Wayne, Rick and I went to the zoo on Monday 15 Feb, what a great day out.  The weather was great and the animals beautiful, I mean real animals not Wayne and Rick :o)

Well some pics of who and what we saw - how quiet:

Then for the more serious

We also managed to catch up with the family - Wayne argues it is on my side, but I think with the dark hair it is on his side.

And at last an Ozzie local or two.

We arrived back in Adelaide on Sunday after travelling a total distance of 6,700 kilometres! We had a fantastic time, and camped at some really nice camp sites. All had hot showers available which was refreshing after a day in the car.

Max and Shadow also enjoyed the trip, and as soon as we reached 110 kph, they both fell asleep, and only woke up when we slowed down or drove over cattle grids.

We managed to leave each day by 8am, and reached all but two destinations before nightfall. We thought that we would post a few pictures of some of the sights that we saw along the way. You can click on each picture to view it in a separate window.

WILDLIFE

GENERAL VIEWS

These are just a taste of some of the spectacular views that we encountered:

DOGS

That's all for now...

Leonie and I are planning a trip to Perth, Western Australia in December with our two Jack Russells.

The trip to Perth alone will take 4 days, and we will cover a round trip distance of almost 6,000 km over a 12 day period.

We will be driving through the famous  Nullabor along some of Australia's best cliff top scenery, stopping off to take in the sights.

We will be camping overnight at the following locations:

• Ceduna, South Australia (see here)
• Border Village, Western Australia (see here)
• Norseman, Western Australia (see here)

until we reach our destination in Perth at the end of day 4. Then we plan to spend a few days in Perth catching up with some friends as well as doing the touristy things.

Then we head back on the long trip home which takes us via Albany and Streaky Bay before arriving back in Adelaide.

We are excited and hope to take lots of pictures of the scenery and wildlife (along with Wayne's usual weird shots) which we will add to our blog after we get back.

Here is a  picture taken on our new Pentax compact digital camera (sadly our little canon Ixus packed up) of a recent sunset - taken in our back garden at around 8pm:

This may be the last post for 2009, so check for new posts soon.

Love to all,

Wayne & Leonie