Sydney and Blue MountainsIt was really exciting to be back in Sydney visiting old friends and old haunts, and meeting mum and Pete who flew in from the UK via Hong Kong on the Sunday morning.We knew we had a jam packed four days ahead of us squeezing as much as we could out of our short time in the city.Andy picked us up from the airport in his new Land Rover Discovery and we drove over to Manly to drop our stuff off at the apartment we had booked (great views ov...

Day 59-61 AdelaideWe have an amazing apartment overlooking the sea in Glenelg which is a seaside suburb of Adelaide.Lil thinks Glenelg looks like Paignton in Devon but with a surf club and an amazing beach.Admittedly the weather is more typical of Paignton than Australia although we have a great sunset view from the apartment.Andy and Zoe arrive from Sydney in the evening to meet up with us and we catch up on all their news of their first couple of months in Aust...

Day 52 - 58 Ayers Rock and back to Alice Springs After our walk at King's Canyon we continue on the unsealed road to Ayers Rock stopping to view Mt Conner (often mistaken as Ayers Rock) in the distance.Ayers Rock like many places in Australia is now officially known by its indigenous name which is Uluru.Everyone that visits has to stay in a purpose built resort 24km away to minimize the environmental damage that was being caused.The rock was only really discov...

Day 50 - 53 Alice Springs to Ayers Rock After recharging our batteries and getting a few items like the fridge and battery fixed on our camper we are ready to hit the road again.We are getting in a little routine in our camper.Up around 7am, breakfast and then I wash up while Lil makes the packed lunch.After all the meals out during Asia we are loving our simple sandwiches and our evening meals of pasta or rice.Sun sets around 6.30pm so we try to get to the ne...

Day 47 - 49 Katherine to Alice Springs The afternoon we drive the 300 km to Daly Waters Pub where we spend the night (in the camp ground not the pub).Every town or "place" seems to have a theme in the outback and the theme at Daly Waters Pub seems to be women's underwear. Like Daly Waters, our next stop off to break the 500 km journey the following day is Newcastle Waters which like many of the places we pass through on our way to Alice Springs h...