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Lance & Marion's 2013 Trip

Only 5 days before we head north for the vast desert spaces of Australia's outback via the Oodnadatta track, East and West MacDonnells around Alice,...

Burton's Perth to Cape York - Home Valley to Barnett River ...

We were not unhappy at leaving Home Valley. The crowding, perpetual banging of toilet and shower doors, the cold water etc etc meant it was time to hit the road....

Walking Canning Stock Route: Defying Adversity

Walking the Canning for a good cause Hi everyone, My name is Pam Armstrong the co-ordinator of the 'Canning Stock Route" walk to raise funds and awareness for people who have ...

Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled (Part Five We Continue ...

We have visited this area three times, in 2002, 2004,and again in 2008, each time traversing the Gibb River Road and the Kalumbaru Road,...

Defying Adversity Walking the Canning Stock Route

Hi Everyone, The ''all women'' team is in training for the longest walk undertaken by a group of middle aged women ever...the Canning Stock Route....

Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled (Part two The Western ...

Planning the trip across the Anne Beadell Hwy, Connie Sue Hwy, The Gary Hwy and back via The Gary Junction Rd brought up some interesting challenges....

Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled (Part one Intro)

This series will be based on our many travels across the continent, but because of the digital support will relate mainly to the last five or six years....

Following the Big Wet - 2011 Trip – Part 9: Mulgaria Run - ...

. Farina lies north of Leigh Ck, about half way to Marree, and has an interesting history. The area was originally proclaimed a town in 1878 and named “Government Gums” ...

Rob and Jo's Oz trip Blog 9 - Bungles & Tanami

Friday 20th August – Saturday 21st August 2010 The weather was soooo hot and humid in Kununurra. First time we have really felt the heat....

Wiluna to Telfer via Gibson Desert (Photos + Route)

Left Wiluna at 10.15am heading east. Stopped for lunch @ 1ish until 2.30pm at Wongawol Creek. There is a great campsite here on the nor

Canning 2010 - Nurgurga Well to WA-NT Border

After trying unsuccessfully to locate water at the soak, we set up camp nearby. We had been lucky with rain during the trip, but last night we got wet....

Canning 2010

We are preparing to commence our trek up the Canning Stock Route tomorrow. The plan is to travel to Well 33 or if all is going OK, up to Well 36,...

Darwin - the families are here

The men are a bit disappointed they have finished Stage 1 of their trip and the male bonding experience. They are already planning their next male bonding trip along the ...

Gibson Desert - Through the crazy sandpit & another ...

Nipper Pinnacle (just) It was clear but cold morning to emerge to with a bit of a breeze up. The fire was roaring though and a cup of tea and a couple of jaffles ...

My Tour of Duty to Lightning Ridge

These days, I seem to be blending more work trips with family visits. With a 97 year old grandmother in a nursing home just walking distance from my parents home in North ...

Canning Stock Route 08

Background info. The incident has some background which in fact precedes the start of our trip from Erldunda south of Alice Springs. Our trip started with the Gunbarrel Hwy....

August/September 2009 Trip - The Gary Junction Road,...

We were now on the Gary Highway and the Gary Junction Road heading east towards Alice Springs. It was not long before we found that we had a problem with the long ...

August/September 2009 Trip - Wolfe Creek Crater,...

Our mate Chris was to meet us here at Halls Creek after he’d spent some weeks in the Pilbara. That night in Halls Creek we managed to make phone contact with him to discover ...

August/September 2009 Trip - Durba Springs to Kunawarritji

The cliffs glowed bright red in the morning as we packed up our camp and continued on our way back to the Canning. Durba Springs had seemed like an oasis of peace to us and ...

August/September 2009 Trip - Beulah to the Canning Stock ...

2009 Canning and Kimberley Trip The first part of our trip took us over familiar territory through Hopetoun to the Patchewollock road then Walpeup and the border of SA at ...

Pat Callinan's 4x4 Adventures filming blog 17- Bush to the ...

BARRINGTON TO THE BEACH The contrasts couldn't have been greater. After spending months on the dry and barren Canning Stock Route and Red Centre, we landed in paradise....

Pat Callinan's 4x4 Adventures filming blog 14- Canning Stock ...

Hello everybody ! We made it !!!!!!! We have emerged from the Canning Stock Route with a swag of memories, a tonne of dust and plenty of opportunites for self development ...

Pat Callinan's 4x4 Adventures filming blog 13- Canning Stock ...

CANNING STOCK ROUTE WRAPUP It's the ultra-marathon of the Aussie 4WD movement, the mighty Canning Stock Route. The trip that will have you doubting your own ability even ...

Gary Junction Road

The Gary Junction Road (also called the Kintore Road, Desert Road or WA Border Access Road) is now a major outback highway providing an essential link between Alice Springs ...

Pat Callinan's 4x4 Adventures filming blog 6- Mrs 4x4(aka the ...

Hello everybody ! We are still in sunny Kalgoorlie finalising things before we head off up the Canning Stock Route in this morning....