Day 10 Coober Pedy to Erldunda (481kms / 6hrs) We were up at 6am to get organised and on the road at 7:30am. We saw a lot of wild horses and cattle on the drive. We fuelled at Marla and continued along the stuart highway. We then spotted a lot of wedged tailed eagles and buzzards along the side of the road. We fuelled at Kulgera and arrived at Erldunda Roadhouse at 1:30pm. We have a great grassed sure under a shady tree. We set-up, had lunch, did some washing, m...

565 kms / 8 ½ hrs I felt very tired this morning after our late night last night but we still managed to start driving at 8am. I had planned for us to only travel 300 kms today but we weren't doing any sightseeing and because it was only a driving day Rog wanted to keep driving further. We refuelled in Elliot then drove south to Three Ways (refuelled and had lunch sitting under a nice shady tree) then turned east to head towards the NT/QLD border and Mt ...

227 kms / 9 ½ hrs (day drive) 255 kms / 3 ¼ hrs (night drive) Edith Falls - Pine Creek (fuel + lunch) - Katherine (fuel, groceries, vote) - Bitter Springs (swim) - Mataranka thermal pool (swim) - Warloch Rest Area Rog had a quick swim at Edith Falls this morning then we were on the road by 8:15am. We drove straight to Katherine and refuelled then did our biggest grocery shop. It was still a bit of a nightmare at the Woolworths there as they don't have e...

Happy Fathers Day to all the daddy's out there! Today marks 8 weeks on the road and we have travelled over 13,000 kms. The kids were very excited when they woke up and couldn't wait to give daddy his cards and presents. Unfortunately Rog lucked out (as father's day sprung up on me) and got a BBQ hot plate liner and a packet of burger rings! Rog then went for one last swim at Wangi Falls then we left Litchfield National Park around 9:30am. We stopped in ...

After a slow morning in the caravan doing cutting and pasting we left around 9:30am to discover some of the other waterfalls at Litchfield National Park. First stop was Buley Rockhole which is a series of small waterfalls and rockholes. We had a great time in one of the rockholes and sitting in one of the waterfalls. We forgot the kids rings and noodles and only had their life jackets which was great in the end. Josh has finally got the confidence to swim wi...