We've picked up some hikers to keep us company!

So we've left the sunny east coast and started the looonnng drive inland to the centre of Oz. Straightaway you got the feeling we were leaving all signs of civilisation in our rear view mirror! The land is flat and goes on for miles with only roadkills, tumble weed and road trains to break up the long straight roads. These road trains are serious stuff - a monster truck around 50 metres long carrying 3 separate crates swaying in the dusty roads, these 'kings of the road' move over for no-one not even poor old Bruce!



After a day or so of driving hundreds of Km in the middle of nowhere we have finally reached a town, woohoo, Mount Isa, home of one of the biggest rodeos in the world. Sadly we're not going to be here for the awesome rodeo but onward bound to Alice Springs and the fab Ayers Rock. Really looking forward to heading into the centre and then it's a long drive upto Darwin.