Uluru/Ayers Rock Road Trip Day 1

After picking us up and letting us shower, Ian also kindly drove us to the next campervan place! We dropped one off and picked up another two hours later. It's a pretty hectic schedule, but saves us a ton of money with all these $1/day relocations.

Unlike our last camper, this one is brand new and our biggest yet at 7 meters long. Not gonna lie, I shit myself a bit when I saw how big it was and knew I'd have to drive it. It was nice and clean inside though and seems very fancy. The downside to being brand new, is that all the hookups are USB C. None of our cables are USB C yet. We decided to get some food, because it was almost 4pm and all we'd had all day was a banana, some almonds and chips. We stopped for McDonald's nearby and popped into the gas station for a cable so we could also get the GPS from a phone hooked up to the car. Then, we were on our way.

Our destination today was 3 hours away, Port Augusta. This means the drive tomorrow will be about 12 hours to Ayers Rock Campground (Ayers Rock is also called Uluru in the traditional language). Allan drove the first little bit so I could see how he took the turns and positioned himself. This thing is just so big...my feet can't even touch the ground from any of the seats! When it was my turn to drive, I had to be on my toes and my feet can't sit flat on the ground which makes it uncomfortable on my legs after a while.

When the sun went down and it got properly dark, Allan took over driving again. Unlike yesterday when I drove in the dark and there was a shit ton of kangaroos and wallabies at the side of the road, there were none when Allan was driving, of course. We got to Port Augusta, filled up with gas, and went and got some groceries for the next couple days.

We got back on the road to drive to a rest stop about 30 km outside the town. We saw the sign saying we were entering the outback, and that's when the animals started coming out. There were some kangaroos, but the surprise was when a goat nonchalantly walked across the road! Not what I expected to have to stop for...

We got to the rest stop in one piece, had some salad for dinner, and got ready for bed. It's an early wake-up tomorrow to drive 1200 km!Read more