Attractions/Things to Do

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. The

Simpson Desert October 2019

Created: 10 Apr 2020 20:33

A trek that went via.. Hawker SA, Marree, <a class="tt_keyword lb" rel="W40347" href="/places/40347/sa+

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. 1400kms long Surveyed and constructed

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, thence

Stirling North SA

Created: 04 Jan 2020 16:47

Stirling North Garden Cemetery SA A wonderfully well kept <a class="tt_keyword lb" rel="W10

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 Territor

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 <a class="tt_keyword lb" rel=

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 <a class="tt_keyword lb" rel="W77689" href="/

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. Wh

Turn your smartphone into a satellite phone!

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Turn your smartphone into a satellite phone using the Pivotel SatSleeve. The SatSleeve allows for voice calls, SMS, email and app access while you’re off the

Created: 29 Nov 2019 21:53

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Where and When to find wildflowers.

Created: 31 May 2014 17:48 Views: 22772

Australia boasts such a wonderful array of native flowering plants that in most places it’s possible to find at least some wildflowe

Following the Big Wet - 2011 Trip – Part 3: Goobang National Park to Bourke

Created: 02 Oct 2011 18:02 Views: 22690

We woke to light showers next morning and reports of extensive wind damage over much of the state. Time to head west. We headed for Narromine and stopped at the “I” centre.

Following the Big Wet - 2011 Trip – Part 8: The Flinders Ranges.

Created: 15 Oct 2011 14:55 Views: 22618

. We set out from Copley and took a side trip in to the Aroona dam, unfortunately now closed to c

Rambling about, looking for wildflowers

Created: 03 Jun 2014 14:50 Views: 22384

We have all heard the story. Travellers who say, when asked if they have seen wildflowers “I drove down that road two days ago and there was nothing to see”. But when you drive that sam

What’s in a name – how plants are named.

Created: 17 Nov 2014 13:55 Views: 22342

Plants (and animals) have always been given names. From the earliest times, names would have described distinctive features of the plant. Names would have been given by, understood,...

A couple of days at the Buchan Caves, East Gippsland.

Created: 01 Jan 2013 19:05 Views: 22316

With a few days off between Xmas and New Year, Queen Vik and I decided to take the Crown Prince on a mini camping break to get away from it all.

Mutawintji National Park ....great camping and walks

Member: Member-Heather MG NSW

On two previous occasions while in Broken Hill we have been unsuccessful in getting to this park l

Created: 21 Jun 2012 21:21 Views: 22099

Alice Springs

Member: Member-Heather MG NSW

Day 23 Thursday 23rd June (Alice Springs) We are packed up and on the move before 9am while our Lutheran college <a class="tt_keyword lb" rel="W277167" href="/places/27

Created: 25 Jun 2011 07:54 Views: 22084

Discovering Hanging Rock and the search for the nearby Native Well - Video

Created: 29 Sep 2009 20:46 Views: 22028

Rudall River National Park 4-5 July 2009 This video was shot on the 4th and 5th July, 2009 as we entere

Thundering up the Stuart to Coober Pedy - Rockets, gibber plains and trivia nights

Created: 29 May 2009 00:00 Views: 21989

Friday 29th May, 2009 Coober Pedy SA Having only a little over 500 km to travel today, we decided on a leisurely start to the day. Fred was out

Following the Big Wet - 2011 Trip – Part 19: Atherton Tablelands to Clermont.

Created: 25 Nov 2011 18:26 Views: 21853

. After a week with friends on the Atherton Tablelands we left their home feeling relaxed and refreshed. Troopy was clean and tidy with fresh oil and a new fusible link inst

Following the Big Wet - 2011 Trip – Part 14: Diamantina NP to Mt Isa.

Created: 04 Nov 2011 20:43 Views: 21807

. We had a bit of driving ahead of us today so we were pleased that the gravel road from the Diamantina NP in to Boulia was in good condition. For much of the distance the roa

Following the Big Wet - 2011 Trip – Part 2: Canberra to Goobang National Park

Created: 01 Oct 2011 14:37 Views: 21712

On big trips we plan for an easy first day to allow everything to shake down, and oversights and packing deficiencies to become evident....

Tennant Creek to Mataranka

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We head towards the land known as the Never Never, passing many historic points along the Stuart Highway. We take the Stuart Highway north from T

Created: 26 Jul 2009 16:00 Views: 21710

How to make a wildflower post.

Created: 30 Nov 2014 16:23 Views: 21572

Now that you are home from your trip, you are going through your photos, reliving the memories. You find that you have some good photos of wildflowers. Maybe you could add them to the E

Travels to the Innamincka National Gathering

Member: Sir Kev

The National Gathering for 2008 was planned for Innamincka a destination that I had not yet been. Most people I spoke with needed to be explained where exactly <a class="tt_ke

Created: 17 Jul 2008 14:46 Views: 21499

Western Australia Trip 2012 – Part 5 : Neale Junction to Laverton

Created: 09 Dec 2012 14:19 Views: 21483

. Next morning we decided to move on towards Laverton, leaving our new-found friends to wait for Noel’s shock absorbers to arrive. They might be sent

Western Australia Trip 2012 – Part 11 : Caron to Jilakin Rock

Created: 16 Dec 2012 15:07 Views: 21468

. “Round and round the rugged rocks” might have been a theme for the next few days. Sampling some half ripe quandongs made for an interesting start to the day and left our palates in “ragged ...

Western Australia Trip 2012 – Part 9 : Kalbarri to Canna

Created: 14 Dec 2012 17:28 Views: 21138

. Leaving Kalbarri we’d suffered a bad attack of Sudden-Onset-Battery-Dead syndrome. Experience sometimes teaches us useful things, and this situation was a case in point. A

New Zealand 2011- The West Coast - Where Rainforest and Glaciers meet the sea.

Created: 05 Apr 2011 00:00 Views: 21090

5th April 2011 Bottom end of Lake Mapourika Westland (Tai Poutini) National Park Just scenery’d out today. There is jus

Maralinga Mystery Tour 2013

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During August 2013, we ventured out into the very heart of the Great Victoria Desert with the help of my great friend, Robin Matt

Created: 08 Sep 2013 18:15 Views: 21083

The Kimberley - Purnululu NP - Cathedral Gorge and a Helicopter flight over the Bungle Masif

Created: 18 Jul 2006 00:00 Views: 21018

Tuesday 18th July Purnululu National Park W.A. (The Bungle Bungles) Today was one of those days in which you feel like you’ve done

New Zealand 2011 - Queenstown, some unexpected snow & on to Rivendale (by the shores of Lake Wanaka)

Created: 05 Apr 2011 14:00 Views: 20971

Monday 4th April, 2011 Boundary Creek Scenic Reserve, Lake Wanaka (Highway 6) [gi]44572,308,2

Western Australia Trip 2012 – Part 14 : Hopetoun to Cape Arid.

Created: 19 Dec 2012 16:34 Views: 20963

. Light rain was falling as we left Hopetoun in late September. We followed the coast road east, happy to be on bitumen for a while, although eventually we found ourselves ba

Western Australia Trip 2012 – Part 3 : Yulara to Warburton