We hooked up the trailer this morning and went to do our usual checks for lights, left indicator yep, right indicator nope, brake lights nope.....this was not looking good. Today has been the first morning of the trip so far that we have left on our own, Linda & Tayla headed off early as they were ready to go and Jacko, Tracy & family needed to get to Alice early to get a rear window replaced. After a lovely man from Wantirna South of all places came over to help us work out what the problem is Matt soon discovered the Oodnadatta was a little unkind and yesterday our trailer almost took flight as we crossed over a cattle grid and it looks like as it landed a wire was severed, never mind these things happen and we decided to continue our drive on to Alice Springs and repair it when we arrive.
On our drive here today we saw a group of wild camels run over the freeway and trot their way off into the desert which was a sight to see.
Today was also the day we finally stopped to see the elusive Wedge Tailed Eagles. Matt spotted them in a tree so we slammed on the breaks, lucky nothing was behind us so I could run up the freeway to take a photo. Amazing, they took flight as Chloe & I watched. By the end of the drive we saw another 8 and we then took them for granted.
We have arrived in the Northern Teritory! It's amazing to think we have been on this little adventure for a week & have just passed into our 3rd state of Australia, we really do live in a bloody big country
We drove past the West McDonald Ranges and are hoping to go and explore some of these tomorrow they look amazing.
Once we arrived in Alice Springs, we are staying at the Big 4 beautiful camp ground , I was finally able to do some much needed washing while Matt fixed the trailer. Then we started to set up..........firstly I smacked my head on the inside tent pole, then as we set up our annex Matt "accidently" hit me right in the middle of the forehead with another tent pole...ouch, I then stood on Matts fingers so let's call it even haha.
Shopping in Alice Springs was quite the eye opener for me, the security guards on the bottle shops & the price of beer to name a couple but to hear the Aboriginal people speaking in their native tongue is quite fascinating.
We are now all set up and camped near our travelling companions but being in an actual camp ground seems a little cramped and we can't spread out or have fires at night like we have been, days have been a beautiful 22-24 degrees but nights have been freezing. Since arriving we have met a few other families who are coming on the next adventure with us.
Well I am off for a well earned drink and possibly an early night
Today's blog has been written by Di.
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