There is no particular, just as they were recalled.
- Rohan flying his kite with the kites.
- Steve with no indicators all the way home.
- Ro sliding at Lake Eyre
- Turning around at Coober Pedy
- The campground at Marree...pretty ordinary amenities etc.
- The roast nights, particularly the first one.
- Second roast, with candles included.
- Walking in the mud and water in gale force wind at Lake Eyre
- Steve taking 5 attempts on Big Red
- View from the Top of Big Red
- Steve being thrown into 'disarray' by the decision to change plans outside Coober Pedy - he had his good 'going home' clothes on....he managed to adapt.
- Tyres up, tyres down, tyres up, tyres down...repeated.
- Mud road and rain at Mungerannie
- Farina Ruins
- Dalhousie mouse in the Disco's drawers at Mt Dare. - displaced mouse.
- Picking up the sleepers at Leigh Creek for firewood, that travelled all the way to Mt Dare.
- Milani and Crystal playing at Mt Dare
- Spa in the tank outside Marree
- Helicopter at the Cooper Creek Ferry
- Hilux attempting a sand dune in 2 wheel drive
- Broken Rohan :-(
- Ro providing the cuppa tea for Reve at lunch breaks
- Underground campground
- The Cathy and Mike tent saga, no fly, kids in strife.
- Snausage, Chip and Chippina our Australian Long Haired Rats
- Mozzie bites at Dalhousie - Rohan and Milani
- Dingo at Dalhousie
- Dalhousie springs, were too hot/cold or wet for Mike, he never quite made it in for a dip.
- Motel saga on the Saturday night in Adelaide
- Kerri and Nicola's sleepover with Toadette
- Closed sign at Birdsville
- Meal at the Birdsville Pub
- Flag raising ceremony
- Toasts to Col and Mary and Steve.
- Stef beached on Big Red
- Leadfoot Cleaver
- Stern words for the driver upon big black clouds from the Disco
- Rock collecting by Reve
- Poor Ska, left behind on the track to Lake Eyre
- Camels and dingo's
- Jaffy coming to dinner
- Bubble blowing
- Milani and Reve getting sea sick through the desert (sand dunes) and throwing up
- Ro with the planes, missiles and space junk at Woomera
- Kites (the birds) at our camps
- Stinking hot day at the Knolls
- Ro learning that Kites fly better with all the parts ON
- driving around Peterborough and the Peterborough Pub meal
- Repairing the tyre of a Supreme court judge
- Steve buying Kerri a mattress at Port Augusta
- Stef carrying Milani home from tea at Mongolian BBQ and Birdsville Pub
- Stef's toilet issues at Birdsville
- Group photos at many spots and the running photographers to make into shot.
- Stef on the post at Poeppel's corner
- Nicola on top of Disco to help get the gear down for Meg
- The Foxwing - we couldn't live without the Foxwing.
- Girls digging toilet tent, with all the improvements being rated
- Ro digging fire pits we couldn't use in windy weather and in hard ground too
- Providing water to the motorbikers
- All the stories of other travellers telling us how difficult the track was across the dunes
- exploding pepsi cans at Coober Pedy
- Attempting to get the knocked over Stuart Creek sign
- Leaking shocker
- Broken HF aerials
- Mike's big superior flag post
- Dalhousie springs - swimming in the rain
- Early morning swim
- Boys and girls rooms at William Creek
- Stef's song of the day
- Milani's "I spy"
- Milani and her t-shirt artworks
- Steve not enjoying Geelong's win or John's decorations on the Hi Lux
- Eringa waterhole - dead fish
- Dave at Mt Dare and his stories about vehicle recoveries and the floods
- Tyres going up and down - all the time
- Lake Caddiwirrabirracanna.
- Chairs in the artesian pool at Mungerannie
- Milani 'accidentally' falling in at Mungerannie...shoes, socks and all
- NO snakes at campsites
- Lizards on trees and bushes
- Mum (Meg) scared of mice
- Lizards on the road
- All the sunset and sunrise photos
- Corrugations
- Georgina Gidgees
- Flower photos
- Rat in swap and bite
- Young girl crossing the Simpson alone, with her car and pushbike
- Steve using 2.5 litres less fuel than Stef between Birdsville and Coober Pedy
- Steve using 27 litres more between Coober Pedy and Port Augusta
- Freezing rain at the BP near Calder Park on our first day out
- Cool playground at Swan Hill
- Milani in big bed with Mummy
- Story of needing a mattress, so we could beat Steve to Parachilna
- Mud between toes at Lake Eyre
- Reve and her jam
- Ro - red wine infused chocolate
- Glenlivet 12 year old scotch
- Mike's Bailey's Tokay
- Pepsi and Bundy for Kerri
- Pure Blonde not bad for a beer
- Cowboys are pretty good and popular too, more casks next time
- Broken Ro
- Lack of a firestick. Missed Col and Mary
- Kerri's history/navigations lessons
- Ro's Garmin control
- Speed of tent putting up
- Milani telling Ro to hitch his pants up.
There endeth the story of our Simpson Sojourn 2011.
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