We decided to duck down to the Farina ruins and check them out. We missed them last time we were in this area. Farina meaning flour was established in 1878 the last store closed in 1968 the end of a 90 year life for Farina. It was quite a big place, with many ruins still … Continue reading Farina
Birdsville Track to Maree
Thursday - 12th. We had some light rain overnight it seems the track had a tad more as its a bit sloppy and we are getting mud thrown up all over us 🙂 can't to the Birdsville track and not get a bit of mud on you. We headed off a bit late this morning … Continue reading Birdsville Track to Maree
Birdsville and the Birdsville Track
Tues 10th - We woke to a wet foggy morning, we could hear the drip drip drip coming off the branches above us, dripping onto the canvas. Don't think there has been any rain just very heavy fog, at 9.30 it still hasn't lifted. As we don't have the annex up we have retreated into … Continue reading Birdsville and the Birdsville Track
Cordillo Downs
Wed - 4/4/12 We had windows open all night, it was a still warm night. We woke to a mass of mossie on the other side of the screen near our head trying to get in to bite us. Chris had heard them during the night and said it sounded like a swarm of blow … Continue reading Cordillo Downs
Day 22 – 29th April
Our rest stop wasn’t that quite as it was close to the road and we had a truck pull in after 11pm. Also had some yoghurt on, the timer ticks so we put it in the washing machine, worked well. We passed several more ruins on our way to Wentworth, petrol at Renmark was only … Continue reading Day 22 – 29th April
Day 21 – 28th April
We had a solid night sleep after our big day yesterday. We found another leak this morning, with a John Guest fitting near the hot water system, this is more of a specialised part, so we had to do some looking on line and make some calls this morning to find a place that sold … Continue reading Day 21 – 28th April
Day 17 – 24th April
One of the nice things about travelling is being able to have a chat to fellow travellers; we had some people from Melbourne and a guy from another country at the camp spot with us last night. It was nice chatting and hearing about their travels until the wind and the cold got to us … Continue reading Day 17 – 24th April
Day 16 – 23rd April
Sleeping underground was a bit like sleeping in any motel room, it was not quiet or eerie like we expected, in fact it was a bit noisy. The walls between rooms may be sandstone and very thick but the door is not so people talking outside your door can be heard. Also the pipes that lead outside … Continue reading Day 16 – 23rd April
Day 15 – 22nd April
Here I am typing this in our underground room. To us these rooms are a bit warm and stuffy; thankfully there is a ceiling fan in the room which is enough to circulate the air. It’s not a big room, there is a double bed, in an alcove, a single bed in another, then there … Continue reading Day 15 – 22nd April
Day 13 – 20th April
As Chris would say it was a pearla sunrise today. Not that we needed a pearla as we were shooting in the opposite direction and just needed the sun to light up the cliffs which it did, they glowed red. Sun didn’t come up until 7.30 though. We headed off towards Coober Pedy a bit … Continue reading Day 13 – 20th April