After the Breakaways we visit Crocodile Harry’s Nest. His real name was Avid von Blumenthal, a baron from Latvia who fought for Germany in WWII. He came to Australia where he hunted crocodile (some say up to 40 000) for…
Day 240: the Breakaways
The story says that some mountains or hills once broke of the Stuart Ranges and therefore were called the Breakaways. But no Stuart Range in sight… What’s left is definitely impressive.The white people call these two hills “salt ‘n’ pepper”,…
Day 239: Coober Pedy
What a town. 1600 inhabitants, 35 nationalities and 66% live underground. Everywhere you see mining equipment and opal shops, lot of junk and no green. But there’s something magic about this place that catches your heart. We love it. Not…
Day 238: a long drive to Coober Pedy
Time again to sit in the car for hours again. We’re off to the opal mining town Coober Pedy. The road colour changes from grey to red. You can tell you’re getting close by all the gravel piles on both…
Day 237: Enough swimming pools!
We want a natural pool! So we decide to drive to Redbank Gorge. On the way we stop at a meteor crater. Not that spectacular but we are the only ones and we really get a feeling of remoteness and…
Day 235/236: King’s Canyon
Goodbye Peter, we have to drop you at the airport again. And for us it’s time to head on. Luckily it’s just a short drive: four hours and 305 km. It’s a lovely cheap campsite and of course the pool…
Day 234: Uluru (Ayers Rock)
Today is the day we want to walk the six kilometers around Urulu. Unfortunately it is the hottest day so far. So at eight we head off, creamed up with bottles full of water, an apple and some nuts each…
Day 233: Peter and the Katajutas (the Olgas)
On the way to the airport to pick up Peter we pass a bush fire. It’s all very exciting especially as the big smokey clouds get bigger the closer we get to the airport. But Peter arrives with a bright…
Day 232 / 6th day in the Outback
Day 6: Alice Springs – Uluru: 470 km / 5 hrs 45 Today we will reach our destination. Before we hit the road again we have a little stroll through Alice Springs. It’s a nice, tidy little town, which makes…
Day 231 / 5th day in the Outback
Day 5: Tennant Creek – Alice Springs: 500 km / 5 hrs 30 Finally a shorter day and it turns out to be the most interesting one too. Shortly after Tennant Creek we pass the Devil’s Marbles where we stop…