Bye bye Mogy, hello Mitsu

Hey everyone,

a new chapter begins as we decided to buy a different van.
Well, our run with Mogy is pretty hard to beat: $262 paid for repairs on more than 30.000km. We still cannot believe how reliable a van with now 477.000km can be.
Still, Mogy didn't have something Mitsu can offer us now: go onto 4wd and drive on every beach, dirttrack and 4wd only road to access places that where beyond reach before...

A last meeting of the two

 

 The new proud owners and Jan (we will probably miss the comfort and the poptop a lot)

Building a kitchen for Mitsu until late at night...

...to have time for a bbq during the day

Northern Territory - Big crocs and big rocks

Ready for a detour? It only took us 1531 km to get to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. A pretty reasonable distance for Australia ;-) But before we reached the "Rock" we had a couple few more things to see on our way...

...the giant "fairy tale trees" on the road...

...very beautiful rock pools with anstonishing views...

...huge termite mounts, taller than our little Mogy here...

...breathtaking views over the wetlands...

...and of course crocs :-)

Not only the crocodiles were hungry, also the Black Kites were reaching for the little pieces of meat.

Looks like a cemetery, but it is not. These "tombstones" are termite mounts.

This flying fox is chilling out and waiting for the sun to set.

Again a lot of water, perfect to cool down and relax.

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

 Kings Canyon

Devils Marbles

BREAKING NEWS

RIP SPIDERMAN

Today we have a truly sad loss to announce:

Our beloved van mate, Spider the spider, has tragically past away.

Was it the temperature up to 45°C in the car, was it the smoke of the mosquito repellent or was it just the lack of its enthusiasm and skill to catch flies? We might never know.

 

Thank you little spider to catch away some annoying flies!

NW Australia 3 - Karijini National Park

Having left the coast with its surf, coral reefs and marine wildlife behind, the road took us away from the ocean towards Karijini National Park. The beautiful gorges and rock pools with crystal clear water were very welcome due to the high temperatures. As you can see in the following pictures, we had a great time exploring Karijini.

NW Australia 2

Welcome to part 2 of our North-Western Australia tour. It has already been 2 weeks since we have left WA but the long distances and the poor coverage in between didn't allow us to update our blog at once. Anyways, we have some beautiful impressions which we can share with you now.

Sharks!! Little cute ones which we have seen in Coral Bay, no 3m away from shore. But these little fellas were not the only wildlife we have seen.

Another highlight was watching a turtle at night laying her eggs.

Yes, it is in the middle of the night, but thanks to our camera, we got this nice shot :-)

After having digged for ages (or so it seemed) the turtle layed approximately 100 eggs into the little hole. Later she burried them carefully so they are save from heat and preditors.

You can also spot them during the day time. This was the most "turtlish" beach we have ever seen. Turtles swimming near the shore, mating, playing, swimming or even chilling out in the sun.

That's not a turtle, that's Bine at the secret turtle beach.