Day 21 - Gemtree The reason we chose to stop here was to go garnet fossicking and what fun we had. We met at 8:15am to collect our fossicking equipment (which was a 20 litre water drum, a bucket, 4x sieves, a pick, a shovel and a small tin) then at 8:30am we left on a Tag-a-long tour. We drove 30 kms towards Hart Ranges and once we arrived we were shown what to do. First you have to pick the dirt, then shovel it into a bucket, then sieve all the rocks and dirt ...

Day 20 - Alice Springs to Gemtree (143km / 2hrs) We only had a short drive today so we decided to stay at the holiday park until 10am. The kids had fun at the playground while Rog & I got organised. We passed the Tropic of Capricorn today and we were hoping it would bring us warmer weather but sadly it didn’t. The wind is so cold and I’ve had tights, a jumper and jacket on all day (I was wearing shorts and a T-shirt a few days ago!). We arrived at Gemt...