We were quick to pack up this morning and are on the road at 8:15 heading to Coober Pedy. Turns out we can get packed and on the road earlier than 9:50. It just takes a decrepit old campground to motivate us! The trip to Coober Pedy is easy. Emily falls asleep after a half hour in the car and William is chatty. We pull up to a rest stop thinking it's about time for morning tea and William doesn't want to get out of the car. Emily is asleep. We continue on and Em...

Hello from Woomera. When William wakes this morning he joins us in the bed. Mark wants more sleep so hops into his bed. William wants to be with Mark but quick as a flash William agrees that it is ok for him to get in the bed but advises him to be careful as he thinks that he felt ants on his legs during the night! The weather in Port Augusta isn't going to be great for the next few days so we decide not to stay. We visit the Wadlata Outback Centre in Port Augu...

We were sad to leave our wee outback cottage. To William's delight Mark spots a fox (which crosses the road in front of us) as we drive into Broken Hill. We took in the view of the Broken Hill mine from a lookout. It was blowing a real gale so we don't stay at the lookout for long. We were hoping to make it to Port Augusta today but it is 411 km away but we don't know how we will go with the kids. We stopped about 35 km from Broken Hill and just before the So...

We were very excited to be heading to the outback. Red dirt, wildlife and road trains. From now on we will have to make lunch on drive days as there is generally nowhere to buy food between destinations. The land is pretty rugged with lots of small bushes. There are some taller trees around water sources. Most of the rivers and streams are all dry. We see a few sheep, some cattle, lots and lots of goats and a few emus. The dirt is red, the roads stretched into ...

Today was our last day in Mildura. The kids have loved the warmer weather. Emily has been taking the occasional independent step for the last month but has been putting a few together since arriving in Mildura. William is loving playing outside in the dirt with his cars. We had been wanting to learn something of the farming in the area and so decided to visit 'Orange World'. William was excited in the car and Emily slept. Mark and I were a bit suspect of the nam...