Not long to go

Tim and Basil trying to get close as
Tim tends to tease Basil so they have
a lot of sucking up to do with each other before Paul and I set off on the road.

When I do the shopping each fortnight I have to make sure I get extra things for the kids as they don't want to run out of food but unfortunately Basil things the kids rashen pack is for him, and he thinks he should get into them all the time.

You will see in the video clip how determined he is to get into the bag full of surprises for the kids I have packed away.

Eight Weeks to go

Time will go fast, we have our leave from work and the kids are getting used to the idea of being left here to look after Basil the dog. They would like me to stock up on the luxury items in the food department like chocolate biscuits and those sort of things before we leave as they have a budget to live on. I think they will be doing a lot of visiting at meal times to save a bit of money each week.

Driver training

Paul has completed his basic driver training, assessment driver training and now his advanced driver training through the 4x4 club so that is a big achievement. I have completed my basic and assessment 4x4 training so we are ready for almost anything we stumble across on our trip and hopefully we do not come up against anything to major. The Plenty might be interesting depending on who you talk to and the Old Ghan railway track could be exciting depending on the rain.

Itinery

We leave Sydney 5am on the 5th July 1st stop is:
Bourke-Thargomindah-Windorah-Boulia-across the Plenty Hwy to Gem tree-Ruby Gap-Alice Springs-Kings Caynon-Ayres Rock-Down the Old Ghan Railway to Chambers Pillars-Lambert Centre-Old Andado-Dalhouse Springs-Painted Desert-William Creek-Woomera-Quorn, there we will be leaving our friends that we have been traveling with and having a week on our own so we will see the Eyre Peninsular.

From there we meet the 4x4 club in Alice on the 5th August and Kimberlies here we come.


On the 6th we continue on the next leg of our trip:
Depart Alice-up the Tanimi Road to Wolf Creek-Bungles Bungles-Halls Creek-Fitzroy Crossing-Derby-Up the Gibb River Road to Bell Gorge-Mornington Wilderness Camp-Mount Barnett road House-Drysdale Homestead leaving the camper there as it is not safe to take it to Mitchell Falls-Kalumburu we will pick the camper up again and continue to Ellenbrae Station-Elquestro-Wyndam-Kununurra-Lake Argyle-Daly Waters-Barklay Homestead-McKinaly-Longreach-Cunnamulla-Nygan then home to Sydney arriving on Saturday 5th Sept 2009.

Our Trip to the Outback

We will leave Sydney on the 5th July and start our trip of 2009 for 9 weeks. We have purchased a lovely new campertrailer and decked out the car, we have a 60 litre water tank behind the back seats and draw system in the back of the car with a fridge a awing on the back and side of the car, so the next thing is to work out how to pack all the recovery gear and all the other bits and pieces we need for 8 weeks on the road. Our camper will be the next thing to be organised and pack so we done take too much. We have done some small trips with the new camper and it is really nice and comfortable. The itinerary has nearly been finalised with all our stops for the nights worked out, and all so we don't miss out on anything along the way.