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Stopped at: London, United Kingdom
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Weather check: Clear 15.9C
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Kieran: Our amazing Australian adventure is at an end 
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Kieran: We’ve landed in London and now on the tube, adventure nearly at an end
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Weather check: Clear 10.0C
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Stopped at: Singapore, , , Singapore
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Weather check: Clouds 27.9C
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Stopped at: Mascot, Bayside Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 22.4C
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Passed through: Alexandria, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Kieran: Stopping for pastries before heading to the airport 
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Shweta: Cooling off at the Fernery 
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Break at: Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Sydney, , New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 20.2C
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Weather check: Clear 16.1C
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Shweta: Ready to climb the bridge 
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Kieran: Exploring the Barangaroo Reserve in Sydney 
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Kieran: Toasting the end of our time on the road in Australia 
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Shweta: An afternoon well spent exploring the convict site at Cockatoo Island 
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Stopped at: Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 18.4C
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Passed through: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Milsons Point, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Balmain, Inner West Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Woolwich, Municipality of Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 19.9C
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Passed through: Balmain East, Inner West Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Kieran: Other stops for this ferry; Greenwich Point and Woolwich!
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Kieran: On the ferry from Circular Quay to explore Cockatoo Island
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Break at: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Kieran: Final mileage check as we drop off the van 9055km (5626mi) 
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Kieran: We’re going to miss camper van life 
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Shweta: Thar she blows! 
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Kieran: Where it all began - Cook’s landing point in Botany Bay 
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Kieran: Squeezing in an early morning coast walk before returning the van
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Stopped at: Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 16.3C
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Shweta: Just seen this campsite in Gunning, sadly we will be in a flat tonight 
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Kieran: Taking over the driving from Shweta for the last 200km back to Sydney
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Stopped at: Mount Adrah, Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Weather check: Rain 18.1C
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Passed through: Tarcutta, Wagga Wagga City Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Little Billabong, Greater Hume Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Table Top, , New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: South Albury, City of Albury, New South Wales, Australia
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Shweta: Stopped in rest area to find it flooded! 
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Passed through: Wodonga, City of Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: East Wangaratta, Wangaratta Rural City, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: Violet Town, Strathbogie Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: Locksley, Strathbogie Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: Wandong, Mitchell Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: Wallan, Mitchell Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: Airport West, City of Moonee Valley, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: Malvern East, City of Stonnington, Victoria, Australia
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Shweta: M3 to Ringwood, but sadly no M27 in sight!
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Weather check: Rain 16.5C
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Passed through: Pakenham, Cardinia Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: Pioneer Bay, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Shweta: We bid goodbye to our final camp.. 
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Passed through: Cowes, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 15.3C
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Stopped at: Ventnor, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Shweta: Watching the Little Penguins waddle home from the ocean to their burrows is simply magical! 
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Kieran: Waiting for the penguins to emerge from the sea for the night on Phillip Island 
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Shweta: Would you call this gentrification of Victorian horse and cart laneways? 
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Kieran: Cooks’ Cottage in Melbourne - transported brick by brick from England! 
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Kieran: Home away from home - St Pauls Cathedral in Melbourne 
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Kieran: Eagle eyes will spot the St Albans line - is there really rail all that way!? 
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Kieran: Victorian items still visible in the old Melbourne arcades 
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Weather check: Clouds 15.0C
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Stopped at: Summerlands, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Shweta: Driving on the M1 & it feels like all of Australia’s 25 million people are on it!
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Shweta: Getting immersed in the local coffee scene with iced coffee,panela & wattle seed 
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Stopped at: Melbourne, City of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 17.7C
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Kieran: Terrible traffic in Melbourne but we’re now parked and exploring the city
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Break at: Laverton North, City of Wyndham, Victoria, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 14.0C
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Passed through: Point Cook, City of Wyndham, Victoria, Australia
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Shweta: Towering trees-some 300 years old & ferns at Mait’s Rest temperate rainforest in Otways 
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Kieran: Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road today 
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Kieran: The Australian natural version of London Bridge did fall down! 
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Kieran: Most things forbidden on the trails… except snakes! 
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Stopped at: Werribee South, City of Wyndham, Victoria, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 12.1C
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Break at: Highton, Greater Geelong City, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: Anglesea, Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: Lorne, Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Break at: Apollo Bay, Colac Otway Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 13.3C
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Stopped at: Yuulong, Colac Otway Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Break at: Princetown, Corangamite Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: Port Campbell, Corangamite Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Shweta: Good morning Tower Hill, if only your London counterpart looked this good! 
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Weather check: Clouds 8.7C
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Kieran: After over 7,000km on the road the smell & sound of the sea is divine 
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Kieran: Today’s amazing find en route - a beautiful waterfall! 
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Kieran: Out on the trail today we find koala tracks! Their maker proved elusive however 
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Kieran: Mileage check - an epic 7,322km (4,550 miles) covered so far!
