The three stooges outback adventure

Over the next few entries I would like to share with you an amazing trip by three friends to the center of Australia. My friends are Gauchita and Sesilia who are also bloggers. All three of us have always wanted to explore our vast homeland, which people call Australia. We have heard and read about how amazing Uluru is and how it is a must do. Most people fly to Uluru, but that is only part of the experience. We wanted an adventure... We wanted a road trip!

So there we have it a Uruguayan, Vietnamese and Filipino travel party of Australians on an epic adventure to the outback.


The plan was break the trip into several distinct stages.

Stage 1 - Sydney to Dubbo
Stage 2 - Dubbo to Broken Hill
Stage 3 - Broken Hill to Coober Pedy
Stage 4 - Coober Pedy to Uluru

In total over 2500 kms would be required to get all of us to 'the rock'.

Map showing the planned waypoints for our adventure

Our rationale was to rotate the driving to avoid fatigue. Break the trip up to avoid night travel as in Australia a Kangaroo hit will disable your vehicle in an instant. The car of choice, was our Volkswagen Golf Wagen Turbo Diesel.

In preparation for this trip we took some precautions namely:

• Spare fuel (20 L of extra diesel) - in the outback the spacing of petrol stations can be problematic. Hence, extra fuel was carried just in case.
• Kangaroo whistle - as mentioned above, an accident with a kangaroo will disable your car. Our trip will be across lots and lots of 'Roo country'
• Tyre pump - in case we need to pump up a flat. This model bought can inflate a tyre in 10 mins and was compact enough to hide away
• Tyre puncture kit - was carried in case we needed to do a running repair
• Satellite phone - Australia's mobile coverage is impressive along the major roads, but there are hundreds of kms of road that are just black spots. A satellite phone is a must for any calls for help
• 20 L of water - this is very important when traveling to the outback
• Toilet paper and hand sanitizer lotion - need I say more
• Spare oil - was needed as VW diesels need a special grade of oil for the engine.

Roo whistle installed on the car prior to our trip