5nd of June 2026
We left Coen in the morning of the 3rd of June to continue the rod trip north, we made a good run, and stayed at another lookout place about 80 km north of Bramwell Junction Road House, again we had it all to ourselves.
The next day 4th of June we only had a couple of hours drive to Cape York (Pajinka), on the way we stopped in Bamaga, where we filled the diesel. Then we went to the local supermarket, where the staff were busy filling the shelves. We later camped beside some Australians, who told us, they’d been there the day before and there wasn’t much on the shelves. We had been wondering how they got stuff up there, the personnel had told them, it was shipped in through Seisia and they were expecting a shipment that day.
We drove the last 40 km up to Cape York. The drive from Bamaga to The Tip as they also call it was on narrow roads in rainforest and sometimes just forest. This road seem to be used only up and down from The Tip.
We had to park about 1 km from the actual tip and walk across some small hills, the very first part was pretty steep and I was not sure if Sharon wanted to try, however she did. We walked and climbed (old people climbing, not Mount Everest climbing). When we got out there, there was a decent to the actual point, Sharon could see it and was satisfied:
I did go right down there:
When we got back, we found out, you could walk along the beach, no climbing (Please don’t tell Sharon).
We drove back and found a free campsite for the night, Mutee Head Free Campsite, there was already a young couple our kids age, with two boys of 2 and 5. We had a nice time with them.
This morning we again visited Bamaga and then again headed south. We stopped a bit early at Bramwell Junction Road House, where we’re staying tonight.
Now we are well on our way back from this adventure to the very north of Australia. It is a 1000 km each way, as there is only one way up and one way down, when driving. Between Laura and Bamaga there is 670 km, there is one settlement on that road: Coen, otherwise there is a station like Bramwell Junction Road House, so we saw a lot of land, mostly forest and table lands. We saw some small kangaroos and lots of cows. There are quite a bit of cars on this road, leading forth and back, but this seems to be on a bucket list for many Australians … Yes it was an amazing experience, lucky to have experienced such a part of the world.
2nd of June 2026
We’re not Squatters, but on the evening of 30th May, as we evaluated our time in Cairns, we suddenly realized, that we’d overstayed. We had only paid 3 nights, but was going into the 4th night. The next day I contacted the office and apologized and paid.
Now it was a very happy thriving Sharon I had to get ready for the road, but we set of north along the coastal road. Made a stop in Port Douglas, where we got coffee and cake to celebrate some good friends of ours, who has special memories of the place.
Sharon did get suspicious as we approached the Daintree River and had to cross on a ferry. We then went on from there on the touristy road going north through the Daintree Rainforest.
Apparently, Daintree Rainforest is the oldest rainforest in the world, the road was narrow and, on both sides was the dense rainforest. Due to the way the road was up and down, left and right, it was slow going, so we didn’t get as far as I hoped, yet further than Sharon liked.
Along the way, there was viewpoints to see beaches. There are so many beautiful beaches, but no one there. And the few people there, just dip their feet … Stingers and Crocks.
We stopped for the night at Daintree Siesta, a camping site, where there was one other visitor. It was getting dark, as we’d had difficulty finding a place. The man advised us to use a torch when we were going out at night, to avoid treading on the snakes. The camp site was literally cut out of the rain forest; it was totally surrounded by a very dense forest. Now the noise, have no idea which animals, but they made more noise, than the motorway passing, where we live.
On the 1st of June, we got up and drove a few km’s to Cape Tribulation, where we stopped before we ventured out on the 4wd track only from Cape Tribulation to Wujal Wujal, this was an exciting drive, I’d looked forward to for a long time, the track is not challenging, but there is a bit steep and winding, sometimes 31% up and down:
I do have some films, but it’s hard to see how steep the climb was.
Sharon was less impressed, she took up filming the adventure, to forget reality. However we reached Wujal Wujal with no problems, on the trip we saw our first snake, it was fast across the road just in front of us. Sharon was filming and didn’t see it, I was concentrated on a 31% clime and just noticed it.
