At Alpana mum had her second major “I Just Want To Be Home” moments. I don’t think they’re done with any conviction it seems to be more about a perceived lack of attention or some minor issue that has arisen. This one possibly because she hadn’t, how do you...

Unfortunately, despite my careful driving, the trip to Nuccaleena Mine staked one of the tyres on the Touareg. Fortunately it was only a slow leak as we didn’t Notice until the next afternoon when the tyre was completely flat. Good thing I Had got a separate spare that was...

We took mum on a couple of short drives out from Alpana station. The first drive was relatively straight forward. A gravel road that loops through Blinman, Glass Gorge, Parachilna Creek, Angorichina and back to Blinman. Nina and Emily where tagging along behind in the Amarok. Glass gorge is...

We moved on from Carrieton to Alpana Station which is 5kms south of Blinman in the Flinders Ranges. It is a 60,000 acre sheep station that has setup areas for people to stay at the station. This includes the Shearer’s quarters, Powered Ensuite sites, unpowered bush sites and a...

We are in Port Augusta and back connected to Internetdom, and there was much rejoicing (especially from Emily). Strictly speaking we were connected in Coober Pedy but it was too damn hot and dusty to be bothered to do anything. Normal posting will resume shortly as we move on...

From our base at the Carrieton Caravan Park we have been exploring the local area. The first day we headed up to Hawker. We had lunch at the Flinders Food Company. The food was delicious. Nina and I had Steak Sandwiches and Emily the Burger with Mum going for the...

We are on the move again now reaching into the southern Flinders Ranges. And guess what we found another painted silo. I could hear the cheer of delight from Nina and Emily half a K back. This one is at Wirrabarra (which I found out is pronounced Weer-ab-a-ra not...

It was a bit of a cold and drizzly Sunday here at Wallaroo so we took mum for a bit of a drive to Moonta. The area is known as the Copper Triangle with Copper mines at Moonta and Kadina and a smelter at Wallaroo. We stopped at the...

Saturday afternoon was a visit to see Brian. He’s still in his lovely old stone house in Kadina. Mind you the garden has grown a lot since I was last there and it is now surrounded by a literal jungle with palm trees and all. Awesome. Big brother and...

From an earlier post you should be aware that the Touareg had been having conniptions. It had popped up with a warning light coming into Mildura then would go into limp mode. We consulted the manual that helpfully told us that there was a problem with the engine. ?...