Like Dorothy, we put on our red shoes, tapped our feet together 3 times, saying "there's no place like home, there's no place like home........." then here we are back in Goolwa.
Oops thats not quite true.
From Lawn Hill we drove down to the Barkley Highway then across to the Stuart Highway near Tenent Creek.
We spent a few nights at the "Devils Marbles". I loved camping here. The colours in the rocks are a beautiful red, the landscape is vast and undulating and dingo's roam around.
The Devil had a lot more Marbles than I thought too. The area feels very Australian. Dry,orange dirt low gums, native scrub and the big red rocks that you can wander around on and through.
Next camp was at Ellery Big Hole, in the West MacDonnell Ranges, near Alice Springs. The weather was still lovely and warm but one of the driest periods on record. Previously we loved this area. This trip we found it very dusty and quite barren. The Rangers had been burning off alot, contributing to the dusty, smokey feel of the region. On our last day there after putting up with them burning all around our camp for the previous 2 days, a ranger informed us that the next day was to be a " fire ban so we were not to have a camp fire". Funny! we had no intention of having a fire and the hills around us were a blaze still and the wind was whipping ash and embers around the van.
Next camp was roadside at the NT/SA border and then onto Mambray Creek for about 5 days.
Mount Remarkable National Park was lovely and lush. It is a favourite of ours, with the massive Red Gums, birds, walks and great amenities.
Mum and Dad's place was next stop, followed by Karlies then Goolwa. It is so lovely to see my family again after 8 months. I had started to really miss every one. Phone calls are not the same as a hug and long chat over a meal. We made it back in time to see Ashley sky dive from 14000 ft, from a perfectly safe aircraft on her birthday.
Awesome Ash!
After 16000 km and 8 months, Garry, Tweety and I, are back home from our fantastic trip. We didn't even need to stay in any caravan parks.
So know we spend time with family and friends until the end of the grain harvest.
Now it's time to plan for the next stage of our adventure.
