Pete Johns - Blog entries of the highest uptodateness

Now… where was I? Adelaide? Really? It must have been a week since I last put this laptop to any reasonable use, then! Shocking behaviour! Honestly.

The YHA at Alice Springs comes highly recommended. Not only does it have super-quiet air-conditioning that keeps the bedrooms nice and cold all day (and night) long, it has a lovely swimming pool in the garden that is just right for a mid-afternoon dip to cool off when the fluid in the thermometer has passed the fifty degree line marking the end of its calibration!

Of all the places in the World for my camera to finally give up the ghost, The Red Centre of Australia would have to be about the worst: home to some of the most amazing landscapes that I shall ever see and absolutely no way of getting a replacement. I was not a happy camper on Thursday evening!

The car, you’ll be delighted to learn, is doing very well indeed. It has been driven a serious distance along Australia’s highways since I last updated this log.

We eventually left Mildura with an apparently fully-functioning car shortly after noon. The staff at the motel were all very good and understanding, which was very nice indeed.

It is not often that I write for this blog while I am sitting outside, but this morning is one such occasion. The sun is reflecting off the motel’s swimming pool, the bright blue sky is dotted with little fluffy clouds, K’s dozing in bed (this motel has great black-out curtains) and I’m sitting a table in my shorts and t-shirt tapping merrily on my laptop.

Where the Hell is HAY?

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged about what we’ve actually been up to, so I thought I’d take the opportunity as K is driving along Hume Highway to catch up and try to get back into the habit of blogging more frequently. As I was saying to my friend S in Sydney the other evening, I like having a place to share my thoughts and experiences with friends and family (and, heck, anyone who wants to read it). Some people I know would rather send such information by email, but that assumes that all of the recipients actually want to read it. I don’t wish to be so assuming, and so leave the onus with you guys to visit this page (or subscribe to one of its feeds, which is less of a burden), that way you can pick up the story where and when you like (if at all). The blog, of course, also serves as a diary, so I can look back and see what I’ve been up to. If I recall correctly, my memory used to be much better than it is now.

"We are about to re-enter the Zone of Unpredictable Connectivity"

We’re in Sydney!