Today we made it to Alice Springs. For the distance we have covered and how the car has been I am glad to be here, even if we did drive past Uluru for now.

We are in Marla. A town where we would have stopped to get petrol. A town bypassed by the Stuart Highway. A town that we would not have remembered on long travels, except maybe by a receipt found from my wallet when I was cleaning it out in three months.

"I have always wanted to do this, even though I never knew it." one of the boys said as he walked down into the old mining tunnels to where we were staying for the night.

The past few days we have been enjoying keeping a tent up for more than a single night, while enjoying a camp ground in the Barossa Valley. Here we met new friends and saw many vineyards that give the region it's name.

The first day on the road. A road trip with friends who asked us 13 days ago if we would join them.