Tuesday, 4 August 2026 With all the mechanical problems – there is now a bull bar that needs to be welded too – a rest day was called at Mount Dare. That let us off the...

Monday, 3 August 2026 The Willie Wagtails were awake early this morning outside our cabin. Making their scissor grinder call rather than their lyrical ‘sweet pretty creature’ call....

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...