The shallow water was just teeming with stingrays!They are so interesting and very good at camouflaging!It's very easy to walk by and completely miss them hidden amongst the sand.I met a man on the beach who told me that if I kept walking I'...

Monday March 8th ---Day Four Today we woke up at 6am in order to get the camp packed up and be on the road by 7am.It was mostly a driving day today, trying to make some good progress on kilometers.Guess who was sitting shotty and being the DJ!?Our new driver, Craig, who also just happens to be the company's mechanic, joined us today.Good thing too because the air con in the van that broke down yesterday went kaput!Craig tried fixing it but he needed a part so ...