Author Archives: Tim & Sarah

After our should we/shouldn’t we stay decision yesterday we were very happy we made the call to stay when we woke up and didn’t have to pack up our tent. After a leisurley cup of tea we headed out for the pound walk. We still had our packs on but had stripped out all ourContinue reading “Day 5 Ormiston Pound Walk”

It was another cold morning when we awoke at Finke river but the sun was soon on us and we started warming up and even though we were still last to leave we had a system worked out whereby if we wanted to hurry we could. Instead we got packed up and then promptly satContinue reading “Day 4 Finke River to Ormiston Gorge”

After a pretty chilly night we woke up nice and early determined to make an earlier start than yesterday. We did a little body check and other than a few little blisters we were doing okay. Yesterday’s hike was tougher than I expected and I came into camp with pretty sore feet so was gladContinue reading “Day 3 Rocky Bar to Finke River”

Sleep was easy last night after our late night hike but we were briefly awoken by the other half of the campground who were setting off at 3am to summit Mt Sonder and enjoy the sunrise. We were quickly back asleep and snuggled in our sleeping bags with all of our clothes on as theContinue reading “Day 2 Redbank Gorge to Rocky Bar”

We were waiting for our pick up from 7.30am and were a little alarmed at how cold it was. Turns out it got down below zero during the night so luckily we had packed our thermals! We passed the time waiting for the bus talking to another guest who was also doing the Laripinta thoughContinue reading “Day 1 Redbank Gorge to Mt Sonder”

So I am currently writing this blog on the afternoon before we begin the Larapinta Trail. The last three days have been spent in Alice Springs getting the last few bits and bobs sorted out. In a nutshell we are going to get dropped off by car tomorrow about 220km west of Alice Springs andContinue reading “Last days of prep before the Larapinta in Alice Springs”

We had intentionally left some time up our sleeve before the start of the hike to be able to get out to Kings Canyon. Last trip we missed it due to Griffy not being allowed in due to it being a national park so we both definitely wanted to see it this time around. AfterContinue reading “Kings Canyon”

Leaving Camooweal we were still 1000km away from Alice Springs and our hike so in outback Australian terms we were getting close!! We decided to split the journey into 3 stops so at least we would get to experience a bit of what was around. There wasn’t much. The first two days we were drivingContinue reading “Karlu Karlu (Devil’s Marbles)”

The drive west of Cloncurry was a surprisingly spectacular one. We both just assumed we would soon hit the flat plains of nothing which although hold beauty in itself due to its bleakness, were not the rock formations that we found ourselves driving through. Coupled with a clear blue sky and greenish grass it wasContinue reading “Camooweal”

We are certainly not the speediest of travellers but I think that sometimes it’s nice to stop and smell the roses and appreciate what you are experiencing so with that thought in mind we stopped our mad dash west and decided to have a look at the small town of Cloncurry for a couple ofContinue reading “Cloncurry”