The Best of the NT. It’s a pretty big place covering over 1,349,129 square kilometers (520,902 square miles) making it the third largest state in Australia. However it is mostly empty having a population of on 233,300 people. Residents of the NT tend to be known as ‘Territorians’ and have a reputation for being a bit crazy,… Read More Best of the Northern Territory
We drove the 462km from the Ayres Rock Resort and landed back in Alice Springs. We had a couple of days here doing the usual restocking of groceries etc. We were glad to discover that we were in town for the Todd St Markets on Saturday morning where checked out the craft stalls. We headed… Read More The Devils Marbles
FAST FACTS Uluru (also known as Ayres Rock) stands 385m above the plain Is a monolith – one solid piece of sandstone, with the majority of the rock still hidden underground Is jointly managed by Parks department and the Anangu people both represented on the management board. Day 1 Craig managed to get Emma up… Read More Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park
After leaving Palm Valley we made a brief detour into Hermannsburg for fuel and to obtain our pass for the Merinee Loop. The Merinee Loop road is an unsealed road through some very scenic landscape. There were a few sections where the corrugations rattled us, but on the whole it was worth the effort. A… Read More Kings Canyon
The sign at the turn off warned us that a high clearance 4X4 is needed and to be prepared for soft sand and river crossing conditions. We duly let the tyres down and headed down the track. It was pretty easy going and we soon spotted a herd of wild horses browsing on the low… Read More Palm Valley
Hit The Toad 