Back in September my partner and I took our yearly holiday, this year was to The Red Centre!
On DAY ONE we travelled from Boggabri (MY hometown) to Broken Hill a whopping 988 kilometre trip leaving at 5am we arrived at Broken Hill around 4 ish.
Checked into the FABULOUS Palace Hotel and went out to explore the place a little as we were moving on the next day…
These trees were everywhere on the road to Broken Hill, we just had to stop and take photos (I Thought it was so funny and a good way to break up the long boring drive!)
Also there is a ridiculous amount of GOATS on the side of the road, they seem to be car smart and we didn’t see too many dead ones on the side of the road.
THIS is why I booked the Palace Hotel!
The rooms were also reasionably priced, I do love a bit of pub accommodation!
The Sculpture park is also worth a look its about 10 k’s out of town.
DAY TWO – BROKEN HILL – MAREE (Via The Flinders Ranges – 953kms)
Day Two we awoke bright and early (6.30am) and headed off to the South Australian Border…
Its quite flat and boring, we spotted alot of Kangaroos, Emus you know he kind of stuff that the foreigners get excited about!
Well I get excited about THESE kind of things!
A random Hills Hoist in the middle of no-where.
Naturally we stopped and checked it out, we didn’t have any old clothes to leave though.
After that the scenery got quite pretty around the Peterborough area, well greener and more hilly, I was excited about the old homestead ruins!
Time was pushing though and I never got the chance to photograph any.
We hit the Flinders Ranges about lunchtime, so we stopped and had our ham and cheese rolls out of the ARB fridge then decided to go for a drive through the ranges we checked out the Bunyeroo/Brachina Gorge areas (STUNNING)
I absolutely adored the Flinders Ranges even though I had no service!
Stunning, stunning place!
After the Flinders Ranges we continued onto Maree and into the vast expanse of the desert were diesel got dearer and dearer.
The best part about this drive?
THE RUINS!
We stopped at nearly everyone so I could take photos.
We nearly hit an Emu outside of Maree and finally just as the shadows were getting longer we arrived at The Maree Hotel.
DAY THREE – MAREE – COOBER PEDY VIA THE OODNADATTA TRACK (372km)
A shorter day today (Kilometres wise), Day Three was the Oodnadatta Track!
It was very lonely on this road and the first time we saw another vehicle was about halfway through!
Yes I hate the UHF aerial being on my side of the car obstructing my photos!
The Oodnadatta track was in GREAT condition when we drove it, I could have drivin my little Mazda 2 on it easily and it had some great attractions on the way.
Lake Eyre
Hot Springs
Old cars that made great photo ops.
And of course ruins from when they were building the Telegraph line.
We stopped at the famous William Creek Hotel
Where diesel was $2.25 a litre!
In Coober Pedy we stayed in an underground hotel and had dinner in an underground restaurant!
Scarlett Photography 