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Sydney to Perth Day 13

Just out of Northam we rang Glen, our friend from the Yungarra Estate in the Margaret Valley we met last year. He was now living in Scarborough,...

Sydney to Perth Day 12

We were certain that our run of bad luck with the 4WD was a message that we needed to stop a while and do some maintenance and work on our business plan for ExplorOz....

Sydney to Perth Day 11

It's amazing how much work you can do while driving. Our ideas over the last year have finally come together and we can't wait to get to Perth, setup a home office,...

Sydney to Perth Day 10

Dave went windsurfing - I took photos and videoed a big family of aboriginal children who were keenly watching the sailing. They were very enthusiastic....

Sydney to Perth Day 9

We had a windy arrival at Fowlers Bay this morning after stopping in Ceduna for shopping, email and phonecalls. The shops were only open for 4 hours and we timed it right....

Sydney to Perth Day 8

Continued driving. Got stopped by fruit inspectors and had to eat about 10 plums (couldn't bear to see them thrown out). We drove 520km today and stopped just outside Ceduna....

Sydney to Perth Day 7

Well, we survived... did you? We drove on today but only made 150km (bit tired). Ate more oysters, drank champagne and David cooked steak topped with blue cheese and bacon!...

Sydney to Perth Day 6

Eve of the New Millennium... we were driving to Broken Hill and not sure of what we'd be doing tonight. We arrived at BH a bit after lunch and decided we were somewhere ...

Sydney to Perth Day 5

We had a long morning drive to Wanaaring on soft red dirt that was flooded on both sides of the road. It seemed that the further west we drove the wetter the conditions (yet,...

Sydney to Perth Day 4

We had a lot of kilometres to cover to get to Innamincka by Friday and it was finally sunny. We checked the Bureau of Meteorology website and listened to local weather reports ...

Sydney to Perth Day 3

It rained all day. We used clippers to cut Scott and David's hair. I got food poisoning from eating left-over octopus from Xmas Day (Mum had wrapped it up but our fridge ...

Sydney to Perth Day 2

The intensity of the build-up to New Year's Eve was boring us completely - we were taking the view that nothing would happen. (Yeah,...

Sydney to Perth Day 1

If you are one of the many thousands that has been reading all about our travels for the last... wow, its nearly 2 years,...

Fraser Island

We've always wanted to go to Fraser Island and this was our first visit. Once you actually get there you realise you'll have to make another trip to get to see it all - it is ...

Carnarvon Gorge

Someone should have told us about Carnarvon Gorge a long time ago! It's one of the best National Parks in Australia. Firstly Carnarvon Gorge isn't really near anywhere....

Central Queensland

The "Matilda Highway" is the name for the connection of highways from Karumba on the Gulf of Carpentaria to Bourke in country NSW....

Ayers Rock (Uluru)

It was through talking to people that we learned a few tricks about travelling to Ayers Rock (Uluru). The National Park entrance fee is $15 per adult and is valid for 5 days....

Finke River to Boggy Hole

After our walk we decided it would be a nice time of day to be driving along the Finke River to Boggy Hole so it was about 4....

Alice Region

Arriving in Alice Springs we were excited by having both mobile phone service, collecting over a month's worth of mail and the huge variety of shops!...

Plenty Highway

The Plenty Highway really doesn't begin until you reach the NT border but to get there we had to travel from Boulia in Qld along the Donohue Highway....

Birdsville to Boulia

It's 179km to Bedourie, but it's about a 2 1/2 hr trip on the dirt. In fact, all roads coming into our out of Birdsville are dirt and none are really suitable for conventional ...

About Birdsville

Birdsville could be called Australia's last frontier town. Lying on the edge of the Simpson Desert in an area surrounded by 2 desert regions it is extremely isolated but ...

Simpson Desert Day 5

The drive out of the Knolls was bumpy and slow across the hard gypsum until we met up with the French Line once again. The final 40km of dunes to Poeppels Corner was probably ...

Simpson Desert Day 4

The 53km of French Line from the Colson intersection to the Erabena intersection took an incredibly long time, for no other reason than the dune run ups are quite bumpy (thanks ...

Simpson Desert Day 3

This morning, after the mandatory dip in the hot springs, we agreed to begin our desert trek and thankfully we were the first of the camp to head out....