Sharon & Leif Australia 2026

9th May 2026

I dag var igen en lang køretur, hvor vi passerede den sydlige del af Gibson Ørkenen, vi ankom tidligt til Warburton Roadhouse, her fyldte vi diesel til 4,25 pr. liter. Dette roadhouse fungerede også som supermarked for den lokale Warburton Aboriginal befolkning. Der var mange af dem, som kom ind og handle medens vi der. Vi må ikke køre ind i selve Warburton.

Men lidt under 100 km fr Warakurna Roadhouse så vi en flok dromedarer:

Og senere, gik der pludselig en enlig dromedar langs vejkanten i den modsatte side:

Today was another long drive, we passed the Southt 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 dessert 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 6^th 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 7^th 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:

https://youtu.be/jBSj7Tk82vg

Today the 8^th 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 dessert, 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 desserts, 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 5^th 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 6^th 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 9^th May – 11^th May

Tjukayria Roadhouse to NT border 11^th May to 13^th of May

NT border to Eluru 13^th May to 18^th May

We’re ready