We leave Adelaide at 6am in order to catch the 8am ferry to Kangaroo Island and its at least 90 mins to the ferry terminal. The ferry is very nice and even has a cinema room but the temperature is set to below freezing on board so we have to wrap up warm! For some silly reason we chose to sit on the freely rotating chairs and when the crossing got rough we soon found ourselves feeling a little queasy and glad to have our feet back on the ground on the other side!...

Christmas in Adelaide started with catching up with everyone as Mum had just arrived but we still had to get Dora's brakes fixed as they really started to rub coming down the hill into Adelaide. It was important that they got repaired before xmas because we needed two cars to drive everyone around to all the intended places of visit over the coming days and we managed to get them done on xmas eve.The weather was dull and wet right up until xmas day so we felt a l...

Our first stint on the road lasted about 3hrs, was a mere 306km and took us to the picturesque Mt Remarkable National Park. We camped at a fairly small section of this park which is situated right at the south end of the Flinders Ranges - an area we'll be seeing more of over the coming days. It's a very honest system as you pay the correct money into an envelope (camping fees & park entrance fees) then slip the envelope into a secure box - keeping a slip for...

As previously mentioned, Adelaide was for recouperation - to spend time with family, to find a car, to babysit and to get ready for our 3rd, 4th and 5th months on the road. We only intended to stay for about a week but, put it down to lethargicness, being more than content with our surroundings, or even pure laziness, we ended up enjoying 2 easyish weeks with Ryan, Abby, Ellie and, for a few days, Toby. Spent the first week casually looking for an affordable ve...