After a very solid morning packing the trailer and racing the cleaners to get out of our cabin we left Alice at about 1. Lunch was in the car as we hit the Tanami for as long as we could go. Pretty uneventful, pretty boring, some decent corrugations especially after the last fuel which was in a pretty intense township a bit off the road. There was a ‘women’s police truck’ paddy wagon being driven around by a very frightening looking lady, not quite sure of...

Last day in Alice, we thought we’d have the trailer to pack after 10am but Jo wanted to fix the alignment and was waiting on some longer bolts, so now we get it after 10 tomorrow..... Frustrating but what’s another half day when we’ve already been here a week?! Finally let the kids have a go on the camp go karts which created more fights than fun by the time the hour was up. Lil and I bought some more paints for our artwork and made a very exciting visit to...

Not much sleep to be had last night even with the amount of alcohol consumed before retiring. Lil is now a dab hand at making coffees which were most welcome this morning. Pancake morning at the campsite- massive operation feeding several hundred people pancakes. Tom tried hard to outdo the record of 13 pancakes and pulled up at 4 feeling somewhat ill and in great awe of the large man that had set the record! We had another discussion with the ladies at the fron...

As predicted there were no cancellations, so our well oiled gear transfer team dragged themselves reluctantly away from the novelty of watching TV in the cabin to load up and setup a powered site for the night. The ensuite tent made it’s first appearance as our coolroom housing the Engels and our little 18yo 3man tent from European backpacking days was dusted off as the kids’ house for the night. Lil and I visited the trailer at the mechanics and met the ve...

As predicted there were no cancellations, so our well oiled gear transfer team dragged themselves reluctantly away from the novelty of watching TV to load up and setup a powered site for the night. The ensuite tent made it’s first appearance as a fridge tent and our little 18yo 3 man tent from our European backpacking days was dusted off as the kids’ house for the night. Lil and I visited the trailer at the mechanics and met the very colourful Craig and Joe...