Road trip to the centre of Australia

DucksNuts · 08-24-2008, 04:42 AM

Next Saturday, we are off on a red dirt adventure.....2285kms (1420 miles), thats a lot of time in a car with 2 little boys, but the dvd players will help.

YAY...2 weeks away

Cant wait to do Uluru (Ayers Rock) and stay in Coober Pedy.

Do you want pics?

Chocolatl · 08-24-2008, 07:22 AM

Take plenty of pictures! I want to live vicariously through you, since I doubt this is a trip I will ever get to make (for all that Australia is on my "Countries to visit before I die" list.)

Clodfobble · 08-24-2008, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Do you want pics?

Come on now, is that a serious question?

DucksNuts · 08-24-2008, 07:50 PM

weeeellll.....just checking

xoxoxoBruce · 08-24-2008, 08:15 PM

Bullshit, you were just teasing us... again. :p

DucksNuts · 09-10-2008, 05:53 AM

Got home last nite.

Such a great trip, the scenery changed sooo much from hour to hour. Crops, mulga, desert, rocks....just amazing.

Im really glad to be home, but it was heaps of fun.

Just need to organise my pics.

Sundae · 09-10-2008, 06:00 AM

I can't wait to see them - I'd love to do that trip.

I love that Cellar parents take their kids on road-trips. Growing up in the 70s it wasn't really done much. Even friends with money only stayed in hotels as opposed to tents in the same seaside places. We were lucky in that we got to spend a lot of time in London because our family was there.

barefoot serpent · 09-10-2008, 11:17 AM

[hums] A Town Called Malice

Flint · 09-10-2008, 03:44 PM

"Load drip to the centre of Arse, areola"

Cloud · 09-10-2008, 04:14 PM

in a big pink bus?

ETA: Okay, I guess the bus wasn't actually pink . . . but it should have been.

footfootfoot · 09-10-2008, 08:43 PM

If you dig through the earth from the center of Australia you'll end up only a very short distance from our house. We'd drive over to pick you up and you could visit for a while. We've got maple syrup.

TheMercenary · 09-11-2008, 06:49 PM

Very interesting. I can't wait to see the pics. Put them on one of those online host sites like Flickr or Picasa so we can see them all.

DucksNuts · 09-12-2008, 05:02 AM

Picasa

Still editing and sorting, but at least you can have a squizz

Sundae · 09-12-2008, 05:38 AM

Beautiful photos.
I was just thinking, "That's exactly how I picture Australia" and then remembered that's because I have rellies there and have seen their photos

Would love to see more as you sort them.

Chocolatl · 09-12-2008, 07:36 AM

Some of the areas remind me a lot of places out in Arizona, but others seem like landscapes from another world. Thank you very much for sharing these.
Also -- what is the deal with the wild camels? I didn't think camels were native to Australia. Were they brought over to work as pack animals on the desert terrain?

08-24-2008, 04:42 AM	#1
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Road trip to the centre of Australia Next Saturday, we are off on a red dirt adventure.....2285kms (1420 miles), thats a lot of time in a car with 2 little boys, but the dvd players will help. YAY...2 weeks away Cant wait to do Uluru (Ayers Rock) and stay in Coober Pedy. Do you want pics? Attached Images Last edited by DucksNuts; 08-24-2008 at 04:57 AM.

08-24-2008, 08:15 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Bullshit, you were just teasing us... again. :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-10-2008, 11:17 AM	#8
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	[hums] A Town Called Malice __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

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09-10-2008, 04:14 PM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	in a big pink bus? ETA: Okay, I guess the bus wasn't actually pink . . . but it should have been. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-24-2008, 07:22 AM	#2
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Take plenty of pictures! I want to live vicariously through you, since I doubt this is a trip I will ever get to make (for all that Australia is on my "Countries to visit before I die" list.)

08-24-2008, 07:50 PM	#4
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	weeeellll.....just checking

09-10-2008, 05:53 AM	#6
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Got home last nite. Such a great trip, the scenery changed sooo much from hour to hour. Crops, mulga, desert, rocks....just amazing. Im really glad to be home, but it was heaps of fun. Just need to organise my pics.

09-10-2008, 06:00 AM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I can't wait to see them - I'd love to do that trip. I love that Cellar parents take their kids on road-trips. Growing up in the 70s it wasn't really done much. Even friends with money only stayed in hotels as opposed to tents in the same seaside places. We were lucky in that we got to spend a lot of time in London because our family was there.

09-10-2008, 08:43 PM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	If you dig through the earth from the center of Australia you'll end up only a very short distance from our house. We'd drive over to pick you up and you could visit for a while. We've got maple syrup. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

09-11-2008, 06:49 PM	#12
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Very interesting. I can't wait to see the pics. Put them on one of those online host sites like Flickr or Picasa so we can see them all. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-12-2008, 05:02 AM	#13
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Picasa Still editing and sorting, but at least you can have a squizz

09-12-2008, 05:38 AM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Beautiful photos. I was just thinking, "That's exactly how I picture Australia" and then remembered that's because I have rellies there and have seen their photos Would love to see more as you sort them.

09-12-2008, 07:36 AM	#15
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Some of the areas remind me a lot of places out in Arizona, but others seem like landscapes from another world. Thank you very much for sharing these. Also -- what is the deal with the wild camels? I didn't think camels were native to Australia. Were they brought over to work as pack animals on the desert terrain?

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