Saturday 29 April 2017

Darwin Road Trip - Part 1 - Canberra to Yulara

We left Canberra for Darwin on 20 March to visit Kass (Des's daughter), returning home on 26 April

Our first night was in Hay NSW

'Shear Outback' windmill and tank

'Shear Outback' windmill and tank


Day 2 was from Hay NSW to Renmark SA.


Storms across the Hay Plains

Murray River near Trentham NSW

Day 3 - Renmark to Port Augusta

Lunch spot at Orrorroo SA

Goods Train leaving Port Augusta

Port Augusta Sunset

Southern Cross and Milky Way

Southern Cross and Milky Way

Day 4 - Port Augusta SA to Coober Pedy SA.  Temperature was into the 40 degrees c.


Lagoon of Islands

Red plains

Shady Lunch spot 

What bird built that??

Walking on Lake Hart


Sunset at Coober Pedy was spend about 20 km out at The Breakaways.






Day 5 - Coober Pedy SA to Erldunda NT

Opal mining

Mullock heaps from opal mining


Sunset at Erldunda - still over 40 degrees!

Thursday 27 April 2017

Vale Molly - 24 Jan 2011 - 26 April 2017

We (including Molly) have been away for five weeks,  driving to Darwin and back via Alice Springs.

Sadly, Molly passed away in the Wagga Vet Hospital from what we believe to be Leptospirosis - a nasty little bug that is rife in the Darwin area.












This need not have happened if Molly's Vet had warned me of the dangers before we went.

There will be an update to this when the autopsy is finished, and I will be posting . more details of our road trip as soon as I get the photos sorted.

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