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Day 13 Alice Springs To Cooper Pedy Group photo outside Caravan Park saying farewell to Alice Springs. The adventure continues now heading South on the return journey heading to Coober Pedy. Stewarts Wells for morning tea. Some probs with “Merv” … Continue reading →

Days 10 to 12 – Alice Springs “There’s no town like Alice”. Never a truer word has been spoken. The group booked into the MacDonnell Range Big 4 holiday park in Alice and stayed for the next three days. The … Continue reading →

Day 9 – Kings Canyon to Alice Springs A new day and “Glad” and “Merv” set off early for Alice Springs as Brett and Paul were due to catch flights to Melbourne and Perth. Brett to return to Alice on … Continue reading →

Day 8- Kings Canyon Early morning rising at the bush camp with attention focused on “Merv”. The possibility of a faulty ignition switch/circuit was considered and Pete Eardley rewired the circuit to bypass the switch. Hopefully some improvement would be … Continue reading →

Day 7 Yulara to Kings Canyon The morning spent touring and resupply. Some time spent to retune “Merv” We are all still scratching our heads as to why the car is performing poorly. All to meet at the roadhouse at … Continue reading →

Day 6 Docker River to Yulara Broke camp about 8am and headed  towards the Olgas’ and the bitumen some 200 km away. Road conditions OK as the grader had just passed. An uneventful day with a brief stop on the … Continue reading →

Day 5 Warburton to Docker River After an early rising, broke camp and continued towards the Northern Territory  border . Uneventful morning with the usual stops for a cuppa and change of drivers. After lunch” Glad’s” two blade metal fan … Continue reading →

Day 4 Tjukayirla to Warburton. Great night at the roadhouse, hot showers friendly manager and a TV room to watch the seasons end for the Dockers. 8-30 start towards Warburton and all cars are running well. Uneventful drive to Warburton … Continue reading →

Day 3 Laverton To Tjukayirla The adventure continues. Not such an early start this morning and the opportunity taken to reprovision at the local IGA and refuel. The group assembled 9-30am at the turnoff to the start of the Great … Continue reading →