Day 21: Coober Pedy Coober Pedy certainly is an eye opener. It's hard to believe that places like the Grampians and Coober Pedy both exist in the same country, but they are two extremes that highlight the diversity of this great country of ours. We started the day a little slowly again as we didn't need to rush, our tour of Coober Pedy we had booked didn't leave until 1.30pm so we had plenty of time. Darren desperately wanted to get the car washed so once org...

Day 20: Woomera to Coober Pedy Another beautiful day in this beautiful country of ours. It is still a bit chilly in the mornings and evenings but we haven't needed our big jackets for a while! This morning we visited the museum at Woomera as planned. Initially we looked around rocket park that is set up in the grounds surrounding the museum and shows the various rockets and missiles that have been tested in the area. It also has the remains of a satellite th...

Day 19: Wilpena to Woomera An early start again this morning. We were aiming to leave by 8.30am but didn't manage to get ready until 9.10am. Hmm, must work on our time management skills! Today we back tracked a little and went back to Port Augusta. We ran out of time to see the Wadlata centre when we were there a few days ago and we had been told it was definitely worth a visit, so we made the effort to visit today and we were not disappointed. We spent 2 ho...

Day 18: Flinders Ranges National Park (day 2) This morning Darren and I woke before any of the kids but stayed in bed allowing them to have a much needed sleep in. After breakfast and showers we did another drive through the Flinders Ranges National Park. Our first stop was Sacred Canyon. Our drive took us past a flock of emus which of course we had to stop and get some photos. To get to Sacred canyon we had to walk through a relatively dry creek bed. This...

Day 17 Port Augusta to Wilpena (Flinders Ranges) Evening viewers, Awoke 6am to the sounds of our neighbours rushing to leave this crossroads town. By the time we left the park (9am), which had about 50 vans in overnight, it was almost empty. We enjoyed a very pleasant drive through the countryside, past the sleepy township of Quorn, then through Hawker and onto Rawnsley Park Station near the Wilpena pound in the Flinders Ranges. Along the way we had the fort...