Monday, 20 April 2026 This morning we were up early to drive out to Kata Tjuṯa to hike the Valley of the Winds Walk while it was relatively cool. Kata Tjuṯa means ‘many heads’ in Pitjantjatjara. This spectacular landform, 50 kilometres from Uluru, is an Anangu mens’ site considered sacred under traditional law. Before we […]
Sunday, 19 April 2026 We have been on the road for a week and already we are finding out about things that we have missed, despite having allocated what we thought was a generous amount of time to each of our destinations. Apparently, we missed the opportunity to see The Breakaways just out of Coober
Saturday, 18 April 2024 This morning we pulled out of the Erldunda Roadhouse and turned onto the Lasseter Highway, heading for Uluru. Our first stop was at the Kernot Range Rest Area which featured a lovely stand of casuarina trees. There wasn’t much else of note in the rest area but we spied a small
Friday, 17 April 2026With only 488 kilometres to drive today, we decided we didn’t need to set out too early. After a leisurely breakfast, we re-packed the truck and we were on the road about 9.45am making our way out through the mullock heaps to the west of Coober Pedy. The evidence of opal mining
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Thursday, 16 April 2026 We spent today exploring Coober Pedy. We started with an underground mine tour at Tony’s Opal Mine. As we waited for the tour start time to come around we chatted with the owner, Paul, who said that they have noticed a downturn in business without as many visitors as they had
Wednesday, 15 April 2026 We spent the morning having a look around Woomera. Woomera was established in 1947 as a site for launching British experimental rockets. The most famous of these was the Europa launched by ELDO (European Launcher Development Organisation) between 1964 and 1970. We also learnt that between 1960 and 1972 NASA was
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Tuesday, 14 April 2026 Last night Bernie started feeling a bit frustrated about settling for a lesser lens for his camera so he spent a fair portion of the evening reading reviews on the ‘Traveller’ lens he had set aside at Diamond Cameras and the Canon RF 24-105mm f/2.8L a much more expensive lens! Then
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Monday, 12 April 2026 With a whole day to spend having a look around Renmark we didn’t get up early this morning. We had a leisurely breakfast in our room before driving into town to visit the Visitor Information Centre shortly after it opened at 9.00am. We had a rough idea about what to do
Sunday, 12 April 2026 On Friday it was reported that diesel fuel has reached its highest price since the commencement of hostilities in the Middle East. This morning we woke to a news item on the radio saying that tomorrow the Government will launch its multi-million dollar advertising campaign encouraging us to reduce fuel consumption.