Arrived in Coober Pedi on the 3rd. Luuk has been here before but it was my first time. I imagined it to be much larger than it is. I always judge the size of a town these days by whether there is a physiotherapist, but unfortunately too small for that. Those poor sore old opal miners! Luuk found a massage therapist attached to an underground hotel who also worked at the hotel for her family therefore she was kind enough to see Luuk. Amazing little town, not as ...

Marree to Williams Creek Wow!! What a day. Planned on stopping in Coward springs, a perfect distance for one day with the kids, from Marree. First part of the Oodnodatta track here we come! We drove along at around 60 kph comfortably looking at all the old Ghan railway ruins, water towers and one man towns. Sleepers from the old railway lie all along the road and would probably only be good for firewood now but many have been collected over the years to use in p...

Parachilna to Maree Headed off from our beloved Parachilna Gorge at around 10 a.m post Sam finishing 2 days of school work. Amazing kid, sometimes it can take two or three days to complete one days work and other times he can zoom through it like a speed train. It has nothing to do with difficulty level just his frame of mind at the time. We have learnt that on days when tears are approaching we just let it go and start again the next day or two days later rathe...

Port Augusta to Parachilna (South Australia): Wow what an experience!!! Port Augusta was a great place to stop for the night and get information about going north. We decided that going along the Stuart Hwy was not the way to go as all the free camps are on the highway and it is difficult to sleep when road trains are passing within metres, rattling your bones, giving a feeling of a fast approaching tsunami. With children that wake 4-10 times during the night any...