After Wujal Wujal, we drove along the river towards Cooktown and there we saw our first wild crock, laying on the other side of the riverbench sunbathing, apparently completely ignoring the Danish health advice to use sunscreen.
We saw several more crocks along the river.
We stayed I Cooktown overnight.
Today, 2nd of June we resumed full Road Trip mode, I with excitement and Sharon still kicking and finding ‘reasons’ … But Road Trip it is. So as we left Cooktown, we drove into the middle of the Peninsular to drive north in the reasonable flat landscape, in the beginning the road was bitumen, later it was bitumen and gravel roads. But even the gravel roads are better than The Great Central Road and there’s a lot more traffic.
We managed at good run to Coen, where we’re staying tonight.
30th May nd2026
Yesterday 29th of May and today 30th of May we’ve had a tourist break from our Road Trip.
Yesterday I went to The Great Barrier Reef, with Great Barrier Reef Cruises, It was a great experience snorkelling for an hour and seeing the reef from a submarine. Sharon doesn’t like smaller vessels on the sea and was more than happy to thrive at the Holiday Camp.
Today we went on The Kuranda Scenic Railway to Kuranda, where we spend the day as Tourists in a touristy place 😊Most people take the train one way and the Skyrail the other way, however the Skyrail is under repair, while we’re here, so we took the train both ways.
For both of the above experiences, there is lots of information and pictures online, which I can’t really enrich much. We had a touristy time and enjoyed it.
Tomorrow we’ll slowly pick up Road Trip speed again going north along the coast towards Cooktown, from were we’ll resume full Road Trip speed. On the way we’re going to visit Port Douglas, where some good friend spent some important time years ago.
28th May 2026
We woke up to a very quiet morning at Murray Falls on the 26th May, had a walk around at the lower part of the falls, where it was possible to go for a swim and indeed some people did.
As we now drove north toward Cairns, and east towards the coast, we came into Cadwell State Forest, where they had preserved the rainforest and it was possible to drive in and see the rainforest from the inside:
The rainforest is really dense here. We’ve seen similar rainforest densities at Iguazu Falls in Argentina / Brazil and in Florida. Here in Queensland man has cleared a lot of the rain forest, planted mostly sugarcane and banana.
We visited Wongalin Beach, where we made a cup of tea and praised ourselves for our achivements:
From there it was a visit to Josephine Falls, another impressive waterfall, where there was a good walk through the rainforest to see the falls. Caught a good picture of one of the trees with Sharon next to it:
We stopped at Mission Beach, right out to the Pacific Ocean. It was the true tourist trap experience, I was trapped and got chips and bangers, while Sharon:
This is pure fiction, it may never have happened.
We arrived at NRMA Cairns Holiday Park, where we booked in for 3 nights, before taking a little drive around Cairns to see our new home for awhile.
The housekeeping was done this morning, washing all bedsheets and clothes, put away, then afternoon coffee and the sun is shining.
We’ve really arrived in the tropics now, the temperature is winter warm 26-28 here, but the humidity is very high, I love it, Sharon endures it. The hotwater bottle, used during the cold desert nights, have been put away, the quilt is more in the way, than doing any good.
Now we are tourists, Sharon is thriving with doing nothing, so tomorrow she’s sent me to the Barrier Reef on a really touristy boattrip, while she’s … Thriving?
On Saturday we’ve booked at trip with the Kuranda Scenic Railway, often people take the train one way and the cable Skyrail the other way, but the Skyrail is closed for maintains while we’re here.
26th May 2026
We woke up in the morning on the 23rd of May, it was going to be a driving day, so we set off early. We reached Winton, where we tried to get dinner, but all was closed, so we pushed on towards Townsville, about stopping time we reached Corfield, once a little community with a bar, based around a train station, there was 8-12 houses left, the train station had long gone and the bar was closed. But this little community maintained a little camping site, with facilities, all free (you could make a donation if you wished … we did). What amazing people.
