Another driving day as we made our way towards the Stuart Highway where the trup north would begin properly. Day four saw us taking in some of the sight of the Flinders Ranges and another mad dash to find somewhere to stay for the night before the sun set. The led us to the small town of Quorn where we found a nice big carpark which we had to ourself. There is something strange about cooking dinner in a large carpark in the center of a town -something you can only really do on a roadtrip!

Another early start, the great thing about camping is you get up with the sun and goto bed when its dark. Its a much simpler way of living, thugh when driving in outback Australia its a good idea to plan your stops before sunset to avoid dusk driving. when it gets dark the animals come out to play, and they seem to like car/van bumpers!

Today included a stop in the mining town of Broken Hill, though now its perhaps more well known as an outback tourist destination. It’s also a stop for the Indian Pacific on its way from Sydney to Perth and so i’d been here briefly a few years before.

Another big driving day saw us trying to get further North than we perhaps should have and its became clear that we were getting close to sunset with nowhere to stop. We set of down the barrier highway expecting a rest stop/car park of some sort, according to the map there were a couple, but really there was nothing! Thankfully as the sun was geading beyond the horizon we came across a small and abanonded town of Olary, a victim of the the drought and a downturn in farming. It was still mainataind to a basic level, and after a few discussions on whether it would turn into a wolf creek style place we stopped for the night. As it turned out it was one of the best nights stopped, being totally alone in the outback makes for a lot of fun and some amazing stars!

Daytwo of the roadtrip saw a early and very cold start! Thankfully the girls had bought porridge when we stopped in Bendigo the day before, though it took an age to cook on the gas burner which wasn’t liking the cold start.

Once warmed up we continued the trek north alog the Calder Highway taking a few random detours to ‘places of interest’ along the way -though most of the day was just mileage to get north.

Overnight was a small roadhouse outside the small town of Wentworth. Free hot showers were a bonus before heading into another cold night.

The start of a three week roadtrip Melbourne to Darwin travelling with R and K. Day one was picking up the camper from wicked campers:- The colourful and thankfully for a wicked camper, tastefully decorated van called Chuck.

Much of the morning was taken navigating out of the City before headig north to Bendigo to pick up a few supplies – lots of water, ice, a second burner for cooking and lots of snacks. Overnight was a carpark in the town of Wedderburn.