A short journey away from Alice Springs – in the understanding of an Australian – only 410 km north, we are at the famouse Devils Marbles “Karlu Karlu – called by the Aborigines”. The explanation of the the possible origin of these marbles you may find here. Those Marbles are very impressiv and exciting. The weather…
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Kulgera to Alice Springs
The way from Kulgera to Alice Springs is, as often in Australia, on bitumen road and a long distances straight. The weather is pefect, some clouds make the picturesque scenery much nicer and it is warm or nearly hot. On our way up to Alice Springs we hit the Roadhouse of Erldunda. This is the…
Marla and Kulgera
Oodnadatta isn’t a lot to do or see. So we start early in the morning and get back to the Oodnadatta track direction Marla. The whole Oodnadatta track is 642 km long and starts at Marree with ending at Marla (or the other way around – it’s all a point of view). This track has…
Oodnadatta – pur outback
The famous Oodnadatta track is such nice to be driven, we can’t do it without it. At Marree we start up direction to Oodnadatta. On this nice and relatively short trip, we go for a stop at Lyndhurst. This point is the important point and cross way of the gravel roads (unseald roads are called…
Marree – Old Ghan town
Our trip brings us deeper and deeper into the Outback and this may be good felt be the increasing heat. The temperature reaches 39° Celcius at Marree. Information about the heat in the Ouback, 39° Celcius seams to be unstandable hot but it isn’t such dramatic because of the wind and the dryness it’s allways…
Innamincka at the Outback
Our fligth from Birdsville takes us over Coongie Lakes, a nice big wet land in the middle of the Outback. Nichelle comes and picks us up at the airstrip of Burkes Grave Point, a nice and calm place with a lot of tragical history. The
Birdsville at the Outback
After a short talk to the police man at Parachilna its better to change our plans and to do not drive the Strzelecki track and the Birdsville track. The road conditons aren’t good to go for a accepable drive and the police man we ask at Parachilna only said “How many spare wheels and tires…
Parachilna – Blinman
There are such a lot of opportunities and possibilities to take 4WD roads at the Outback . Today we go to Blinman, a smal village with some houses but also with a Town Hall, a Church, a Hotel (closed – for sale), a General Store (where you find every thing – Caravan park reservation, Store,…
Wilpena to Parachilna
As mostly all days, we do have sunny and warm weather (35° Celcisus) and all the 4WD roads at Wilpena are open. So we decided to drive through the Brachina Gorge up to Parachilna. The Brachina Gorge is fascinating and does shows amazing gelogical history up to 650 million years and all that may be…
Burra to Wilpena Pound
The Outback is getting closer. We drive further on our way North and on this way we hit Peterborough. A smal town with Steam Train History. Around 100 years ago, Peterborough was an important place on the steam railway route. Some of these steam Trains are shown at the Steam-Railway-Museum. The last smal town before…