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Created: 26 May 2020 19:10

Station Ruins, May 2020, Southern Flinders Ranges A glimpse of what was thought to be cropping country from c 1870-1920 ..but the rains stopped. It still produces sheep....

Simpson Desert October 2019

Created: 10 Apr 2020 20:33

A trek that went via.. Hawker SA, Marree, Oodnadatta, Dalhousie, French Line, QAA, Birdsville, Walker Crossing, Coongie Lakes, Dig Tree, Innamincka, Balcanoona, Waukeringa, Yunta....

Anne Beadell Highway March 2020

Created: 25 Mar 2020 22:41

Just got it done before the Chinese Disease killed fun... Anne Beadell Highway traverses South and Western Australia and is approx....

Boring

Created: 15 Feb 2020 15:00

A short look at some of the steps of bore sinking. Start 9am finish 3pm 40m and 2550ppm tds [Embedded Video]

4 Graves North of Hawker SA

Created: 09 Feb 2020 05:50

A little meander around the western Flinders Ranges.. [Embedded Video]

ExplorOz Traveller: Message in Playstore - This app may not be optimised for your device

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If you have an Android device and see the message "This app may not be optimsied for your device" you might feel concerned however we have discovered that this message seems to appear occasionally ...

Created: 18 Jan 2020 05:14

Coongie Lake November '19

Created: 10 Jan 2020 13:06

Coongie Lakes. Much publicised by the Leyland brothers back in the day.(who can't remember their jingle hehe) Formerly part of the Kidman Cattle Empire,...

Stirling North SA

Created: 04 Jan 2020 16:47

Stirling North Garden Cemetery SA A wonderfully well kept cemetery, the rose bushes are currently under attack by hungry nocturnal kangaroo's but the rest of the area seems OK given the prolonged ...

Peoppel Corner

Created: 30 Dec 2019 23:35

Poeppel Corner. Augustus Poeppel (1839–1891) was a surveyor and explorer in Australia. He surveyed the borders between Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory....

ExplorOz Traveller: User Manual

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The app includes a User Manual in PDF format, however for your convenience you might like to print it from here. See the latest version of the User Manual updated with all new content relevant to ...

Created: 19 Dec 2019 19:35

Old Dalhousie Station

Created: 14 Dec 2019 15:40

Old Dalhousie Station Now annexed as a park, was a cattle property. 'The property was situated approximately 125 kilometres (78 mi) north of Oodnadatta and 131 kilometres (81 mi) south east of ...

The Pink Roadhouse SA

Created: 14 Dec 2019 15:36

Oodnadtta.... the last southern fuel stop for a West/East Simpson crossing (you can also enter from Mt Dare) is also home to The Pink Roadhouse, who hasn't heard of it?...

Purni Bore October '19

Created: 14 Dec 2019 15:33

A French Petroleum Company first drilled Bore in the Simpson Desert as a strategic well in about 1964. When oil exploration activities ceased in the early 1980's the bore was left to flow to ...

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Created: 29 Nov 2019 21:53

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Created: 29 Nov 2019 13:34

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Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled (Part Five We Continue Across the Kimberley)

Created: 28 Mar 2012 15:07 Views: 13921

We have visited this area three times, in 2002, 2004,and again in 2008, each time traversing the Gibb River Road and the Kalumbaru Road,...

Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled (Part Five Concluding the Kimberley)

Created: 20 Apr 2012 15:28 Views: 14772

Kalumburu is about 270 klms north of the Gibb River Road and although our party turned south from King Edward River in 2008, Brenda and I had previously visited here in 2002 ( for a week) and ...

Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled (Part 6 Sydney The Long Way)

Created: 02 May 2012 06:37 Views: 15883

A trip to Sydney driving up the highway… No way, so how to get there and enjoy the drive. Finding an alternative route was easy as I had previously read of such a trip in an aging 4wd book that ...

Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled (Part 7 The final entry)

Created: 01 Jun 2012 13:28 Views: 20711

This will be the last in the series of ‘Roads and Tracks We Have Traveled’ and so I will look at one of the many great tracks in Tasmania and then a quick trip back to the Central Desert region ...

Surveyor's General Corner Part 1 South Aust'n "Gems"

Created: 24 Feb 2013 13:35 Views: 7492

Our objective on this trip was to visit yet another significant point on the Australian continent, the last of the North, South, East and West points and the State Corners to be achieved....

The Best of Cape York

Created: 09 Apr 2015 15:49 Views: 3757

A few nights ago I read on the forum a discussion on the question about which was the better place to visit, Vrilya Point or Captain Billy Landing....

Surveyor's General Corner. Part 2 Sand and Granite

Created: 01 Mar 2013 18:59 Views: 6852

We left the Gawler Ranges exiting along Yardia Road stopping at the quaint township of Minnipa before heading towards Ceduna. We enjoy Ceduna,...

Surveyors General Corner Part 3 Beautiful Colours and not only in the Opal

Created: 19 Mar 2013 05:45 Views: 7735

We are now at Coober Pedy after a fabulous journey through the Gawler Rangers (part 1 Gems of SA) and then North via Goog’s Track (part 2 Sand and Granite)....

Surveyor's General Corner. Part 6 Sandy Blight Road

Created: 17 Jun 2013 17:55 Views: 6167

We had just come off the abandoned section of the Gunbarrel Hwy and driven to Warakuna roadhouse (Giles) to refuel. Seventy-seven kms along the Great Central Road,...

Surveyor's General Corner Part 4 An objective achieved

Created: 21 Mar 2013 18:07 Views: 8679

July 2012. We are now away from the tourist buses and heading down the Great Central Road driving West and about to pass through some of the prettiest scenery you can imagine....

Surveyors General Corner Part 7 'Up The Sandover'

Created: 30 Jun 2013 18:40 Views: 7800

We had made it into ‘The Alice’ and should have known from past experience that the temperatures at this time of the year would be low, but at 0 degrees and top of only 17 degrees,...

Surveyor's General Corner Part 5 Abandoned Section of the Gunbarrel Hwy.

Created: 31 May 2013 01:57 Views: 7226

Continuing the story :- We had reached the corner markers and made our way, through extraordinary pretty country to Warburton. From here we set off the next morning heading East along the Great ...

The Best of Cape York Part 2

Created: 11 Apr 2015 11:37 Views: 3592

Vrilya Point Several fellow travellers mentioned to us what a lovely place Vrilya Point was so on this advice we headed out for a few days,...

Living the Dream

Created: 29 Apr 2011 08:00 Views: 7906

Two years ago Ingrid and I bought a caravan at the Perth Caravan and Camping Show. Since then we have been planning an 18 month land based circumnavigation of the Australian Continent....

We Did It!

Created: 02 May 2011 23:20 Views: 8418

Our first night on the road and we spent it at a bush camp – when we say “bush” it was right on the Indian Ocean and the view had the WOW factor. The site is called Cliff Head, i

WOW Factor

Created: 06 May 2011 21:20 Views: 7814

After a really

Our first taste of the tropical north

Created: 09 May 2011 22:30 Views: 7333

While we wouldn’t classify Carnarvon as a tourist destination it is a great place to take stock and replenish supplies. There is a

THE PLACE OF THE DRAGON FLY AND PARADISE LOST

Created: 16 May 2011 05:27 Views: 7288

We had a fabulous 3 day stay at Coral Bay where the dragon flies are prolific. If you believe the locals or other campers, they round up and eat all the b

WARM WEATHER RETURNS - ONSLOW AND KARRATHA

Created: 20 May 2011 22:40 Views: 7044

WARM WEATHER RETURNS - ONSLOW AND KARRATHA After leaving the bad weather behind in Exmouth (we sent it down t

North West Pilbara