The Great Central Road – Day 1 10.25am
The Great Central Road – Day 1 11.00am
Day 1 11.35am
Day 1 11.59am
Day 1 12.30pm
The Great Central Road – 1st of 159 car wrecks we counted.
Day 1 1.00pm
Day 1 1.30pm
Day 1 2.00pm
The Great Central Road – end of Day 1 at Tjukayirla Roadhouse.
The Great Central Road – Day 2 07.42am
The Great Central Road – Day 2 08.00am
Day 2 8.04am – Locals whose car had broken down…
Day 2 8.30am
The Great Central Road – an interesting variation on a wrecked car!
Day 2 9.00am
Day 2 9.30am
The Great Central Road – an aboriginal water hole clearly marked
Day 2 10.00am
Day 2 10.31am
The ‘greening of the desert’ after the rain.
Day 2 11.00am
The Great Central Road – an real billabong!
Day 2 11.30am
Warburton Roadhouse – a fuel stop only – we were recommended not to stay the night here…
Some of the fabulous place names…
Watch out for camels!
Day 2 12.30pm
Day 2 1.00pm
Day 2 1.15pm – and sure enough, we see camels!
Day 2 1.30pm
Day 2 2.00pm – and a strange roadside stop in the middle of nowhere (complete with decorated’dunny’)!
Day 2 2.30pm
Day 2 3.30pm
The Great Central Road – end of Day 2 at Warrakurna Roadhouse.
Giles Weather Station – two meteorologists at a time are posted here for six months – in the middle of nowhere.
Giles Weather Station – two meteorologists at a time are posted here for six months – in the middle of nowhere.
Sending up the weather balloon which transmits its readings back to earth as it ascends…
Sending up the weather balloon which transmits its readings back to earth as it ascends…
The Great Central Road – Day 3 08.26am – thank goodness the road is open to traffic after thunderstorms during the night…
Day 3 9.00am
Day 3 9.15am – threatening skies…
Day 3 9.30am
Day 3 9.42am – road flooding is becoming more frequent!
Day 3 9.57am – border crossing
Day 3 10.30am
Day 3 11.00am
Day 3 11.30am
Day 3 12.00pm
Day 3 12.30pm
Day 3 12.38pm – driver’s view!
Day 3 1.00pm
Day 3 1.30pm
Day 3 2.30pm – The Olgas (Kata Tjuta to the aboriginal people)
Day 3 2.36pm – we reach the sealed road after about 1400km of dirt across the Central Desert!
Poor ‘Betty’ is caked in red Ozzie dust after the drive across the desert!
