Now for the start of the iconic Great Ocean Road trip with our trusty 'steed', Ruby (naturally, cause she's red!). We left Adelaide in no time, stopping by at the supermarket to stock up on drinks/nibbles. We soon learnt that the Great Ocean Road is the worlds biggest war memorial, hand built by returned WW1 soldiers in honour of their fallen comrades. The scenery is absolutely breath taking and it takes you up close and personal with the crashing waves of the S...

From Alice Springs, we arrived at Adelaide airport bang on time to be greeted by Helen's uncle. We then headed to his house for some Chinese before getting dropped off at Helen's cousin, Shannon's house. The following day, as both Shannon and Rob (Shannon's bf) were working we had a day to fill so we headed into Adelaide, where we met up with Nicks old boss for lunch and he kindly took us on a little tour of Adelaide. Adelaide is a pretty little town, but it ce...

We took a flight from Perth to Alice Springs and we were pleasantly surprised to receive free food and drinks on the plane. They don't do that anymore in the UK. The following day we did absolutely nothing! After a late night we managed to make our 6am start, we were picked up by our tour operator for our 3 day tour of Uluru, Kings Canyon and Kata Tjuta. The tour started with the usual pick ups from hostels, and needless to say our bus was full of Japs. We had ...

York - Joondalup Joondalup Joondalup Joondalup - Alice Springs Total Kilometres Driven - 8005km Day 29 - We had a quick look around historic York before heading into Perth. We went to Whitford shopping mall to do some shopping for warm clothes ready for New Zealand as we have been pre warned by Helen's cousin that its absolutely freezing there. After making many unnecessary purchases we then headed to a family friends home, where we stayed for 3 nights. A M...

Cervantes - Fremantle Fremantle - Bunbury Bunbury - Margaret River Margaret River Margaret River - Pemberton Pemberton - Albany Albany - York Total Kilometres Driven after Week Four - 7764km Day 22 - Our first stop was the Pinnacles, where we saw thousands of limestone pillars rising from the sand dunes (some were as tall as 3.5 metres). After some photo opportunities we continued our drive south through Perth, where Helen's stress levels went through the...