Alice Springs

We felt a bit in the way in the flurry of activity to get everything ready. Gerry and Corrine have conducted these tours together for many years and have a very well tried and tested method and so we’re trying to help and get a grasp on the way everything works while keeping out of… Read More »Preparing for the Sandrifter Safaris

We awoke early from the peaceful night at Prowse Gap and were packed up and on the road well before sun rise. We wanted to be at Aileron early to meet Vicki and Rick as we didn’t want to hold them up if they arrived early for our breakfast date. We pulled into the roadhouse… Read More »Prowse Gap to Alice Springs

We awoke early again with the sun rising over the silence of Avon Downs and once again, for the thousandth time we pinched ourselves at the great blessing of being able to live like this. A slight flurry of activity was taking place as the over-nighting grey nomad population stirred slowly into life, prepared breakfast,… Read More »Avon Downs to Prowse Gap

We awoke early from our peaceful night the Wanora Downs Rest Area to find a truck and 2 cars had joined us during the night. After a hot breakfast we made off toward the tiny hamlet of Kynuna just as the sun was rising. The colours of the wide flat plains take on fascinating hues… Read More »Kynuna to Avon Downs

There’s an extraordinary volume of traffic between Brisbane, Chinchilla and Roma these days. It must be the mining activity in the area as there’s just convoys of trucks and traffic of all kinds. We’re not sure if this has combined with the recent flooding in the area to affect the roads but I have to… Read More »Dalby to Kynuna

Here we are on the road again and the excitement of new places and faces is building once more. It’s been a hectic week after leaving Koramba Cotton Farm and arriving back to a non stop, dawn till late night round of catching up with our precious family and friends, (at least some of them).… Read More »Brisbane is behind us again