My Blog - equinox

In the Hands of Providence - William J. Peasley

For people interested in the story of Explorer David Carnegie a facsimile edition of "In the Hands of Providence" has just been released....

Lake Barlee and the Arctic Cat 700 Diesel Quad Bike

Camped near the northern shoreline of the Mount Elvire Peninsular, I pondered about the task I had in front of me. Looking at the map on my desk at home I had at first thought ...

Mad Max 2 Filming Locations

Just outside of Broken Hill in NSW are some locations that were used in the film Mad Max 2. A few kilometres north than the town of Silverton,...

Not Beyond Approach - A Quest for Mount Unapproachable.

Docker River was my departure point. I had arrived yesterday afternoon and after a brief tour of the town I camped in the local campground just west right before sunset....

Baxter Cliffs, Hampton Tableland and some Western Nullarbor ...

The turnoff from the Eyre Highway was about 85 kilometres out of Balladonia Roadhouse, on the right as you head east and I arrived there just before 11am....

Holland Track Pictorial (Gnarlbine Rock to Broomehill)

Here are some pictures taken whilst traveling from Gnarlbine Rock to Broomehill along existing tracks. This is approximately the route taken by John Holland & Co....

Unfinished Business

We had camped near a small creek system near the top end of the Tanami Track, about fifteen kilometres south of the Great Northern Highway....

Journey to Dragon Tree Soak

Looking at maps of the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia there is a remote nature reserve near the centre of it. This is most apparent in high scale maps,...

Western Desert Meanderings 2010.

From the Great Central Road and Warburton we headed north along the Gunbarrel Highway, or what is now called the Warburton North Road. We being myself and my father John....

The Fair Maid of Perth, and how the Gibson Desert was Named.

The "Fair Maid of Perth", the horse that accompanied explorer Alfred Gibson to his death is not named after Western Australia's capital Perth, as is sometimes thought,...

Western Desert Meanderings 2008

This trip/journey report covers some of the desolate interior of Western Australia and the associated routes to and from the capital city of Western Australia, Perth....

Western Desert Meanderings 2007

The mining town of Newman was my departure point for my planned trip into the Gibson Desert. I had arrived there in the morning and spent a few hours looking around some of ...