Bad Parenting 101

What do caring parents do when confronted with a sandy road littered with hundred million year old monoliths of such importance that they are a national treasure? Why, let the kids drive, of course...

The boys loved being behind the wheel.

The open road called to their inner rev-head.

However, it was Ava who proved herself to be the true hoon. She's going to fit around here just fine.

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Ava poised by the emergency exit, showing little confidence in her brothers' skills behind the wheel.

There's an old sailors trick when taking a photo at sea - point. This gives the impression that there is something of extreme interest just out of shot and you can later show the photo around and say 'This is where we saw the whale/shipwreck/mermaid/rapidly approaching supertanker'

Lonan and I are not doing this trick. I am pointing out that Lonan is going to hit that very large rock ahead of us. Lonan is (helpfully) agreeing with me...