Odometer: 74,384
Another big day of driving. We fueled up in Coober Pedy and headed north. We stopped in Marla for fuel and a pretty decent coffee. I jumped in the cruiser for a short stint whilst Dad tried to fix the radio he’d packed for us. We stopped at the border for the obligatory photo – it is a very good border after all. No crummy tin sign for the N.T. Although the flies were absolutley horrendous. We continued on for another 30 km to Kulgera where we stopped briefly for lunch with about 40 million flies. A few more km’s of central Australia scenery – beautiful although not overly variable – we arrived in Alice Springs to rain and 15 degrees. About the same as Hobart I think. Nah. It was slightly warmer than Hobart. We checked into our caravan park and then Bill and I headed in to town to do a bit of supermarket shopping and to find a potato cake. I feel the 3/5 awarded to the potato cake (see Bills Instagram for more details) was a bit contentious. We had dinner, showers and bed. We were all pretty exhausted after more than 700 km of travel. It continued to rain on and off most of the day and evening.
Travelling the Big Island 