Sea lions and Radelaide
Oct 4, 2023
Hello from Griffith, which is known as the heart of the Wiradjuri nation, on our last night of our big trip. The kids are watching the Pink Panther 2 (god help me!) and I'm trying to get up to date on this before we get home. I'm tossing up between heading out to try some of the many Italian…
Umoona (Coober Pedy) and Ikara (Wilpena Pound)
Oct 2, 2023
Happy long weekend from Adelaide, on the traditional lands of the Kaurna people. We're in the final week of the big trip, which is exciting and weird and sad all at the same time. We've also had a bit of orthopedic drama in the last few days which has had thrown a bit of wrench into the plans for…
Uluru and Kata Tjuta
Sep 22, 2023
Hello from Ikara (Wilpena Pound) on the traditional lands of the Adyamathanha the Ikara-Flinders Ranges, where I'm going to take some time to post about our amazing experiences in Uluru and Kata Tjuta, on the traditional lands of the Anangu. We arrived on Monday afternoon and got settled in to our…
Watarrka
Sep 15, 2023
Hello! We're still here at Yulara, the resort-based town just near Uluru and Kata Tjuta, having a bit of quiet time in the heat of the day while we digest our buffet breakfast. Josie's breakfast consisted solely of bread-sticks (we couldn't even get her to finish a chocolate croissant - its so…
Tjoritja (West MacDonnell Ranges) and Mpulungkinya (Palm Valley)
Sep 10, 2023
Hello from the traditional lands of the Anangu people, in the shadow of the amazing Uluru. I'm a bit behind on the blog, so this post is going to be about our amazing 5 nights camping (!!) in and touring around the beautiful Tjoritja (known as the Western MacDonnell ranges) on the traditional the…
Mpartwe (Alice Springs) and Oorammina Station
Sep 2, 2023
Good evening from Ooraminna Station, 30 kms south east of Alice Springs (Mparntwe in the language of the traditional owners, the Arrernte people). I'm sitting on the verandah of an old police station in the fading light of the day, next to a fire that Bob has just lit in the outdoor firepit. It's…
Tiwi Islands, and hot springs
Aug 24, 2023
Good evening from Mataranka, on the traditional lands of the Mangarayi and Yungman people. After another week in Darwin full of fun and adventures (as well as a few down days cos we're pretty soft!), we're back on the road south, heading towards the Red Centre. Today marks the 7th week of this…
Darwin, Larrakia Country
Aug 17, 2023
Just over a week in Darwin, so it's time to give an update on some of our adventures, including FINALLY getting to see a sunset!! Be prepared for lots of sunset selfies. We arrived on Wednesday just in time to collected my Mum Alice, also known as Nally, from the airport. After picking up Nally…
Ubirr and Litchfield
Aug 15, 2023
Hello! Still here at Darwin, and despite this being our longest stretch in one place, I'm still way behind on this blog. I blame the Matildas - I'm STILL recovering from that penalty shoot out!! To take us all the way back to our last day in Kakadu, we had a quiet day with a swim in the pool, and…
Jabiru and Arnhem Land
Aug 8, 2023
Greetings from Darwin, the traditional lands of the Larrakia people. It's been over a week since I've been able to update the blog, due to a combination of poor internet (even with the StarLink!), big adventures and to be frank, a bit of exhaustion! I did write half of this post in Litchfield,…
Yellow Water Cruises and Jim Jim Falls
Aug 1, 2023
We were very lucky to be able to do a sunset and sunrise cruise of the world heritage listed wetlands of Kakadu, the heart of this country. I had intended to only do the dawn cruise, but when booking there was a very good discount offered for a second cruise - for an extra $116 we could all do a…
Camping in Kakadu
Jul 30, 2023
Hello from Cooinda, the lands of the Bininj people. Internet as been a bit patchy, but Bob has set up the starlink for the day so we can reconnect to the outside world! We enjoyed a rest day at Pine Creek Railway resort, where Nora did some swimming (the pool was a bit too cold for the rest of us!)…
Nitmiluk and Katherine Show and Rodeo
Jul 24, 2023
Greetings from Pine Creek, the traditional lands (as recognised under native title) of the Wagiman, Jawoyn Bolmo Matjba and Wurrkbarbar people. We arrived here this afternoon after a great few days of seeing the sights of Katherine and the surrounding areas. Warning, lots of photos to follow - feel…
Welcome to the Top End!
Jul 20, 2023
Good evening from Katherine, a meeting point between 3 traditional owners, the Jawoyn, Dagoman and Wardaman peoples. We made it to the Top End! It's all a bit surreal but very exciting to finally make it to the Northern Territory after so many months / years of dreaming of and planning for this…
Into the tropics
Jul 16, 2023
Good evening from Winton, in the traditional lands of the Koa people, here in Central Western Queensland. Yesterday we had a big drive up from Charleville, landing in Longreach in Iningai Country on the Tropic of Capricorn. Got halfway through the 2nd Harry Potter, as well as 3/4s of the way…
Bilbies, vortex guns and the cosmos
Jul 14, 2023
Hello from Charleville, south west Queensland, the land of the Bidjara people. We had a big drive yesterday, stopping in at the Back O Bourke before heading north then crossing the border which came up so quickly we didn't even realise it had happened until it was too late to stop for a photo! I'm…
Brewarrina and (back o') Bourke
Jul 12, 2023
Yesterday morning we survived our first real experience of repacking all the stuff back into the car / trailer / roof box / roof bag (yep, we're pretty loaded up!). We'd managed to really spread out over the 3 nights in our lovely cabin in Dubbo, so it did take longer that we had hoped, but we were…
Lions and tigers and ... bongos? Oh my!
Jul 10, 2023
We've had a great 2 days at Western Plains Zoo checking out all the amazing animals. We were particularly excited to be joined by our family Jen, Charlie, Leigh and Nicola for this beginning leg of the adventure - a nice way to ease into our time on the road. For the first day at the zoo we jumped…
And we're off!
Jul 8, 2023
After a less than ideal start and a last minute itinerary change, we're finally here at Dubbo. Yama from Wiradjuri country! Due to some last minute mechanical issues, we missed our intended departure time of 10 am by about 8 hours. Instead of pushing through we added in a stop in Bathurst, where…
One week out!
Jul 2, 2023
So, in less than one week we're hitting the road for our big adventure!! So exciting/terrifying! This is mostly just to try out the new blog Bob has built for us.... looking good so far!