Kristi Barrow Ramblings

Continuing on from Useful Gadgets for travelling, here is my list of useful stuff for travelling. All this stuff should fit easily into a purse or bag so there is no excuse for not being prepared! Read the rest of this entry »

The view from one of the lookouts on Dutchmans Stern.

Driving through the Clare with pit stop at Knappstein wines.

And finally we arrive in Adelaide; the view from the Hilton!

Our accommodation in Quorn, a converted Mill!

The view from the Lookout, over Wilpena Pound

Leaving Coober Pedy…

The military base Woomera, previously used to test atomic bombs.

One of Australia’s salt lakes, yum!

The spaceship from Pitch Black, filmed at Coober Pedy, the opal capital of the world!

The magnificent Uluru just after sunrise

Kata Tjuta, previously known as the Olgas

Uluru at sunset

Watching the famous Ghan leave Alice Springs

Juno Horse Farm, complete with horses, cows and an abandoned spaceship!

There are lots of rocks here, remnants from a big chunk of granite.

The Tropic of Capricorn is the highest place the sun passes during the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.

Manuka, home of hot springs, flying foxes and a bar!

The famous thong wall at Daly Waters

Charlie the Buffalo from Crocodile Dundee, now rests in the Adelaide River Pub.

The hot springs at Katherine.

View from the river cruise of gorgeous Katherin Gorge