We decided not to stay in Marree for the Camel Cup as we didn't want to lose any days knowing we still had a lot of driving ahead. The girls had a look at a 6 week old poddy raised camel that was being raised by the granddaughter of the cameliers. We headed west on the rocky road heading out of town and our first sight of Lake Eyre was around 90 km down the road. The white salt of South Lake Eyre spread out into the distance and we could only imagine what it w...

Exploring the Flinders Ranges national park we took a gravel road through Bunyaroo Gorge which was beautiful. The scenery leading to it was amazing with the view from Razorback Ridge down through Bunyaroo valley worth the stop to get out and have a look. The hills looked as though they had been pushed up with ridges of rock running up them like ribs. The gorge itself would have been an ideal camping spot, although I wouldn't trust it if there was any rain aro...

Minus 2 degree start to the morning made getting started a little hard but once we were up and got the kettle and some porridge on the stove, and toast under the grill the van warmed up a little. With no neighbors we decided to try out the borrowed generator, and while it got the heater going in no time we realised it would be way too noisy to use if we were in a camp with others. After breakfast we headed 58km along the RM Williams Way into Hawker to stop for a...

First night in the van was not as cold as we'd thought. After a breakfast of pancakes and fruit (to use up what we had before the quarantine station at the border) we headed into Broken Hill to refuel and had the hottest coffee in Australia. Back on the road and headed for the border crossing at Cockburn. The scenery really started to change with hills and ranges appearing the as we headed south. There were several historic villages dotted along the way until...

Off to an early start on a cold, foggy winter morning. With a big driving day ahead it was good to see the fog start to clear by the time we got to Dubbo to a clear sunny day. A bite to eat with the Big Bogan at Nyngan then straight roads through to Cobar for a fuel and water top up. The day dragged on after that with the long stretch from Cobar to Wilcannia seeing the temperature in the car being pushed if we stick to the speed limit which is why so many car...