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Off we go again. Just had the long range fuel tank installed and off to pick up hubby from work. Not a six pack drive I must add....

Day 1,2 & 3 - Home to Coober Pedy

G’day everyone, We finally arrived in Coober Pedy today at 4.30pm after a very LONG drive from Murray Bridge. Day 1 Friday – We left home at about 1.30p....

Arkaroola to Coward Springs, Oodnadatta Track 17/9/11

The road from Arkaroola to Copley was better than the road out to Blinman. We had a re-stock of supplies at Leigh Creek and then we headed to Lyndhurst for a final fuel stop ...

South West Queensland - The Dowling Track and Kilcowera ...

We have just returned from 8 days in the south west corner of Queensland. We were picking up on some activities that we missed when rain caused us to abort our planned trip up ...

Port Fairy to Mannum 10/9/11

We clocked up 605km's today trying to dodge persistent showers along the South Australian coastline. The highlight for the day for young John was seeing the wind farms along ...

Escaping hospice for another bush camping adventure

After a pretty rough few weeks with Eric's health we are hoping to get away again up into the Murchison, Gascoyne or Pilbara next week....

Wildflowers of the West & other...

Perth – Walga Rock – Coalseam – Perth Friday 2nd September 2011 A big drive today – Hoping to get to Walga Rock by nightfall and it’s raining in Perth....

Wellsa's Western Adventure MK2

Day 37 - Wednesday 31st We had a problem with the first s

Birdsville Track – What is there to See Along the Way?

One of Australia’s important Stock Routes was to become a legendary track and today nearly 150 years later since it was first opened, is as important now as it was then....

Kayaking in the Simpson Desert.

High on the list of most four-wheel drivers “to do list” would be a Simpson Desert crossing. Those that do the crossing will either fall into one of two categories and we ...

Our Anne Beadell adventure

Hi to all. We are heading off in 2 weeks to do the Anne Beadell Highway and I thought I would write a blog as we go but as I have never blogged before and have limited computer ...

Nearing the 5 week mark....

http://norrisoutbackadventures.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/nearing-the-5-week-to-go-mark/ Nearing the 5 week to go mark The weekend just gone was Shaun’s Birthday,...

Our Return to the Cooper - It just gets better August 2011

After our first visit to the Cooper Creek Ferry site in June 2010, it was one Outback destination that we had to return to....

Rockhampton Home Show & Caravan and Camping Expo

Friday 26th to Sunday 28th August 2011 LOCATION: ROCKHAMPTON SHOWGROUNDS OPEN: Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 9am-4pm COST: Adults $8, Seniors $6,...

Theft in the Bush? - A word of Caution on Credit Card Fraud

Theft in the Bush? – A word of Caution on Credit Card Fraud Over the years of travelling in the bush and the outback we have never suffered losses from theft,...

Oppurtunity available

We are looking for one person (or a couple) to join us at Tjukayirla Roadhouse, Great Central Road as roadhouse attendants (casual) for a couple of months....

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New Ford Ranger Challenge - Finalist

First review by journos is here http://www.caradvice.com.au/138988/ford-ranger-review/ They are mighty impressed as I was. just under 5 days voting to go....

Preparing Your Portable Invertor Generator for Long-Term ...

It’s extremely important when generators are stored for extended periods of time that they are stored correctly to ensure the long term reliability of the generator....

Winter holiday to Ningaloo, Mount Augustus and the Murchison

In July we zoomed up the Great Northern Highway from Perth to South Lefroy Bay at Ningaloo Station. Phil had reserved Campsite 19 for us so all we needed was the right weather....

Road Trip to Broome Part 4 - Broome and the trip home

Tuesday 12th July to Friday 15th July – Broome Broome was lovely. The weather was glorious and we all had a great time getting to know the town....

Our Uluru and Kings Canyon trip in the Quantum

Our Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kings Canyon trip turned out to be a wet and muddy affair. What we thought was the dry season turned out to be a very wet one and we were lucky ...

Road Trip to Broome Part 3 - Karijini to Broome

From Karijini we drove back up to Auski for a top up and grabbed some roadhouse lunch to have on the go. Observed the sign to Wittenoom, with Wittenoom deleted,...

Road Trip to Broome Part 2 - Karijini National Park

Tuesday 5th July That was the first of our four nights at Karijini National Park. It rained a little overnight, again, and was still damp and drizzly in the morning....

Road trip to Broome Part 1 - Perth to Karijini

Saturday 2 July, 2011 Finally, the day is here. We’re off to Broome (via various stops along the way). The visitors are here, the trailer is packed,...