We set off at a reasonable time in the morning as todays trip was about 400klms into Kings Canyon. We set up and then spent the afternoon relaxing. The next day we drove about 10klms to the Canyon, and set off for a hike. The first section of this 8klm hike involved an 800m climb up steps. What a way to get the heart rate up. Due to my extreme fear of heights I set a blistering pace and arrived at the top about 5 minutes before anyone else. The rest of the hike ...

The 4 couples have now rejoined and we headed off for a day on the road to Erldunda, where we stopped for the night enjoying an open fire. Not much too see along the way. Next day was about 260 klms into Uluru. This was my 3rd trip to the rock in the last 10 years, but the girls and Dave hadn't been before. Late afternoon we packed up the BBQ and headed for the sunset viewing area for a BBQ and some photos of the rock as the change in colour occurred. It's a very...

We set off early for Coober Pedy which is an opal mining town. The plan was to smash out 700 klms to Coober Pedy which would give us an entire day exploring this town. It would also be a test to see how many klms were possible if required. Everything went to plan and we arrived in the hot, dry and dusty town of Coober Pedy late afternoon. The next morning we headed into town and checked out the opal shops, needless to say Jo-anne didn't get any opal jewellery. O...

We hooked up on Thursday morning all set to go, then oh no, a problem. Our van had no power connection from the car. We had arranged to stop at JB to get another van issue sorted. Anyway after half an hour or so, everything seemed to be good, except we needed to find an auto electrician to get the car sorted. We stopped in Bendigo and eventually got the car issue fixed after 1.5 hours, then the error on our van battery management system was back. We headed for Wy...

Jo-anne and I did a 2 week trip to Mildura and Broken Hill in May chasing the last of the warm weather. Mildura was warm however Broken Hill was bloody cold and windy. We managed to use everything in the van to make sure everything was working. I even reluctantly allowed Jo-anne to use the onboard s***ter, which somehow has become my job to empty. We visited Mungo National Park, this place was like a moonscape. We also learnt our first lesson. Lesson...