Well, the last two weeks on the road have been so crazy. As always I've done all kinds. We started off by going south from Perth, stopping along the way at some beautiful coastal towns and seeing some really impressive scenery. We went whale watching in Augusta, and saw a family of 4 humpback whales, which was fantastic. We followed them for over an hour, and had some really close encounters. The pictures I got are cracking! From there we went on along the south coast, stopping pretty much everywhere. I climbed a 61 metre Karri tree, which was fantastic. It used to be used as a fire lookout post, and is there these days for the adventourous to climb. Either that or the stupid, as you climb it using the metal pins that were originally pinned into the tree, and theres nothing there to catch you if you fall! After going up part way, and back down again (3 times haha), I made it up, in the pouring down rain! The views from the top though were amazing. In Albany we went to a National Park, with some amazing natural formations. One was called the Natural Bridge, which was just that. It was a column of huge boulder like rocks forming a bridge over the sea below. It was really impressive. We saw sealions at the harbour in Esperance, and did a beautiful coastal drive, getting some amazing pictures of the gorgeous turqouise waters. We headed back into outback territory after that to visit some friends of Teresa and Gerards from back home. We explored the town and visited the biggest gold mining pit in the southern hemisphere, and a ghost town, which has nothing left but the cemetry. It's also a town notorious for prostitutes, so we went to a skimpies bar, and did a tour of a brothel! As you do!!! haha We then had a long and boring drive across the Nullabor Desert. Nothing exciting happened there, although you get to parts of the road that are laid out like an airstrip with signs saying Royal Flying Doctor Emergency landing strip. haha. Not sure where you're meant to go if you had an aeroplane coming towards you but there you go! haha We were also driving along when Gerard said, "is that Mandy and Mike in the car behind us"? Low and behold it was, which was dead wierd cos we were literally in the middle of knowhere, on one of the loneliest roads in Aus. We stopped in the next town to catch up which was nice, and share stories of what we'd all been up to in the last week! Once we'd crossed the Nullabor we headed down the Eyre Penninsular, which has to be the most boring parts of Aus so far, and that's saying something considering it's coastal, and not a long and arduous outback drive. That was to come though as we headed back to the Northern Territory, towards Ayres Rock. We stopped in a place called Coober Pedy on the way, which is a strange mining town, with underground houses and even underground churches! As it's so hot in the summer, the locals decided to go 'underground', which is all quite interesting. There were some proper nutters about though, and the town is so baron and dusty, it's a wonder people do actually live there. We went to Alice Aprings next. We had a really enjoyable day there, strolling through the town, and looking in the shops with Aboriginal artifacts. We went on a tour of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and saw them on the phones, taking calls. We also went to a 'Joey' rescue centre, and got to hold some baby kangaroos, in little pillowcases, or 'pouches' should we say. haha The ironic thing about that though was that it was looking after joeys whose mums had been run over, and then later on that evening Gerard ran over one! Poor thing! The next day was Ayres Rock. We went to the Olgas first, which are equally impressive, and did a 3 hour walk called the Valley of the winds. It was strenuous but really rewarding. We saw some amazing sights. Ayres Rock itself was great. Alot bigger than I had imagined. There is a climb that you can do to get to the summit, although the aboriginals don't like people to do it, as it's very dangerous. I had heard from people who had done it though, that it was really amazing, and so I thought I would give it a go. It was really steep though, and very very high, and my shoes were too slippy, and so it was obviously too dangerous. I did make it part way up though, which gave me the opportunity to see the amazing views, and see just how 'big' the rock really is. That was enough for me. We stayed for the sunset, and witnessed the changes in the colour of the rock every five minutes. It was beautiful. And today we have started the 1500km journey back down, towards civilisation. I meet with Mandy and Mike in a couple of days to continue on the last leg of our journey. I'm really looking forward to seeing the last few bits now, and then making the journey home! I have lots of pictures to put on for you all, as always. They will be uploaded for you in a few days. Lots of love, Lauz xxx