Day 10 Waking up in William Ck to the sound of early departures and constant generator hum, Matt and I decided to leave trailer there and head out to the Lake. First some very professional duct tape and cardboard surgery was performed on back windscreen, we ended up being quite proud of our efforts! 65km of 4WD track really not much difference to driving around Nymagee except in some places a bit soft and sandy. Passed several working cattle yards on way in with...

Day 8 .... Mother’s Day started out like any other morning with the usual proximity squabbles but this morning they eventuated into some bacon and eggs and a lovely handmade card for mummy! We had to eat to get our strength up for the day ahead as Matt’s Walking Tours (the one man company we have engaged to accompany us on this trip) decided on a ‘hard’ graded climb up Mt Ohlssen Bragg (900m above sea level) 6km return to the peak. Mummy not particularly...

Day 9 Oodnadatta Track Driving Day from Flinders to William Creek (Lake Eyre) via Oodnadatta Track. Rolled out of trailer at 8 instead of leaving at 8 as planned, ah well, bit chilly for an early morning packup! Drive through another gorge on way to Parachilna then some bitumen on way to Maree (start of Ood Track). Just happened upon a Central Coast Convoy leaving Lyndhurst one of whom was Uncle Scott?! Nice to cross paths- I thought we were a few days behind, ...

A lazy start on another freezing morning, way too cold to get outside the trailer except for when can’t hold on anymore and have to trek it to the toilets. A slower domestic morning washing and a bit of school work. My new classroom assistant got himself fired twice in about 20 mins, the second time for helping Stu to remember the sight word ‘but’ by aligning it to a part of mummy’s anatomy

Day 5 (already) travel day to Flinders Ranges. Freeeezing start to morning pickup, we managed to roll out at 11 ☺️ slowly getting hang of it?! Drive to SA was about 600km, country changed gradually to expansive grazing country, still v dry. Loved the stone buildings everywhere, old farmhouses must have been so remote and such a harsh life. Country cleared v thoroughly and scorched as a result in a lot of places. Saltbush still everywhere which I wasn’t expe...