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06 Jan 09 - Surfing the Spinifex - What it's like to make your own tracks across the desert. - Video
03 Jan 09 - How to get your 4x4 out of an eroded gully in the absolute middle of nowhere! - The video.
28 Oct 08 - The Hunt Oil Road - Remote area travel at its best - Track condition and trip report
24 Oct 08 - The Spectacular Rudall River National Park - Some history, highlights and places.
01 Oct 08 - The Border Track , Wyperfeld and a retreat to Hopetoun
30 Sep 08 - West through the Station Country to S.A. and the Tarawi Nature and Chowilla Game Reserves
29 Sep 08 - Exploring the Darling Anabranch Lakes - Nearie Lake Reserve, Travellers and Popio Lakes
28 Sep 08 - Murray Sunset National Park
27 Sep 08 - Murray Kulkyne National Park
26 Sep 08 - Murray-Kulkyne National Park
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Rest day at the Desert Queens Baths - Rudall River WA
Submitted: Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 at 00:00
Desert Queens Baths
Rest Day
Camp at the Desert Queens Baths
Leisurely start to the morning although the decision to down the 2nd bottle of white by the fire last night was somewhat regretted this morning. Breakfast of Jaffles before heating up a bucket or two of water and doing a load of washing. It was hard to find two trees close enough together to stretch a clothes line between but managed to find two gums down on the creek about 100 metres away. It was a bit of a walk but well worth it. I found a large rock to sit the wash bucket on which saved bending at least. Second thing on the agenda was cleaning and tidying the mess in the vehicle. All went well and after clean up and reorganizing of the drawers, I found myself with a lot of extra room, particularly in the shelf system.
Australias most outback clothes line?
A tentative decision has been made to spend more time here on the ATV’s and perhaps forgo the Wapet track till another time. Scott and I then fixed the yellow camp light which had ceased to operate the night previously. Multimeter diagnosed that the switch had burnt out so I had a spare which we jury rigged. Then moved on to the versa-lite and after massacring the switch, found out that the lead had parted right at the cigarette plug end. New lead coming up.
We decided to unload the ATV’s and found that Scott had staked one of the rear
tyres
on his machine. The location was soon identified and plugged so we’re even in the puncture stakes on the ATV’s at least. Went rode over to the cave on the other side of the valley. A hairy climb due to all the loose rock but managed to climb and
Scotty near the cave - Broadhurst Ranges
then negotiate our way back down again. We then followed the Rooney Creek intending a search for the series of waterholes that lead to Claytons Rockhole. We managed several kilometers in an easterly direction until we hit the un-ravaged scrub. This forced us south to the base of the Broadhurst range once again which we followed back collecting firewood along the way. The burnt off spinifex revealed the signs of a long unused track, perhaps the mythical track that leads down to the Rudall Perhaps the legends were true, where it goes though will have to wait until tomorrow.
View across the devastation to our DQB Camp.
As we sat enjoying the late afternoon sunset, 10 vehicles arrived to top off the other four that had arrived during the day. By the way they drove in, I had a feeling no good would come of this. Sure enough, all bleep and on their yearly trip up from the Kalgoolie area. We’d been chatting with another group of two couple from north of
Perth
and the two couples from Jarra pool. These blokes have started the noisiest generator known to man and despite being over 200 metres away, it will be impossible to sleep. It must be bloody loud at their end because they have to shout at each other to be heard. It’s 9:00 p.m. now, I’ll give them till the end of my typing and then I’ll be over to ask them to turn it off. 4,500 km traveled to enjoy the serenity of this place to have it ruined by 22 inconsiderate blokes (harsh language removed!!)
Collecting wood along the way
The cave across the valley from DQB
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All Entries July 2008
17 Jul 2008 - Expedition into Yandagooge Gap - Rudall River NP Day 1
14 Jul 2008 - Our first Rudall expedition - Day 2 and then on to Desert Queen Baths
18 Jul 2008 - Expedition into Yandagooge Gap - Rudall River NP Day 2
11 Jul 2008 - Back in Rudall River Again - Tjingkulatjatjarra (Tjarra) Pool WA
19 Jul 2008 - Expedition into Yandagooge Gap - Rudall River NP Day 3
10 Jul 2008 - On the Puntawarri - "An extremely Isolated & treacherous track" or so the legend says!
20 Jul 2008 - Expedition into Yandagooge Gap - Rudall River NP Day 4
09 Jul 2008 - Savory Creek, 78 km west of the Canning
02 Jul 2008 - Into the unknown - The Gibson Desert & Mount Madley W.A.
08 Jul 2008 - An eventful day at Durba
13 Jul 2008 - Our first Rudall expedition - desperate donkeys, fools gold and unmapped mountains!
07 Jul 2008 - Calvert Range to Durba Springs
25 Jul 2008 - Sandy Blight Junction Road - Sir Frederick Range & on to Mt Ebenezer Station
05 Jul 2008 - Yowyungoo Gorge, Mungulu Hills WA
24 Jul 2008 - Sandy Blight Junction Road - Day of bush welding
04 Jul 2008 - Spinifex Camp Approx 2km north east of Burrabudingu Soak, Little Sandy Desert WA
30 Jul 2008 - Into the Simpson - East on the French Line
03 Jul 2008 - Unnamed Rockhole - Little Sandy Desert WA
21 Jul 2008 - A night at the Rocky Knoll & Clarence's lucky escape - Wapet Track WA
01 Jul 2008 - The cleared line (21 km west of Eagle Highway) WA
12 Jul 2008 - Exploring the northwest edge of the Throssell Ranges (Rudall River) - Turtle Rockhole
29 Jul 2008 - Down the Ghan Heritage Trail to Charlotte Waters.
16 Jul 2008 - Desert Queens Baths - exploring the Broadhurst Ranges, Rudall River WA
26 Jul 2008 - Alice Springs - Saturday 26th July to Monday 28th July.
15 Jul 2008 - Rest day at the Desert Queens Baths - Rudall River WA
23 Jul 2008 - Sandy Blight Junction Track NT
06 Jul 2008 - Constance Headland to the Calverts
22 Jul 2008 - Gary Junction Road to Kiwirrkurra WA
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