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Lucas family OUtback Adventure Part 19

Well, here we go - our last instalment of our fantastic 14 week trip!! After leaving Emerald we travelled to Injune, and let me tell you if you are planning on stopping here ...

Lucas family OUtback Adventure Part 18

and no-one we spoke to really knew anything about Porcupine G

lucas family OUtback Adventure Part 17

Ah Karumba.... here we come. We took off from Gregory Downs and made it for coffee and morning tea at the Burke and Wills Roadhouse,However, on a

Lucas family OUtback Adventure Part 16

Next stop... Camooweal- thanks to a great tip from fellow Explorozers we found an excellent free camp spot at the Billabong....

Lucas family OUtback Adventure Part 15

Disappointingly left Kadadu as so many places were closed, so we moved on to Katherine. The first afternoon we went to the Katherine Hot Springs,...

Lucas family OUtback Adventure Part 14

We moved on out of civilisation (Darwin) and headed for Kakadu. Along the way we went on the “Jumping Croc Cruise” on the Adelaide River....

Lucas family OUtback Adventure Part 13

We reluctantly left Litchfield National Park, but as Wangi Falls was still closed we headed for Berry Springs, which we had been told was even better than Mataranka. However,...

Lucas family OUtback Adventure Part 12

Well, as you can see there are no pictures of Mick with any sort of Barra to speak of …. So we’ll just leave it at that. Our 4 nights at Woolihana were a lovely br

Lucas family OUtback Adventure Part 11

Monday 9th April we moved on from Banka Banka and headed for Mataranka. ON the way we stopped at the iconic Daly Waters Pub for lunch, the burgers are massive!...

Lucas family OUtback Adventure Part 10

Very sad to leave the West Macs as they were absolutely stunning – we will definitely be coming back here one day to further explore the other gorges....

Lucas family OUtback Adventure Part 9

I'm sorry, it's been sssooooo long - but we have been in and out of signal, and not very reliable. But we have been to some absolutely fantastic locations....

Lucas family Outback Adventure Part 8

After leaving Algebuckina Bridge we were on our last leg of the Oodnadatta Track. We Stopped at the iconic Pink Roadhouse at Oodnadatta for lunch, the driest town in Australia....

Lucas Family Outback Adventure Part 7

Since our last instalment we have covered alot of this Great country. After leaving Wilpena Pound we stayed a couple of nights at Alpana Stn, just outside of Blinman....

Lucas Families' 3 month Outback Adventure part 6

After leaving Boundary Bend we again found another excellent spot at Merbein Common. Now, if you go here don't be tempted to pick a spot on the first few river accesses,...

Lucas' Family Outback Adventure Part 5

4th and 5th March we stayed put in Echuca and FINALLY the sun came out. We visited the Golden Cow Dairy Farm where we learnt about irrigation and watched the cows being milked,...

Lucas' Family Outback Adventure Part 4

I know, it has been a few days since we have last updated our blog. We had quite a good day sight-seeing at Cobar and if you have a day, I would recommend it,...

Michelle Lucas - bush poetry update to 09/03

Off on our Outback Odyssey today, Lunch at Ebor Falls on the way, Petrol at Tamworth then off to a friend's, BBQ at Curlewis Day 1 at an end....

Lucas Families' 3 month Outback Adventure 3

Day 1 - home to Curlewis via Ebor. I would not recommend this road AT ALL. Road works, cattle and cattle trucks on skinny windy roads, with 3 children prone to car sickness??...

Lucas Families' 3 month Outback Adventure 2

Well only 5 sleeps to go now and panic has set in. What have we forgotten, what haven't we done? part fear and trepidation and part excitement....

Lucas Families' 3 month Outback Adventure part 1

Only 7 sleeps to go and 5 more days at work before we embark on our 14 week adventure to Darwin via the Murray, Flinders, Alice, Ayers Rock,...