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Cape York Day 19 - Weipa to Seisa

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(Lay day in Weipa – day’s events covered by Michelle Jacka) It was suggested that whilst we were in Weipa we should take a tour of the area including the mine sites....

Created: 11 Aug 1998 16:36 Views: 5366

Kimberley Day 90 - Gibb River Road

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Today was exciting. Around 8am we left our trailer at the Silent Grove camp and drove the 10km into Bell Gorge. Here, we walked for one km down a steep,...

Created: 20 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 5359

West Coast Day 154 - Kalbarri to Perth

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Dave is a showy sailor and I took some video of him performing duck gybes and tacks. He's trying to help me with my gybes too so we watch the video at nights to see what we're doing right or wrong....

Created: 23 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5350

West Coast Day 151 - Kalbarri to Perth

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We woke this morning to a calm day for the first time since being in Cervantes. Our windsurfing gear is always packed and ready to go before we go to sleep so all we had to do was eat breakfast ...

Created: 20 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5334

West Coast Day 148 - Kalbarri to Perth

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Excellent wind - sailed all day on 4.5m2 again.

Created: 17 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5328

West Coast Day 114 - The Hammersley

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The ranger didn't arrive until we had driven off but nabbed Dorothy and Rob. We thought we'd stop in at the visitors centre as suggested in the NP brochure....

Created: 13 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 5326

Kimberley Day 82 - Darwin to Kununnurra

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Leaving Katherine heading west along the Victoria Highway to Timber Creek the trip was extremely picturesque with large mountain ranges and escarpments of red rock....

Created: 12 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 5324

West Coast Day 113 - The Hammersley

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Because we were able to explore Millstream yesterday we decided to move on to Karijini National Park. Again, we took the route via HI service road....

Created: 12 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 5307

Cape York Day 22 - Weipa to Seisa

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Gunshot Day (Michelle & David) The day started with light rain just as we lifted camp. We all knew today was "Gunshot Day" and there was some excitement brewing at the prospect of a wet mud ...

Created: 14 Aug 1998 16:45 Views: 5280

Gulf Country Day 67 - Borroloola to Darwin

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Although we were in the perfect location to fish for barramundi it was too hot to get motivated to do anything so serious. As it was,...

Created: 28 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5260

Gulf Country Day 71 - 78 - Borroloola to Darwin

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Darwin has been very humid and temperatures are in the high 30s. We've done our usual spending spree in the big smoke before heading off into the bush and hope we are fully prepared for the next ...

Created: 08 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 5258

Maralinga here we come

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We're off and so crammed full we had to leave things behind at the last minute. We won't starve though LOL! Heading from Perth to Nullarbor via Hyden-Norseman Road....

Created: 03 Aug 2013 12:57 Views: 5257

Gulf Country Day 60 - Kurumba to Lawn Hill

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Today David and I set off fairly early (9am) for a walk to the Island Stack which is the highest peak in the area. The walk was a steep rock climb and I was amazed that I made it to the top before ...

Created: 21 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5236

West Coast Day 150 - Kalbarri to Perth

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David was really hoping for a calm day today. The strong wind is really frustrating him while trying to learn to windsurf. This morning the wind was howling again and we agreed not to sail - to ...

Created: 19 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5235

New Life Day 3 - Sydney to Cairns

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We did the Teewah Beach run and found many good spots to stop along the beach and camp (free) near fresh water run offs. We should have done this – oh well....

Created: 27 Jul 1998 17:19 Views: 5233

Kimberley Day 86 - Gibb River Road

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Today we started the Gibb River Road trek. This trek is much talked about for its notoriously bad road conditions however I had phoned the road information freecall number and heard that the ...

Created: 16 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 5232

Cape York Day 17 - Cairns to Weipa

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(Oliver & Tony) Our convoy departed Bathurst Bay at 8.30am after meeting at the garbage tip. After proceeding through a salt lake and creek we came upon a lake to the right which we hadn’t ...

Created: 09 Aug 1998 15:45 Views: 5214

Cape York Day 28 - Seisa to Cairns

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(Day 17 TLCC Cape York Trip - Thelma and Jeff) It was a cloudy morning as we left Captain Billy’s Landing. Tony’s (Na- Na’s) vehicle was made road worthy but he was apprehensive about the trip ...

Created: 20 Aug 1998 17:19 Views: 5196

West Coast Day 140 - Kalbarri to Perth

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With no wind again Geraldton didn't have much to offer us. We were expecting mail from Mum and from Poroday's camera repair shop (with my strobe). We decided to spend the day in town,...

Created: 09 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5189

West Coast Day 126 - Ningaloo Reef

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We woke up this morning in our own piece of paradise. We have been commenting on how this is really the first time we've felt "out bush"....

Created: 25 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 5162

West Coast Day 152 - Kalbarri to Perth

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The wind picked up so much today that most of us were nearly blown out of the water. We've been the first to arrive each day so that David gets a chance before the wind becomes too strong....

Created: 21 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5162

Kimberley Day 83 - Darwin to Kununnurra

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The day started with a hangover although we had only drunk two gin and tonics. We realised that we must increase our water intake and avoid any alcohol in such extreme temperatures....

Created: 13 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 5151

ExplorOz Traveller: EOTopo 2019 Licence Update from 2018

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The EOTopo 2019 App Version map licence is available to any existing "ExplorOz Traveller Premium Offline Maps" owners at the discounted rate of only $25 BUT ONLY if purchased on the ExplorOz ...

Created: 17 Aug 2019 11:15 Views: 5134

Day 12 More B.M.R. Roads

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Today the kids begged for the last of the bacon. We have a family fav that works well for a camp breakfast - fried eggs & bacon in a wrap with fresh avocado....

Created: 14 Aug 2013 17:20 Views: 5129

Kimberley Day 88 - Gibb River Road

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We drove over more corrugations to Manning Gorge, which lies behind the Mt Barnett Roadhouse. We had swapped all our CDs with Mark and Sharon's collection and were enjoying hearing a different ...

Created: 18 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 5127

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