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Black Head - Gerroa - New South Wales - Australia

Black Head at Gerroa on the South Coast of New South Wales is a picturesque and tranquil part of the coastline, making it very popular with artists and photographers....

Dryandra Woodlands, Perth & bush camp near New Norcia....

Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th May (2 nights) Dryandra Woodland. Congelin Campground. $5 pp (concession). Near Williams. We have spent two wonderful days here,...

The Kimberley - Exploring the Drysdale River, Petroglyphs,...

Thursday 29th July Barking Owl Camp, Drysdale River The Kimberley WA Our mission fo the day was to scout downstream ion teh quads to identify any points further ...

Mudgee to Darwin via Adelaide and return via Borroloola and ...

Just getting all the planning in place for the big trip, leaving July for about 6 weeks. So far our rough itinerary includes Kapunda, Marree, Oodnatta track, Mt Dare,...

The Pilbara - Carrawine Gorge, Running Waters (Eel Pool) and ...

Monday 28th June, 2010 Newman ncluding the odd camel and more th

The Kimberley - To the Carson River and Drysdale Escarpment ...

July 23rd 2010 Barking Owl Camp In the shadow of the Drysdale Escarpment With Joc a fair way behind us, it was a reasonably leisurely start to the morning with us ...

The Kimberley - The Gibb River Road (Bell & Galvans Gorges) ...

July 22nd, 2010 Drysdale Station Camp Ground The day began with breakfast by the fire before quickly stowing the gear and heading off along the Gibb through some of ...

The Gibb River Road - Into the Kimberley

July 21st, 2010 Dog-Chain Creek, the Kimberley Today we commenced our trek into the Kimberley and the many jewels in the Kimberley crown....

Yachtie's Travels

Well finally we have left on our journey around Oz. Our rig consists of a Discovery 4 and Roma 20 ft caravan. Our travels will take us west from Brisbane through Toowoomba ...

Millers Point,Kalgan River, Coalmine Beach,...

Monday May 6th. Millers Point. Camping fee $7.50 p.p. p.n. collected by caretaker. I was hoping to wake to blue skies today but it was not to be....

2013 Tour Availability

I thought I'd give you all an update on the status of our tours for 2013 Our 21 Day Kimberley tour starting June 1 in Alice Springs has plenty of available spaces but ...

The Gulf & NT Adventure June 2013 1

Well into preparations for our yearly June/July adventure, this year "Darwin via the Gulf", including the "Great Top Road" Have not done any of this in the past so I would ...

Simpson Desert and Batten Hill Trip, 2007- Part 10 Coongie ...

. Back at Innaminka we refuelled before heading out to Cullyamurra Waterhole, where we found another big beautiful stretch of water....

Simpson Desert and Batten Hill Trip, 2007- Part 9 Birdsville ...

. After a hot Birdsville night we made our final farewells the next morning then packed up in preparation for the next stage of this journey. Before we left though,...

WA's Beautiful South West- Kumarl Siding, Esperance,...

Monday 29th April. With our companions deciding to head to Kalgoorlie for a few days, John and I had a lovely day enjoying our last few hundred kms of the Nullarbor....

Simpson Desert and Batten Hill Trip, 2007- Part 8 Dalhousie ...

. It was even colder next morning when our still-wet towels and swimmers crackled with ice, so we decided against another swim. Besides,...

Simpson Desert and Batten Hill Trip, 2007- Part 7 Alice ...

. We had a slow start the following morning but by 10.30 we were driving past the airport and dropping our tyre pressure once we were on the gravel....

Simpson Desert and Batten Hill Trip, 2007- Part 6 Exploring ...

. Now it was time to literally move on and enjoy the next stage of the trip with Kevin and Megan. We had a good run out from Batten Hill and along the Plenty Highway towards ...

Simpson Desert and Batten Hill Trip, 2007- Part 5 Mount ...

. Next day the scientists and their volunteers arrived, about a dozen people, excited to see their new camp and keen to get out into this new area....

Simpson Desert and Batten Hill Trip, 2007- Part 4 Ngarra ...

Having reached Kevin and Megan’s camp at Ngarra Ngarra Swamp near Lake Caroline we attempted to make contact with Batten Hill, only to find, as Kevin had already discovered,...

Simpson Desert and Batten Hill Trip, 2007- Part 3 Excursions ...

. It was a big and diverse group of people who gathered for dinner that first night. Lindsay Bookie was supported by Jol Flemming and some others who had a good knowledge of ...

Streaky Bay and Nullarbor Adventures (Week 3)

Week 3. From Streaky Bay to West Oz. On Monday morning (22nd April) we packed up from our overnight camp at Pildappa Rock near Minnipa....

Simpson Desert and Batten Hill Trip, 2007- Part 2 William ...

. The road between William Creek and Oodnadatta was rough and corrugated in places. The country was very dry and brown and we wondered what the occasional cattle that we saw ...

Lyndhurst Area - South Australia

At the junction of the Oodnadatta and Strzelecki Tracks around 600 kilometres north of Adelaide in South Australia, is the small community of Lyndhurst....