We were up in the morning with the birds and while Avan kicked the fire back into life Heather whipped up some breakfast. Then it was back onto the the road for the last leg of the Great Central Road.Our first stop was the mid sized town of Laverton to get the tyre fixed. Once this was completed, feeling much safer, we headed off via Leonora and Leinster, to take in some historic pubs on our way home.Our first stop was Agnew Pub. A relic of the gold rush days the...

Shortly after leaving the Olga's the road turned into more of a sand trap, quite wide, but with numerous sand drifts to negotiate. While it was not a problem for the Pajero it did slow us down a bit, so arrived later at Lasseters Cave than planned. We parked and walked the short distance to the cave, and were impressed by the relative beauty of the spot, quite in contrast to the isolation and dramas of the Lasseter story. If my memory serves me correctly Las...

We were up pretty early as we were, as usual, in for a big day. Taking in the view from the Curtin Springs camp ground one could be forgiven for thinking they were gazing on the fabled rock, when in fact we were still 90 odd km away. We were actually looking at Mt Conner which in itself is quite spectacular however is not famous like Uluru which has the distinction of being a single solid rock or monolith. Unfortunately we did not have time to take in Mt Conner o...

After leaving Coober Pedy we headed up the Stuart Highway towards the Alice only stopping the once at the Henbury Meteorite Craters which lie between Alice Springs and the Yulara turnoff on the Giles Road but only about 12 Km off the highway. We took the time to walk around the rim of the largest crater (180m wide and 15m deep) as well as checking out a couple of the smaller craters. The craters, believed to be 12 or 13 in number, were formed some 5000 years ago ...

Hermannsburg proved to be quite a neat little settlement with a few historic hamlet buildings. The mission was set up by German Lutherans as an aboriginal mission with its most noted prodigy being the very famous artist Albert Namitjura. Albert (Elea) was born in the area, schooled at the mission and returned to Hermannsburg many times during his life. From Hermannsburg we took the 4WD only Mereenie Loop road to Kings Canyon. While the road was rough it certainly...