The next day we again pushed towards Townsville and stopped for the night at Bivouac Junction Holiday Park, just down to the river. Here the kangaroos seemed to be less afraid of people and roamed on the verge of the camping ground and apparently just as curious about us, as we were towards them:
And they’re alive:
At the holiday park, we met some nice Australians (you know, there’s an amazing lot them). They said that we’d not enjoy Townville, it has one of the highest juvenile crime rates in the country, so we’ll spend a little time in one of the other bigger cities. Instead they recommended a camping ground at Murray Falls Girramay National Park.
We reached the Coast at Carwell, where we saw The Pacific Ocean for the first time.
However we refrained from taking a dip in the Pacific:
We’d done the cross Australia west to east via The Great Central Road in 20 days. And it has been a great Road Trip experience.
Reflection on the past 4 four days of driving. The farms In Northern Territories and west Queensland were big, some as big as the Danish island Fyn. As we entered Queensland from Northern Territories, the land was still farm land, mostly cattle farming. As we drove east, it was obvious that from the cattle farms in Northern Territories into beginning of Queensland, where it was on desert land and there was a low density of cows. But as we drove east, the grass picked up, the so called trees in the desert, which apart from the riverbeds, wasn’t more than a bunch of branches sticking up of the desert ground, we saw more and more trees with a proper trunk, it was also obvious that the density of cows on the fields intensified. As we were reaching the coast, there were the hills, which was now full of tropic trees.
I did think a bit on my posting about the Donahue Highway with 12 cars and 2 motorbikes. This was a distance of road, as driving from Skagen to Kruså, which is the full length of Jutland and the longes drive in Denmark, without crossing bridges. This road had been closed days, and we’d heard many had turned around on Plenty Highway, then we entered the road 30 minutes after it opened. Had it not been closed, it is likely there would have been more vehicles.
We’ve reached Murray Falls Girramay National Park where we are now and settling for the night, the waterfall is amazing and we’re lucky to catch it with water,
We’ll hear this beautiful sound of water as we transfer from the land of the living to the land of the dreams.
22th May 2026
Once again, the below picture says it all:
So we could after one day delay continue east, where the first stop is Boulia. We quickly crossed the border into Queensland:
And do you know what? Just a few kilometres into Quensland, lo and behold, there was kangaroos:
So there are indeed kangaroos in Australia, actually we saw another 3 lots (I knew my friend in Brisbane was right 😉). And we also saw our first big eagle, awesome sight.
The landscape changed, there were big patches of just grass land, with no bushes or trees, it looks very much like the Mid USA prairies. The first part of the road was gravel, then the last two thirds was bitumen, so an easy drive. It was hard to see, why it had been closed the day before.
We did reach Boulia, a little Outback village, which keeps the little place nice and tidy. They advertise that every third Sunday in July (as they write it), there is a camel race in town. We are camped in a quiet spot by the river just behind the racecourse.
We have planned the trip, so on average we’re driving 140 km a day to complete the above route. However some days we will drive much longer, like explained doing The Great Central Road through Western Australia in Aboriginal land, so we save up days for spots, where we want to stay longer. For example now we have driven 3704 km in 19 days, we should have driven 2660 km, so we have just over 7 days in the bank. Going east towards the tropical coast we’ll earn a lot more, since it’s farmland and fun to see, but not much stopping happening.
21th May 2026
The below picture says it all:
So we went for at walk in the Outback on an Outback Back road:
Now what do you expect from a cold-blooded Viking, who visits Australia and thinks all animals are either parrots, cockatoos or kangaroos.
A good local friend saw the pictures and heard the sound, and has corrected me, they are not cockatoo’s, but Galah’s:
However he comforted me, they ARE loud 😊, Seeing them in the daylight, they are indeed Galah’s.
Now an issue of this trip, we’ve done 3454 km across the central Australia, not seen a single kangaroo, met our Brazilian friends, been on an outback station 4 months, not seen any, yet my friend send me this picture from outside Brisbane:
From the evidence of 3454 kms most of it in the Outback Australia, we’re wondering if it’s AI, he says NO, there are Kangaroos in Australia. Hope to meet and look him in the eye to tell the truth 😉
20th May 2026
On the 19th May we woke up at Spotted Tiger Campground, it was so peaceful and quiet, we slowly did the morning routine and packed the motorhome.
