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Reporting on this leg from my sickbed as this lurgy has hit me bad. Not sure if it’s worse because there’s no real opportunity for rest or it’s just a bad strain. Either way, fun! Because of our re-routed itinerary, instead of heading towards Uluṟu we were on our way to Alice Springs for glass…

After a weird, feverish and somewhat terrible sleep in our underground bunker, we headed to the main drag to grab some food and try and reorganise our life and trip. Coober Pedy comes from the Arabana words ‘Kupa-Piti’, which apparently translates to ‘uninitiated man’ and ‘cavity or rock hole’; basically, ‘whiteman’s holes or burrows’. Opals…

Sickness has claimed me now as well as Mitch! (Lux is seeming much better now, yay). Choked down some cold and flu to make this next leg feasible! Our route was further along the Oodnadatta Track to William Creek, before turning onto William Creek Rd towards Coober Pedy. About an hour from Coober Pedy, we…

As previously stated I loved this campsite so a lazy day spent here was a dream. Another reason I was enjoying myself was it was significantly warmer and less windy than the Flinders Ranges, and even Farina. It was still, with a sultry low sun slanting in amongst the palms and she-oaks. It felt like…

We hit the Oodnadatta Track! By now, we can almost pronounce it. The trip is 183kms and around 3 hours – due to the slow-going condition of the road. After a big downpour recently the track has only just – the day we leave! – opened up for 4WDing with towing. First though a quick…

Time to depart the Flinders Ranges and head deeper into the Outback, first for abandoned (now historic) town Farina and then the Oodnadatta Track, our first bit of dirt track and proper 4WDing. This stretch was 297km and took almost 4 hours. Sad face! It was time to bid adieu to our travelling companions, the…

A terrible night with gale-force gusts. and angry barrages of rain drops, as hard as hail. Many ominous creaks and pole rattles. I lay in bed trying to plan my escape route or protective move (roll on top of Coralie?) in case of collapse. But, we woke to sunshine! Unfortunately the battery had gone down…

We set the target of getting out by 10am and we actually smashed it with a 9:30am departure! The sun came out and it made everything much easier. The campsite actually looked pleasant and with the clouds and mist cleared we realised there was a huge wind farm in the near distance. Of course on…

A reprieve from driving as we are staying two nights in Silverton. So a big day out in Broken Hill! I didn’t realise but Broken Hill was (and maybe is still) one of the biggest functioning lead-zinc-silver mines in the world. The line of lode is a generic term from ye olde time to refer…

A looooong drive today (504.4km) through flat flat land and a “straight dead” road. We really only passed through one main town on the way, Wilcannia, where we got self serve diesel with rabid dogs circling (not really). Then lots more flat straight and dead till we reached Broken Hill (the hill we thought was…