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Surveyor's General Corner Part 5 Abandoned Section of the ...

Continuing the story :- We had reached the corner markers and made our way, through extraordinary pretty country to Warburton....

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 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,...

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,...

2013 Trip Preparations for WA and NT

One sleep to go…. I am getting very excited and impatient to once again be living in the caravan. This year, tomorrow (Monday 8th) we depart for a week in Mallacoota where ...

Surveyor's General Corner Part 4 An objective achieved

July 2012. We are now away from the tourist buses and heading down the Great Central Road driving West and about to pass through some of the prettiest scenery you can ...

Surveyors General Corner Part 3 Beautiful Colours and not ...

We are now at Coober Pedy after a fabulous journey through the Gawler Rangers (part 1 Gems of SA) and then North via Goog’s Track (part 2 Sand and Gravel)....

Western Australia Trip 2012 – Part 15 : Cape Arid to Canberra

. Our first afternoon in the Cape Arid NP was spent exploring the area around the camping areas. We had a look at the older “Council” campground, that is closer to the beach,...

Surveyor's General Corner Part 1 South Aust'n "Gems"

Our objective on this trip was to visit yet another significant point on the Australian continent, the last of the North, South,...

West Wyalong 27.1.13-28.1.13

The drive to West Wyalong confirmed that we were again in deep wheat and sheep country. The paddocks are so huge! West Wyalong was settled as a result of the discovery of ...

My SAC Hits the High Country

Posted originally by me on aulro.com.... What’s a SAC? It’s my Short Ass Car, a 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 all modded up which means it has A/T tyres and that’s it....

Omeo, the Bogong High Plains and Dinner Plains Track

Omeo is a very nice little town a couple of hours and a world away from the East Gippsland Coastline, steeped in history and with lots of things to do and see on its doorstep....

Western Australia Trip 2012 – Part 1 : Canberra to Port ...

. Getting started on a trip is often the hardest part of the whole journey, and this trip seemed to be especially hard to get going....

A few days in the WA Wheatbelt

Our family was well overdue for a little getaway in the bush. So we set aside a few days midweek during the recent school holidays and simply hoped to get a few nights ...

Port Augusta, Painted Desert, Dalhousie, Innamincka etc....

Account of Trip – Port Augusta, Painted Desert, Dalhousie, Innamincka etc. August – September 2012 On this trip we were going to Port Augusta for a conference before ...

Burnin up some diesel - Gibb River Road Blog

Gibb River Road Please check out the pictures section as i am having trouble including them in the bliog.i will put them up later today....

Courage, Endurance, Mateship, and Sacrifice

An anniversary passed a couple of days ago marking 70 years since a defining moment in Australian history, the Kokoda Track campaign in the jungle of Papua New Guinea....

Exploring England 2012: The Lakes District in Cumbria – Part 1

. Cumbria in the NW corner of England includes the Lake District National Park, an area just 30 miles across, that contains England's highest mountains and some of her ...

Exploring England 2012 - around Cambridge.

. During the start of our trip out to Cambridge we really thought the wheels were falling off. First we had to get to Cambridge....

Karlamilyi (Rudall River) - DISCOVERY - The reward for ...

Saturday 7th July, 2012 DQB, Rudall River Today was simply a great day, a day of discovery and the feeling of elation that comes with it....

Talawana Tales - West to Midway Well, Capricorn Roadhouse ...

Tuesday 3rd July, 2012 Talawana Track west of Georgia Bore It was a racing breakfast this morning to enable us to be on the track nice and early. Once underway,...

Exploring England 2012 - London

. Heathrow at 6.00am saw us rather bleary-eyed but buoyed by a mixture of excitement and trepidation. The anticipated customs delays did not eventuate,...

Tibooburra, Sturt National Park campsites and Cameron Corner.

This part of our trip had long on my wish list of places to explore and finally we were on our way, having decided to take the Silver City Highway past Packsaddle Roadhouse ...

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....

2011 BIRDSVILLE - THE DOG FENCE - SILVERTON

Via ... CORDILLO DOWNS ROAD, INNAMINCKA, THE DIG TREE, BORE TRACK, CAMERON CNR, STURT NP and the FENCE LINE TO SILVERTON Wed 7th September – Sat 22nd September ...