Monday, August 30, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Crawling... along... and in... and on...
We're itchy. Scratching when there's nothing to scratch. Yet we scratch some more. Probably because of the army of ants that invaded us outside of Mataranka. They were everywhere.... in the bread, in the toilet rolls, in the beddings, in every cupboard and crawling along every wall and crevice in the caravan (and outside). Trouble was, they were tiny! Minute things that you actually had to squint to see, yet we could feel them crawling. It took 2 days to clean them out of the van completely, then we still saw some on the outside, trailing along the whole side of the van from top to bottom. Funny thing was that we laughed... we laughed at the lady in the next c/van beside us at Alice Springs... we laughed as we watched her go around her van with talcum powder and sprinkle it around each wheel.... talcum powder stops ants coming into your van... trouble was we thought it was an old wives tale and nothing that we really needed to concern ourselves with... I wonder if she'd been infested by ants or if she just heeded someone elses advise without question.... laughs on us now! Excuse me while I grab the talcum powder....
Some statistics that may be of interest:
1.959 the dearest price for Diesel
2 dingos in the wild we've seen
691 km of straight road before turning
10.6 km for the Base Walk at Uluru
9.5 hours the biggest days driving
130 km / hour speed limit in NT
10,200 kms we're travelled so far
1 snake we've spotted
32 degrees temperature of the thermal springs Mataranka
28,000 population of Alice Springs
35 degrees the hottest day
Monday, August 9, 2010
Written record...
It's about time I wrote on here instead of cheating and just adding photos!
We've been having a fab time.... lots to see, lots to do, lots of lovely people we are meeting and plenty of sitting in the car in between stops!
Kids have been pretty good with the travelling. We've had some pretty variable weather, from v hot to freezing cold winds. We've mostly been free-camping now that we're further out west (free camping is just stopping overnight in a rest area slightly off the road) however, I must add that we're not alone: there is so many cars/vans on the road that there is usually about 8 - 10 others stopped at the same rest area! Grey nomads rule!! We're in Mt Isa at the moment, it's been fairly busy in town as the annual Rodeo was on this weekend so the cowboys/girls have come to town! We hope to do some sightseeing here today then head off and cross the NT border all being well on Tuesday. Hope all is well with folks at home and those we've left behind along the way, we're thinking of you all. Cheerio, N G L R C
Some statistics that may be of interest:
31 degrees the hottest day we've struck
40 the UHF channel that Truckies use- v interesting!
53 metres the length of a Road Train
8 the most nights we've stayed in the same place (thanks Grumma & Pa)
1.609 the dearest price for Diesel
63 the most stones to cross the Carnarvon creek crossing
1 the number of rides at Disneyland before Nige felt crook!
1928 the year the first Royal Flying Doctors started
4 the number of emu chicks we've spotted in the wild
18 the wheels on a Qantas 747
5860 kms we're travelled so far
60 (approx) the most freecampers together at Longreach
We've been having a fab time.... lots to see, lots to do, lots of lovely people we are meeting and plenty of sitting in the car in between stops!
Kids have been pretty good with the travelling. We've had some pretty variable weather, from v hot to freezing cold winds. We've mostly been free-camping now that we're further out west (free camping is just stopping overnight in a rest area slightly off the road) however, I must add that we're not alone: there is so many cars/vans on the road that there is usually about 8 - 10 others stopped at the same rest area! Grey nomads rule!! We're in Mt Isa at the moment, it's been fairly busy in town as the annual Rodeo was on this weekend so the cowboys/girls have come to town! We hope to do some sightseeing here today then head off and cross the NT border all being well on Tuesday. Hope all is well with folks at home and those we've left behind along the way, we're thinking of you all. Cheerio, N G L R C
Some statistics that may be of interest:
31 degrees the hottest day we've struck
40 the UHF channel that Truckies use- v interesting!
53 metres the length of a Road Train
8 the most nights we've stayed in the same place (thanks Grumma & Pa)
1.609 the dearest price for Diesel
63 the most stones to cross the Carnarvon creek crossing
1 the number of rides at Disneyland before Nige felt crook!
1928 the year the first Royal Flying Doctors started
4 the number of emu chicks we've spotted in the wild
18 the wheels on a Qantas 747
5860 kms we're travelled so far
60 (approx) the most freecampers together at Longreach
Sunday, August 8, 2010
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