It was a very emotional morning when we went to drop DARPA off - even more so as we appeared to be dropping her off at a graveyard for spaceships and there were no staff members around, all very strange. Nina rang up spaceships and they just told us to leave her there and drop the keys off in the letterbox. Not what we'd expected and a bit of an anti-climax to the DARPA adventure in all honesty. Having no staff members around also meant we were stuck in the ars...

We awoke to our first, and only, wet morning in DARPA. This made running for the showers and packing up interesting but sure enough we managed it and set off towards the Great Ocean Road, a 151 mile stretch of road along the South Eastern coast built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932, and is the world's largest war memorial; dedicated to casualties of WWI. Apparently, as one of the world's most scenic coastal drives it is on most people's bucket lists ...

An overnight stop in Renmark found us on a detour the next day and nipping into the Wolf Blass winery just outside the city. Sadly I was driving so only got a little taste of the wine, but it was very nice and it meant I could save myself for a proper wine tour instead. We arrived in Adelaide early that afternoon, and we were immediately faced with a problem. Where do we park DARPA? After gritting our teeth over a $6 3 hour car park we went off to find the info...

The next two days were spent driving pretty consistently as we wound our way down to Adelaide. Our first night was spent in Wagga Wagga, mainly because it has one of the most hilarious names ever, and also because it was about halfway to Adelaide and was the perfect rest point! Wagga was a campsite spot, so hot showers were once again enjoyed - you really do appreciate the simple things when you're sleeping in a car. It was also where we encountered our first,...

After a night in Moss Vale we got up to one of the coldest mornings I've encountered in Australia. It was so cold that doing the washing up in cold water gave me chilblains, which I never thought would happen to me here. Wishful thinking evidently. Anyway once we'd sufficiently thawed out we drove into Canberra, a capital created mainly to stop Sydney and Melbourne arguing over who got the honour. As a result there isn't a huge amount there save the National Pa...