Back on the main road we again passed The Hart Range Police Station and the sign still said open for 4wd, so we drove along. Today was a short 138 drive to Jervois Station, Sharon was looking forward to setting up early and just have a quiet afternoon. Jervois Station is a working station and we got acquainted with some of the local residents.
We also met some really nice visa workers from Brazil, Recife, we had a good and long chat with these two lovely people.
Today we left a bit earlier, not knowing what to expect of the roads going towards Tobermorey Station, just 5 km from the Queensland border. But apart from a few 10-15 km patches the roads were actually pretty good.
In my preparation for this trip, I’ve seen several videos of people doing the Plenty Highway and one picture appeared in all of them, now I’ve been and this picture of a rather tall anthill seems to be a must:
When we reached Tobermorey Station the sign said, the Donohue Highway in Quensland was still closed.
Well, you can’t trust the police 😊
We had planned to stay at Tobermorey Station anyway, so we booked in. We asked if they had any idea, when the Donohue Higway may be opened, they recon, it will be tomorrow, so we’ve settled down here for the night.
We’re parked under some nice trees, but as the sun was going down, a flock of cockatoo settled in the tree (See later correction), and did they make a racket, well anyway as the sun went down, they settled down, apparently, they are sleeping there tonight:
https://youtube.com/shorts/F2cYjCGClc4?feature=share
We’ve now done but 5 km of Plenty Highway and I have some reflections. I was looking forward to this stretch of road, as it was supposed to be a good 4wd drive. However the first bit of The Great Central Road / The Outback Way from Laverton to Uluru was a more exciting drive, the road was more corrugated, the nature was open and unfenced and seemed more wild and remote. This could also be because it was the first experience on the road trip I suppose.
Plenty Highway had some small very rough patches, mostly due to the rain they got recently, but generally it was in better condition and easier to drive. The road seemed more maintained. Now I’m just an ignorant Dane, but it seems to me, that the part from Laverton to Uluru is Aboriginal Land and not much industry there, while the Plenty Highway is a commercial route for the many cattle farms on this route and therefor the road is better maintained.
I know from the videos, that road conditions are very different even on the same roads, according to weather and when it was last graded. So that could have made a difference too.
Looking forward. We’ll now, hopefully, enter Queensland. As I understand it, it is farmland like we experienced in the drive in Western Australia from Perth to Laverton. So the next aim is the tropical east cost, where we’ll aim for Townswille, from where we’ll go up the tropical coast and visit some of the apparently amazing beaches up to cooktown, before we again will hit Road Trip mode and drive north towards Cape Hope.
18th May 2026
Well, we have spent 3 days in Alice Springs, which is in the middle of the desert, yet it rained most of those three days.
We did drive around and looked at the town, we shopped, we relaxed and spend time washing clothes and ourselves. And ofcourse, we had a few chicken pieces at the Alice Springs KFC, which wanted a Michelin Star to serve in the desert.
But today we were back on the road, the purpose of this trip, the road trip pictured above! I was super excited, while Sharon was a little less expectant 😉.
We needed to have a battery changed in the car, once that was done we set up to do road trip again. The first drive was going north on the famous Stuart Highway which runs from Adelaide to Darwin and this little piece of the Great Central Road, also called the Outback Highway, is on Stuart Highway. Then towards Atitjere, where we had planned to spend the night, a comfortable 240 km drive on bitumen.
I had been following the updates on the Northern Territories Traffic Channel, the Penty Highway was open to 4wd cars, but from the Northern Territories and Queensland border, the road was closed. So as we turned from Stuart Highway onto Plenty Highway, I looked at the board:
The road was still closed from the Queensland border. We had a talk about our options; we could go 500 km north and then east. This would be a longer drive and we would miss actually doing The Great Central Road in its entire length. The urge to actually do The Great Central Road, and the knowledge, that Plenty Highway was not usually closed during this time of year, we decided to take the chance to slowly go east on The Great Central Road. When we reached Gemtree Roadhouse, we had a cup of tea, and asked the locals if it would be OK to go east, their take was, it won’t be closed long, the earth is dry and will quickly absorb the rain, so we continued east. When we reached Atitjere there was the Heart Range Police Station, they had an updated sign for the road conditions:
The road had been opened for 4wd, so we qualified. We spoke to the local police, which said, the roads are a bit wet, he then looked at our car and said “you’ll be OK”, however write down our telephone number, if you get into trouble, call us, we’ll come and get you out, really nice folk.