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Weather check: Clouds 10.0C
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Stopped at: Warrnambool, City of Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
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Shweta: From silo to silo; many of these murals date back to the 1930s 
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Passed through: Illowa, Moyne Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: Port Fairy, Moyne Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: Orford, Moyne Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: Hamilton, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 11.4C
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Shweta: We stopped for a brief break and were delighted by a wildflower meadow! 
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Passed through: Wannon, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Passed through: Coojar, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Break at: Pooginagoric, District Council of Tatiara, South Australia, Australia
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Passed through: Bordertown, District Council of Tatiara, South Australia, Australia
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Passed through: Keith, District Council of Tatiara, South Australia, Australia
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Passed through: Tintinara, Coorong District Council, South Australia, Australia
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Passed through: Coomandook, Coorong District Council, South Australia, Australia
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Passed through: Tailem Bend, Coorong District Council, South Australia, Australia
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Passed through: Monteith, The Rural City of Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia
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Shweta: Lapping up Handorf; the oldest surviving German settlement in Oz (1839) 
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Passed through: Mount Barker, Mount Barker District Council, South Australia, Australia
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Passed through: Mylor, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
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Passed through: Cleland, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
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Kieran: Morning sunshine falls upon Adelaide, seen from Mt Lofty summit 
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Weather check: Clouds 8.7C
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Passed through: Crafers, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
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Kieran: The whistle of a camp kettle at dawn - the definition of bliss on a cold morning 
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Kieran: Dawn temperature here in camp is 3 degrees!
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Weather check: Clouds 8.2C
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Kieran: Only fire in camp still burning 
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Kieran: Every good camp needs a fire 
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Stopped at: Piccadilly, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
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Shweta: Kieran hand feeding Kangaroo friends in Adelaide Hills 
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Kieran: Shweta meets Stephen, a bush fire survivor who was too injured to return to the wild 
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Break at: Crafers, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
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Passed through: Cleland, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 12.4C
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Break at: Cleland, , South Australia, Australia
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Kieran: Exploring the beautiful buildings of Adelaide 
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Stopped at: Adelaide, Adelaide City Council, South Australia, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 9.8C
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Stopped at: Piccadilly, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
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Kieran: View of the Flinders Ranges from the Arid Botanic Gardens in Port Augusta 
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Shweta: Visiting Lake Hart salt lake on the Stuart Hwy 
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Shweta: Have just seen section of 5300 km of dingo fence
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Kieran: The “lunar” landscape of our camp in mining country 
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Kieran: A mining poem from Coober Pedy 
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Weather check: Clouds 28.2C
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Stopped at: Coober Pedy, District Council of Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 31.7C
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Passed through: Coober Pedy, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Kieran: Emus at the roadhouse! 
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Shweta: The first of its kind in the world, ASSOA used radio as an invaluable remote teaching aid 
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Kieran: Meeting a 7 month old “Joey” at the Kangaroo Sanctuary 
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Stopped at: The Gap, Alice Springs Town Council, Northern Territory, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 28.8C
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Passed through: Desert Springs, Alice Springs Town Council, Northern Territory, Australia
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Stopped at: Connellan, Alice Springs Town Council, Northern Territory, Australia
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Stopped at: Stuart, Alice Springs Town Council, Northern Territory, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 24.7C
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Passed through: Braitling, Alice Springs Town Council, Northern Territory, Australia
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Break at: Stuart, Alice Springs Town Council, Northern Territory, Australia
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Kieran: Where it all began in Alice Springs 
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Shweta: The legacy of comet impact 145 million years ago at Tylers Pass 
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Kieran: Outback fuel stations are sometimes just a shipping container 
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Kieran: Hiking in Ormiston Gorge yesterday 
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Stopped at: Mount Johns, Alice Springs Town Council, Northern Territory, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 25.5C
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Passed through: Braitling, Alice Springs Town Council, Northern Territory, Australia
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Break at: Gillen, Alice Springs Town Council, Northern Territory, Australia
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Break at: The Gap, Alice Springs Town Council, Northern Territory, Australia
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Passed through: Gillen, Alice Springs Town Council, Northern Territory, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 31.2C
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Kieran: "Go out in your country where the land meets the sun where the craters, the canyons and the waterfalls run"
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Shweta: Just a normal sign in the outback! 
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Stopped at: Alice Springs, Alice Springs Town Council, Northern Territory, Australia
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Passed through: Arumbera, , Northern Territory, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 20.8C
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Kieran: A stunning hike through Ormiston Gorge today - when flooded the water reaches 7m high!
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Weather check: Rain 22.8C
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Weather check: Clouds 26.0C
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Kieran: The beauty of Simpsons Gap this evening where we saw Rock Wallabies 
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Stopped at: Mount Zeil, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 23.1C
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Kieran: Camped for the night under the stars at Ormiston Gorge
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Kieran: Welcome to Alice Springs! 
