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If taking a road trip is a great Australian dream, then driving from Darwin to Alice Springs through some of the nation’s most spectacular country in a camper complete with all the mod-cons, is the ideal way to make it come true.
We decided to take a week off, chill out and explore the heart of our vast brown land, it was a holiday unlike any other – jam packed with amazing experiences, breathtaking landscapes and colourful characters.
Our home for the next six days would be a beloved Maui motorhome. For a couple of 30-somethings it was perhaps an unusual choice for a holiday, but we were free, independent and able to go wherever the wind took us.
Our only restriction was off-road driving as we had the luxury model camper complete with toilet, shower and mini-bar style fridge, rather than the go-anywhere model.
And we had a plan. We’d tackle the 1500 kilometres of highway from Darwin to Alice, nicknamed ‘the track’ by locals, and visit some of the lesser known attractions along the way.
So with miles of open road in front of us, we were eager to put our van to the test in the arid surrounds of Central Australia and seeing the sights that we’d heard so much about - Devils Marbles, Daly Waters Pub, Barrow Creek and the Devils Pebbles were all on the agenda.
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