Another big drive back to a town called Melrose in the Flinders Ranges. Took most of the day to drive there, and two tanks of Diesel! Arrived late to a small but OK park in the small town of Melrose. more »

First off we checked out the old timer mine, and shop. This was a shop underground and the an old mine that we could go and look it. Finally we got to walk through their workshop, also underground and then an underground house that was lived in until t… more »

Another Big day of Driving up through the desert to get to Coober Pedy, famous for Opals and living underground. Drive up was a bit more interesting than others recently as the country side changed from something that looked remotley like was usable, to… more »

Today is H's birthday, so of course stared the day with the normal formalities and opening of presents. Then we decided to go visit the local museum, which was very good. Had heaps of stuff for the kids to get involved in as well and pleanty to see, so… more »

So, today travel to Port Augusta. We thought we would be back in some sort of civisation as there were a few roads on the map today. Well  we were wrong Yes there were towns about every couple of hundred km's but really they were very small towns, often… more »

Ok, another day, another 500 Km of not much.  Travell today through to Ceduna. 1st point of interest was crossing the SA / WA border. Here there was a border villiage welcoming you to WA, and checking you were not carrying any thing dangerous (like… more »

Ok today we continue crossing the Nullabour.  Really there is not much to tell on the crossing as there is not much there to see but flat land, normally dirt and sand and not many trees. In places there are no trees for miles. We stopped for the night… more »