So encouraged we drove down the dirt road to Spotted Tiger Campground in the middle of The Hart Range, where we are settling down for the night, all alone in the middle of nowhere:
16th May 2026
We woke up on the 14th in the morning, the sun was shining and the bush below looked beautiful.
We slowly got ready. The morning routines are getting more established; we dance around in the little space to get the day going. I’ve never been a good dancer, but this seems to work.
I was expectant about todays drive on the Red Centre Way, it is not very long, just over 200 km, but it was supposed to be the most rough road we’d travelled so far. Shortly after we set off, we hit rough, when even the Aussies says max speed 45 km/t, you’re rough. The speed limit on most roads is 110 km/t, and the Aussies almost all do that, they’re not driving, but flying from corrugation top to corrugation top. Northern Territories calls this stretch of road for Highway 6, Highway?
And for the more hardcore, a longer video:
The rough lasted about 50 km and was a great experience (No Sharon, I’m writing this blog, I decide what to write). After that it became more like the Great Central Road.
When we reached The MacDonnell Ranges the roads were again bitumen and we took the scenic Namatjirona Drive towards Alice Springs. This is a valley between the high MacDonnell Ranges and a lower range on the right. But this also made this Bush different, it was pretty green, most likely because when it rains, rain runs from both ranges into the valley. We’ve crossed many rivers, all dry,
but here there was still a bit of water in several of the rivers.
Arrived pretty early at Point Howard Lookout and set up for the night. I don’t know how to say this, but it was another free camping at a beautiful spot overlooking the valley. Aussies please don’t read the following … close your eyes, so far we’ve seen amazing places here, it really is a beautiful country, even the desert.
We arrived pretty early in Alice Springs on the 15th of May, checked in at the campsite Alice Springs Tourist Park. We’re been driving quite a bit, so we’re ‘resting’ here for 3 days.
Then we had to look up two repair shops to sort out some minor problems with the motorhome. Went shopping in Coles, fortunately they had the same prices as in Perth, OutBack prices are cheap if it’s only double price of Coles. So we stocked up on water, tin food and other items we needed.
Then in the evening we wanted to celebrate, that Sharon has endured me for 44 years, looked at a few places, but ended up in a bistro in a club, a very loud club, but we both had lamb shank slow cooked for 12 hours, it was delicious, we’re pretty wacked when we got back and edged into bed.
Today 16th of May, we woke up to rain again and it’s supposed to rain all day today and tomorrow. Apparently, Alice Springs has on average 2,4 days of rain in May, we got the two days 😊Like a good friend commented, at least you get a different experience than most visitors to Alice Springs.
So the day so far has been spend washing, red earth is beautiful, but it does get in everywhere.
13th May 2026
Yesterday 12th of May, we got up early and drove towards Uluru to catch the 0713 AM sunrise:
We got out to the spot designated to sunrise viewing, and there were hundreds of other people. Above us the sky was clear, but out in the east, there were scattered clouds. We all stood in excitement, but the sun never really came through and 0747 AM everyone had left again (suppose they went home to get breakfast).
The sun did catch the edge of Uluru at one point, but it was not the stunning view from the evening before:
But, we had been up early, so we had breakfast at the foot of Uluru:
Afterwards we had a little walk around the foot of The Rock, we also went to see the famous Mutitjulu Waterhole:
The rest of the afternoon we had to get the motorhome repaired. A protective cover in front of the gas bottles had fallen off. We heard it, stopped but not knowing all the bits and pieces of the car, we could not see anything wrong. While at Uluru I suddenly noticed, so on the way back we were on the outlook for the missing protective cover. Lo and Behold, we found it. It was battered, so I took it to the only repair shop in Yulara. Unfortunately he was too busy to fix it for us, however he found out we were Danish, his dad is Danish and his surname was Johannesen, so we’re practically brothers, as he put it, and so we got it fixed anyway 😊
So we only drove a little way out of Yulara, and camped overnight at Curtain Springs Station. Taking our age into consideration, it had been a long day, so come evening, the beds seems to be screaming pretty loud in the background and since we had neighbours, we had to comply.
