Our Australia trip

We have another cold night, 5 degrees according to our Dutch neighbour. He has some fancy phone that tells him the temperature and he and his friend were very cold as they slept in a tent. Before arriving at this camping they had to wait on the other side of the accident and later that […]

Standley chasm, what a beautiful place! I told Axel I could stay there for a day and not be bored! We stopped there because we could drive to the parking lot with the dogs. Axel and the dogs stayed in the car and I did the tour/walk. Every step you take there was something new, […]

Time to move again, don’t want to shoot any roots as yet. We take one parting picture. For the last two trips we have doped up Nossi on Valium and that makes him travel ok. He sways a little when he sits up but seems ok with the road. Cattle grids still make him stand […]

Finally we’re on our way to Glen Helen in the West MacDonnell Ranges. The road scenery is captivating with on the left jagged rocks and on the right rounded mountains that remains Marjo of Elephants and Rhinoceros’; big, round, and wrinkly. Glad she didn’t associate them with me or at least had enough self preservation […]

In the morning we pack up and leave before 9 so we’re well in time for our appointment with the Truck Tyre mob. We arrive there just before 11 and after a set of problems that show their incompetence we leave close to 5 pm. Meanwhile we have been able to do shopping, buy a […]

I wake up from our sports neighbour. He indeed told me that they will be doing a sunrise camel tour. Up at 5 am, tour starts at 6. With bedtime before 9.30 pm I am rested and can’t fall asleep. I watch Marjo sleeping like a baby. Her breathing slow and regularly, a smile on […]

Well I got this tour from Joran and Christine for my birthday! From the camping in Yulara, the AATKing bus picks me up at the bus shelter with about 25 other people already in the bus. We drive the 20 minutes trip with lots of inside stories from the bus driver, who had a very […]

That morning we can barely lift the doona as the thermometer shows 2 degrees. That’s very cold and lucky for us the sun rises at 6.45 and allows us to move around in the bus. The dogs don’t like it at all and stay under blankets until we say the word “dinner”. They don’t distinguish […]

After Gemtree it’s back 68 km up the Happy Highway, oh apparently it’s called Plenty Highway, back to the Stuart Highway. In a magazine I read that Stuart was a guy in the 1800’s who explored the route to make a telegraph connection from Darwin to Adelaide. He was quite good for creating opportunities for […]

After an early morning of watching boulders turn red (a bit like watching paint dry or grass grow), we have lazy breakfast and a slow start. Marjo gives highlights of Eastern Australia to a youngish couple from Italy who are heading back to Brisbane from Devil’s Marbles so their trip can benefit from the highlights […]