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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)....

Surveyor's General Corner. Part 2 Sand and Granite

We left the Gawler Ranges exiting along Yardia Road stopping at the quaint township of Minnipa before heading towards Ceduna. We enjoy Ceduna,...

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,...

Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled (Part 7 The final entry)

This will be the last in the series of ‘Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled’ and so I will look at one of the many great tracks in Tasmania and then a quick trip back to the ...

Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled (Part 6 Sydney The Long Way)

A trip to Sydney driving up the highway… No way, so how to get there and enjoy the drive. Finding an alternative route was easy as I had previously read of such a trip in an ...

Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled (Part Five Concluding the ...

Kalumburu is about 270 klms north of the Gibb River Road and although our party turned south from King Edward River in 2008,...

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

We had just registered at the Mt Barnett Roadhouse and driven the 7klms of the washed out track to the Manning Gorge campground....

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,...

Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled (Part Four Beaches South ...

For those of us lucky enough to head into the North - West of WA Broome is often the mecca of our destination, especially if it is our first time. It is a great destination,...

Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled (Part Three The Pilbara)

The Pilbara region as well as being the largest shire in Australia, would have to be one of our favourite regions. Each time we have visited this area the enjoyment we have ...

Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled (Part two A The flora of ...

Natures Garden: This is a follow up to part two of our experience in the Great Victorian and Gibson deserts following the len Beadell Roads....

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....

Acacia Puece near Boulia.

This short blog is in response to Stephen L's recent post on the Forum re this unique Australian Acacia. In 2010 we traveled north of Birdsville heading towards the Plenty ...

Lake Eyre and then where? (Part 5 National park Gems West of ...

A few years ago we were told of a lovely undeveloped beach town just north of Maryborough Qld. It has always been on our books to call in and have a look-see....

Lake Eyre and then where? (Part 4 The Sandstone Belt and a ...

The road into Salvator Rosa is part of a circular 280 klm (approx) tourist drive,for most, drivable by 2wd but best suited to 4wd....

Lake Eyre and then where? (Part 3 Western Qld Towns and ...

It was obvious to us that from Birdsville we would need to head east towards Windorah but from there it was to be where the whim of the day took us....

Lake Eyre and then Where (Part 2 Lake Eyre and Birdsville ...

WARNING This blog contains nostalga. We should have stayed longer at Grindell's Hut but we were looking forward to our flight over Lake Eyre and needed to restock our ...

Lake Eyre and then where? (Part 1 The Flinders Ranges)

Home after a three month trip overseas we landed back in Central Victoria in the middle of June. Now for the last 10 years we haven't spent winter at home and my wife,...

Gallipoli Visit

Usually at this time of the year we are heading either north or west, but somehow I've been convinced that overseas was the go....

Darwin via the Dirt (part 10 "Natures' Garden")

Our trip through the Davenport Ranges NP ( see previous blog - part 4) was surely one of the highlights of our 2010 trip....

Darwin via the Dirt (part 9 Gorges, Lizards,...

Our plan had been to camp at Leichardt Falls 60 klms east of Burketown but we didn't quite make it and stayed the night at Burketown instead....

Darwin via the Dirt (Part 6 Darwin and Environs)

Having completed the trip out of East Arnhem Land and back onto the Stuart Hwy we were anxious to reach Edith Falls, but first a necessary stop in Katherine to restock on ...

...To Darwin and back on the dirt (where ever possible)

This will be a short synopses of our 3 month trip(to be followed by more specifics in later blogs). Left central Vic 15th June making our way to Tibooburra via River Murray,...