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Day 18: Bitter Springs to Berry Springs
Friday 22nd July 2022 Another pack and leave day! We packed up our site, to the sounds of the quad bike zipping around looking for empty sites for the new arrivals! Aside from the stress of checking in, the campground is fantastic – really spacious (unpowered) camp sites, excellent, well planned amenities – I don’t…
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Day 17: Bitter Springs
Thursday 21st July The benefit of arriving relatively early yesterday is that we feel like we have already done a bit, and couldn’t quite believe we didn’t have to just pack up and go this morning! Richie cooked crepes so we had a nice relaxed breakfast. We spent a little bit of time trying to…
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Day 16: Daly Waters to Bitter Springs
Wednesday 20th July 2022 We woke to a relatively relaxed morning, given we didn’t have to pack up a tent. We had breakfast, then a quick play in the playground – the first we’ve been in since Melrose – before we left. The playground had an interesting collection of items – swings, a helicopter, a…
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Day 15: Karlu Karlu to Daly Waters
Tuesday 19th July 2022 A rather windy night followed with a rather windy morning, and Otis complaining of a sore eye. 😣 We ended up putting him in the car watching a tv show on Richie’s phone….thankfully he had thought ahead and downloaded some emergency viewing from Netflix before we left. Bonnie took her breakfast…
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Day 14: Karlu Karlu
Monday 18th July 2022 We awoke to the joyful sensation of not being cold! What a relief to be able to step out in the morning without putting on 10 layers first! I have been really looking forward to the devil’s marbles. I have fond memories of the place as a 10 year old and…
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Day 13: West MacDonnell Ranges to Karlu Karlu
Sunday 17th July Another freezing night in the West MacDonnell Ranges! I’m pretty sure the kids and I would happily stay in the tent all morning after these sorts of nights, except that as soon as the sun comes out, the condensation that has frozen on the tent ceiling starts to melt and rain down…
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Day 12 West MacDonnell Ranges
Saturday 16th July We woke after what has definitely been the coldest night so far – our water bottles were frozen in the morning! Richie cooked crepes for breakfast, and served them on a little nearby hill so we could sit in the sun – a beautiful way to spend the morning after a stressful…
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Day 11: Uluru to West MacDonnell Ranges
Friday 15th July We got up, packed up and off by 10, saying goodbye to Uluru and heading towards Alice Springs. Initially we had planned to stop at Kings Canyon, but thought we were due some more relaxed camping (and again, the thought of carrying Otis on a 4 hour walk….!). We stopped at Erlunda…
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Day 10: Uluru
Thursday 14th July Woke up feeling much better, even more so after a shower. Took advantage of being around facilities and did some washing. Sadly the clothes came out looking exactly the same as when they went in. I will have to adjust to a new standard of “clean”. God knows why I packed Otis…
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Day 9: Coober Pedy to Uluru
Wednesday 13th July This is going to be a challenging day – 7 1/2 hours drive time to get to Uluru, plus who knows how many wee breaks. We get packed up and going by 9:45, which is a record for us, but still not a good start for a very long day! We drove…
We are on holiday! 