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Kieran: Shweta behind the wheel as we enter Alice Springs 
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Stopped at: Hugh, Alice Springs Town Council, Northern Territory, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 26.0C
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Kieran: After a hike, a cup of tea and digestive biscuit are mandatory - wherever we are in the world 
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Kieran: Planning for hostile hiking conditions is just par for the course out here in the Outback 
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Kieran: Potholes Outback style! 
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Kieran: Sitting down writing postcards - saw a Dingo (wild dog) roaming around the grounds of camp a few minutes ago!
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Shweta: Thoroughly enjoyed the rim walk at Kings Canyon-it’s a spectacular trail! 
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Weather check: Clouds 26.4C
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Kieran: Camped at Kings Creek Station tonight before exploring Kings Canyon on foot tomorrow morning
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Kieran: Hiking in Kata Tjuta today 
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Weather check: Clouds 23.9C
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Shweta: A bit of rain and wind makes for fantastic hiking weather 
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Kieran: About to hike the Valley of Winds trail at Kata Tjuta 
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Stopped at: Petermann, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 19.3C
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Shweta: First glimpse of the iconic Uluru/Ayers rock 
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Passed through: Petermann, , Northern Territory, Australia
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Weather check: Rain 18.0C
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Weather check: Clouds 25.7C
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Stopped at: Mutitjulu, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
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Passed through: Yulara, Yulara, Northern Territory, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 18.6C
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Kieran: Mornings in the Outback are a little cold… 
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Stopped at: Petermann, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 18.0C
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Break at: Figtree, City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Shweta: Waiting for the night sky to come alive with a glass of.. 
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Kieran: Aussie rules to road trip by 
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Break at: Petermann, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 15.2C
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Stopped at: Coober Pedy, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 13.2C
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Kieran: Have arrived in the Outback mining town of Coober Pedy; can see more stars from our camp than we’ve ever seen in our lives
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Weather check: Clear 16.4C
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Stopped at: Coober Pedy, District Council of Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 17.9C
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Stopped at: Arcoona, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Break at: Lincoln Gap, Port Augusta City Council, South Australia, Australia
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Passed through: Port Augusta West, Port Augusta City Council, South Australia, Australia
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Kieran: Fish and chip lunch in Port Augusta! 
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Break at: Port Augusta, Port Augusta City Council, South Australia, Australia
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Kieran: Grateful for the lovely hot showers in Burra this morning!
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Break at: Georgetown, Northern Areas Council, South Australia, Australia
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Passed through: Booborowie, The Regional Council of Goyder, South Australia, Australia
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Shweta: The Murray before crossing into South Australia 
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Stopped at: Burra, The Regional Council of Goyder, South Australia, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 7.4C
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Stopped at: Keri Keri, Murray River Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 15.7C
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Kieran: Huge wide skies here on the road West toward Adelaide - truly stunning 
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Stopped at: Tarcutta, Wagga Wagga City Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Coolac, Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Berremangra, Hilltops Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Manton, Yass Valley Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 10.4C
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Kieran: This was the view we were treated to in the Blue Mountains earlier today 
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Stopped at: Lade Vale, Upper Lachlan Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Weather check: Clouds 7.7C
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Passed through: Cullerin, Upper Lachlan Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Boxers Creek, Goulburn Mulwaree Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Paddys River, Wingecarribee Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Bargo, , New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Oran Park, Camden Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Shweta: Driving on the M4 > Great Western (High) way, some weekend activities never change!
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Passed through: Blaxland, Blue Mountains City Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 20.4C
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Passed through: Leura, Blue Mountains City Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Shweta: Spectacular sighting of adult and juv. Crimson rosella foraging among eucalyptus trees 
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Stopped at: Katoomba, Blue Mountains City Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Passed through: Blackheath, Blue Mountains City Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Shweta: “As soon as I saw you, I knew a grand adventure was about to happen” 
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Shweta: Down with the worst case of flu and wondering “how long will this last?” 
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Kieran: Feels amazing to be up close and personal with the Sydney Opera House 
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Kieran: Sydney harbour bridge sunset this evening - we’re climbing the outer arch later in the week! 
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Stopped at: Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 16.5C
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Break at: Kurraba Point, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 17.9C
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Kieran: The view from the lighthouse at Cremorne Point 
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Kieran: Hyde Park in the Sydney sunshine 
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Stopped at: Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Weather check: Clear 12.1C
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Weather check: Clouds 26.3C
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Shweta: Good morning Singapore, there is nothing like a hearty Laksa to start one’s day! 
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Weather check: Clouds 25.7C
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Weather check: Clouds 10.1C
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Kieran: Every great adventure starts with waking at an hour in which it is customary to still be asleep 
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Stopped at: Hounslow, United Kingdom
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Weather check: Clouds 8.1C
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Passed through: Brentford, United Kingdom
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Weather check: Clouds 17.3C
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Weather check: Clouds 16.6C
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Kieran: Nearly finished packing, the trip is starting to feel real now
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Weather check: Clouds 16.3C
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Stopped at: London, United Kingdom
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