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Survival with Bob Cooper CSR Well 1

Right now as I type this we are in the middle of a great session with Bob Cooper on outback survival. 45 people turned up to the event conducted at Well 1 on the Canning Stock ...

Running along the Gunbarrel Hwy

Well this morning we decided to keep up with the fitness and headed out for a 15km run. It was so cold the hands froze....

Arrived at Wiluna

After a long lunch stop at Sandstone and chatting with members on the way to our gathering we had an easy run into Wiluna arriving at 3.50pm....

Made it to Sandstone

We have moved well today and are currently having lunch at Phillip Lefroy Park. We will move on today either to camp short of Wiluna or at the Laager.

...and we're off again

It's 4.40am & we've left. Hopefully we'll make it a bit further than yesterday! Had the coldest day this year in Perth so it was nice to be back in our beds instead of a ...

...and we've left!

A late start to our departure (too many reasons to list) but we are finally headed to Wiluna ...oh but as I type David has announced he forgot the shovel so we have just turned ...

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 ...

Outback NSW Tourism Symposium 2010 - Lightning Ridge

Michelle Martin, co-director of I.T Beyond Pty Ltd., and Sales & Marketing Director for ExplorOz, flew from Perth to Sydney on Friday 19th March and then travelled by road to ...

Martin Family East Coast Trip

We spent Xmas 2009 in Sydney to be with our families and when planning the trip decided to tack a whirlwind Gold Coast theme parks and Sunshine Coast exploration trip onto the ...

2010 National Gathering Logistics Planning (a camping trip to ...

OVERVIEW: This trip was planned purely for the purpose of attending a meeting with the Wiluna Shire, and owner/operators of Gunbarrel Laarger - Travellers Rest to discuss ...

Outback NSW - March 2009

The circumstances arose for this trip when ExplorOz was invited to exhibit at the Outback NSW Tourism Symposium in Wentworth NSW and it was agreed that the only logical way for ...

Ningaloo Trip Report - Part 2: Day 1 - Day 3 (Perth to ...

Saturday 28th June Day 1: Left Perth 9amish in convoy with Kuipers family towing CT whilst we towed our 6m boat – fully loaded with provisions for 4 weeks remote camping....

Ningaloo Trip Report - Part 1: Overview

This year, we have only planned one major trip - and rather than a touring trip which is simply too tiring to call a "holiday",...

Ningaloo Trip - Food Inventory

Below is the list of all foodstuffs that I packed for our 4 week trip to Ningaloo. Note - I anticipated that I would restock at a major supermarket once....

Food Additives - Update

I've just received my newsletter from Additive Alert - containing interesting news about companies that are changing recipes to reduce known harmful additives,...

My ANZAC connection

I just thought I'd share a bit of my family history as today is rather significant for a person with the surname Jacka. I was born Michelle Jacka,...

Chardae's Birthday - 24th April

Our youngest daughter Chardae turned 4 years old yesterday. We are so proud of her. We had a lovely cuddly morning unwrapping presents, talking to Nanna on the phone,...

Hot Air Ballooning

Yesterday David went hot air ballooning in Northam - what a beautiful day. Only David flew - I had to babysit the kids,...

Additives in the foods we eat

At my kids school this week I attended a talk by Julie Eady - author of a book that has been out for a couple of years called "Additive Alert" which has just been released in ...

Rottnest Island

After a year of waiting since making our booking and paying in full for our accommodation, we have just enjoyed a 5 day holiday on Rottnest Island....

Mid-West Trip

Although this trip has just been cancelled due to ill health of one of our party, the route we had planned was rather interesting so maybe we'll do it some other time....

Holland Track, Eastern Goldfields, & Cave Hill Woodlines

Travelling in convoy again with family friends the Kuipers, this 9 day trip started on Thursday before Easter and finished on Friday 15th April....

Ningaloo Coast - Incidents & Illness

Yes - there were 2 incidents to talk of, and we've learned from them both. The first incident involved a fishing hook - the type with a triple barb attached to a lure....

Ningaloo Coast - Overview of Preparations

For those that have read our Tasmania Trip Journal covering the events of our 2004/2005 field research trip, you will fully appreciate the reasons why the ExplorOz Field ...

Ningaloo Coast - Day 3

Departed Lyndon River camp at 8.40am after a nice breakfast of toast and coffee - having become coffee officianos, we now take a perculator,...