Sunday, 2 August 2026 With some of our companions taking flights over Lake Eyre this morning, it was a very relaxed start. We didn’t actually know exactly what time we were due to...

Saturday, 1 August 2026 I forgot to record yesterday that our ‘room’ for last night was a cool room – on the outside at least. A cube built from insulated refrigeration panels....

Friday, 31 July 2026 Aaargh! This morning we woke to a net bank notification, and an email, advising that one of our credit cards has been compromised. Bernie had to spend an age on...

Thursday, 30 July 2026 It was a good thing that we were up (reasonably) early this morning with them starting on digging a big hole outside our bathroom window before 8.00am! I heard...

Wednesday, 29 July 2026 Brrr, this morning it was only 4.5°C (felt like 0.6°C!) when we were having breakfast. Fortunately the sun was shining, so it didn’t seem quite that bad as we...

Tuesday, 28 July 2026 After just a month at home, we hit the road again this morning, heading back to Marree in outback South Australia to pick up our tagalong tour of the Simpson Desert....