Today 13th of May, we left Curtain Springs Station and drove towards ginty’s lookout, where we had planned to stay tonight.
We drove past Kings Canyon, where we stopped at had a walk into the canyon:
Afterwards we drove out to Ginty’s Lookout, where we had planned to stay the night, it is another beautiful spot, with this view out our front door (our only door):
And now it is dinner time …. (hope to continue another day)
11th May 2026
On the 10th we left Warakurna Roadhouse and headed east towards Northern Territories.
It was again a long stretch in desert, the road and the landscape did change a lot, from almost no vegetation to almost forest, the video below shows some of the differences from Warakurna Roadhouse going East towards Northern Territories, where the video stops just as you can see The Two Olgas 80 km in the distance.
Today 11th of May it had started to rain in the night and it continued well into the morning as we woke up.
We had reached bitumen road (that is what the Aussies call it, it’s simply paved road), the tyres were given the appropriate PSI and we started to drive east and marvelled at The Two Olgas as they slowly towered in the horizon, not many tourists see it from this side as most come via Yulara
As we reached The Two Olgas the Road Trip was paused and we became tourists and indulged in the views. We could flood you with pictures, but here are two favorites:
We found the only camping ground in Yulara (and they know it, the price was accordingly), with good facilities.
It had been cloudy most of the day with drizzle of rain. But towards the evening Sharon said, we’ll go out to he Uluru (Ayres Rock) to see the sunset. By some miraculous coincidence The sun did come out just before it disappeared in the west horizon.
Now I’ve always thought that Uluru was a nice sight, but it really is a different experience when you get to see and feel this enormous rock, standing there in lonely majesty in the desert, we got some really good pictures of The Rock:
And then suddenly it was over, almost as with the switch of a light.
Tomorrow tourist state continues, and we’ll try and be at The Rock at sunrise and then explore a bit before resuming Road Trip mode.
9th May 2026
Today was another long drive, we passed the South Gibson Desert. We arrived early at Warburton Roadhouse, where we filled diesel at $ 4,25 pr. liter. This roadhouse also functions as a supermarket for the local Aboriginals living in the township of Warburton, which was right next to the Great Central Road, but we’re not allowed to enter the town.
And Hurrah we finally saw some wildlife, albeit imported wildlife by the European explorers, suddenly there was a flock of Dromedary (or as the Aussies call them Camels):
Later a single camel was suddenly walking alone along the road on the other side, it went into the desert before cameras were loaded and ready to shoot:
We went on to Warakurna Roadhouse, where we booked a camping site, treated ourselves to a hot bath and a cooked Beef Pie dinner.
8th May 2026
Here is a little update on our Australia trip. Days are quite busy, Driving 4-5 hours, packing the motorhome in the morning, driving including inflating and deflating the tyres, Paved roads 40 PSI and 2 wheel drive, corrugated roads 30 PSI and 4 wheel drive high, later if we enter beaches 15 PSI 4 wheel drive low. Then in the afternoon, setting up the motorhome, clean it, the beautiful red dust gets in everywhere!
On the 6th of May we did a long drive through the mining country, and we ended up on a camping site Niagara Dam, where a lot of people were camping.
On the morning of the 7th we drove through a “Ghost Town” Kookynie, and from there to Laverton, we took a backway, not even on the GPS, this was the first time on corrugated roads and we deflated the tyres to 30 PSI, when we again hit paved road upped the PSI to 40.
We stopped shortly at Laverton, then drove onto The Great Central Road, and did 52 kms to Giles Hideaway. Once again we were alone on a beautiful camping ground:
Today the 8th of May, we really hit the The Great Central Road, driving from Giles Hideaway, stopping at Tjukayirla Roadhouse, before we drove east. We have stopped at an old quarry, where we’re allowed to camp, once again we’re all alone here.
