Hi Everyone, I know this is late but I've had difficulty getting it on-line, so here we go with an update re Coober Pedy, the Opal Fields of South Australia. it's a place so hot that the locals choose to live underground, well nearly, they have taken to building properties into the hill sides and then using old disused mines as accommodation, just to keep cool. The average temperature inside one of these dwellings is still 25 degrees, so quite reasonable. The ar...

Hi Everyone, The Olgas is an area of outstanding natural beauty, it is a sacred site to the Aboriginal people and really is impressive, the range was formed in a similar way to the marbles but stands 300 meters high and was formed from whole rocks some 30cm in diameter, washed down from an ancient glacier, compressed into limstone and then erroded over millions of years leaving the current formations. We walked for about an hour in and out of the towering mound...

Hi everyone, We are driving through the Outback and it is very hot, although I have to say that judging by this picture I look rather cool, even if i do say so myself! Just kidding of course sweating like a race horse really! It is still humid although slightly less so than Darwin and we have encountered a small amount of rain, believe it or not. Before I get onto the Devils Marbles (picture) i have to catch you up with a thing or two. We visited a place called ...

Hi Everyone, I have now made it through the Outback and can say that I have travelled from Darwin to Melbourne, overland. The trip was really great but made better by the fellow travellers I had with me. We had a really good bunch and we all had a great laugh for most of the way. We all met in Darwin which, for anyone who has not been there, is a tropical town in the Northern territories. As with most of these trips it was an early start and we were met by our ...

Hi Everyone, apologies for the lack of action on this Blog for the past 6 weeks! Yikes, but I've been on the road and that's the only excuse I have. Loads of things have happened but I think due to my poor typing skills (where's Ruth when I need her?) I will have to precis as much as possible. So here goes... Having left N.Z. I went to Melbourne and stayed with a friend who lives in the 'Burbs'. I stayed there for about 10 days and had the time to catch up from...