Category Archives: Trip To Larapinta

After our time in Europe we found ourselves back in Australia, catching up with friends and family and driving our campervan back from North Queensland to the Sunshine Coast. The festivities continued with weddings and catch ups along with Tim’s doctor’s appointments and a whole bunch of life admin that meant we were soon aContinue reading “Hervey Bay – Start of trip to Laripinta”

We had heard plenty about a little place called Bargara on the coast near Bundaberg about 250km north of the Sunshine Coast so we decided to head up that way and having had such success booking through Hipcamp we thought we would give it another go and found “Karen’s place” just outside of town andContinue reading “Bargara”

After two lovely long stops we thought we should get our butts into gear and eat up some of the kms we had to travel so decided on a few one nighters to get us out west. We followed the Bruce highway up to Rockhampton which we have travelled multiple times but then broke newContinue reading “Bargara to Winton”

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”

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”

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)”

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”

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 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”

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”