The road is mostly corrugated roads in pretty good condition, the motorhome easily does 80 km/t and the suspension takes most of the rattling from the road.
The land is desert, but quite green, with a varied lot of trees, bushes and grass. But apart from, what looked like a rabbit, which may have been another small mammal, which quickly ran across the road in the distance, we’ve not seen any wildlife.
We’re getting the experience we, mostly likely I, expected, driving in one of the most remote places in the world, just experiencing the nothingness of the vast deserts, it is magnificent.
6th May 2026
It has been a while since I wrote. But not because nothing has happened 😊
We finally picked up the motorhome in Perth on the 4th May. We got it 1100, and I had to deliver our car to the rental place at the airport while Sharon was packing the car, but mid afternoon we hit the road.
https://youtube.com/shorts/dd3d50E3jBk
We’re sort of following highway 94 east from Perth towards the Great Central Road. And on the 5th May we reached Lake Julia and stayed at Turkey Hill just by the lakeside. It was beautiful and peaceful:
Shortly afterwards just before 1800 the sun went down, and it felt like Mother Earth used the Moon to wish us a good night under the stars, that are so bright, that you feel you could reach out and pick them.
Today the 6th of May, we drove a long distance towards Laverton, after 412 km we ended up at Niagara Dam Nature Reserve. We arrived after dark, so we’re looking forward to see where we are in the morning.
We have travelled a lot during the days, the land we’ve travelled so far is called the Wheat Belt until we today reached Kalgoorlie, which is a rich town due to the mining, and it has a colonial look.
where it changed to the Goldfields. The nature has slowly shifted from farmland to bush with mines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMPc4Rhurww
Driving though farmland and mining country on highway 94, we have seen many beautiful birds, including parrots many around our motorhome, but not much other wildlife, But we expect that to change in the coming days.
2nd May 2026
We arrived in Australia last Sunday. Have rented a house in Warnbro.
We have spent the time, both with some relaxing and preparing for the motorhome trip. The food selection here is different than at home and we have to plan to have food for a few days, since we cannot count on being able to shop every day and the motorhome does not have a freezer (only a small one for Sharon’s ice cream). We have got water (many of you have pointed out, this is important) and different foods. We now feel ready to go on Monday, where we pick up the motorhome at 1100.
We actually on Wednesday dropped by WAexperts, where were hiring the motorhome, apparently our van had just come back from a rent and Brendan was washing it and cleaning it up. The van is a few years old now, which suits us great it is ready to be used. We had a peek into our home for the next 109 days – it is not big, so we’ll get to know each other even better, the fridge was bigger than expected, which was a pleasant surprise.
I’ve picked up the Starlink, the power bank and the solar panels and have been testing it out the past few days. It looks like this is going to be a winning combination, even if we’re in the outback, we’re going to be connected, which is a convenient addition.
Will be back Monday (for the boys, looking forward to take this 5.8 V8 monster on the road, It’s fitted with brand new outback tyres and new battery).
13th April 2026
To travel from Laverton to the North Territory border and from the North Territory border to Uluru, we need 3 permits from the Aboriginal people. We have now got those permits these are the permits:
Laverton to Tjukayirla Roadhouse 9th May – 11th May
Tjukayria Roadhouse to NT border 11th May to 13th of May
NT border to Eluru 13th May to 18th May
We’re ready
12th April 2026
Due to the situation in the world, we’ve had to rearrange our 2026 trip to get to Australia, the plans are now:
21st April Copenhagen – Bangkok
22nd April to 26th April in Bangkok
26th April fly Bangkok – Perth
26th April to 4th May Warnbro (south of Perth)
4th May to 20th August motorhome
https://waexperts.com.au/vehicles/dove-4wd-motorhome-79-series-toyota-landcruiser
20th August to 23rd August Perth
23rd August fly Perth – Bangkok
23rd August to 31st August Bangkok
31st August fly Bangkok – Copenhagen
Sharon & Leif Australia 2026 