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 hook for packing up the swag until tomorrow morning. It also meant that we could have a leisurely breakfast […]

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. Still, I suppose it’s nice to be woken by wildlife rather than traffic noises? Ah, the benefits of staying in a cabin. I used the loo overnight […]

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 leave because we didn’t find everyone at the campfire last night. To be on the safe side we aimed for 9.00am, but […]

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. And, just like a refrigerator … no windows. It was confusing waking up with no reference to the outside, as there was no […]

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 the phone sorting that out. Finally he spoke to a real person and, although it will be a couple of weeks […]