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Created: 24 Dec 2010 21:28 Views: 37326

12 volt rigid-strip LED lights 1 metre length ($79) Half metre ($39) Great lights that draw only 0.30 amps per metre of strip....

From Elliston Eyre Peninsula SA across the Nullarbor to Kalgoorlie WA.

Created: 08 Apr 2009 22:14 Views: 37301

April 5th 2009. We stayed overnight at Elliston, a small town on the West Coast of the Eyre Peninsula, approx 200kms north of Port Lincoln, in the Top Tourist caravan park....

My Tour of Duty to Lightning Ridge

Member: ExplorOz - David & Michelle

These days, I seem to be blending more work trips with family visits. With a 97 year old grandmother in a nursing home just walking distance from my parents home in North Turramurra (the place ...

Created: 01 Apr 2010 13:12 Views: 37180

Spring Gully Conservation Park - Wildflowers October 2011

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA

The now 398 ha Conservation Park was first gazetted as a Wildlife Reserve in 1962. The original Reserve was only just fifteen acres in size and over time the Wildlife Reserve was extended to ...

Created: 10 Oct 2011 19:04 Views: 37168

Oodnadatta track June 2011

Created: 18 Jun 2011 08:09 Views: 36856

Day 9 Thursday 9th June (Rawnsley Park- Blinman- Parachilna-Marree-Farina) Its a cool morning and I enjoy having the warmth of the electric heater...for the last time for the next few days....

The Pilbara

Created: 04 Dec 2008 22:22 Views: 36785

. The Pilbara - The third of three reports of a 3 month trip June-August 2008. Originally appeared in Southern Trails, magazine of the Southern Tablelands 4WD Club....

The Kimberley - A day of high drama on the Mitchell Plateau

Created: 30 Jul 2010 19:00 Views: 36677

Friday 30th July, 2010 Mitchell Falls Campground The Kimberley WA We were awake early to get things packed before the heat of the day set in....

Connie Sue Highway - south to Rawlinna via Premier Downs (and on to Cocklebiddy)

Created: 15 Jul 2009 00:00 Views: 36611

Wednesday 15th July, 2009 Cocklebiddy WA Well a day of firsts in that I have completed the last of the Beadell Tracks, the Connie Sue as well as crossing the continent north to south ...

Great Victoria Desert (Hann's Track) Trip July 2008

Member: Life Member - Duncan W (WA)

Great Victoria Desert Trip 08 with Campfire Escapes (The route we took is now part of the "Hann's Track" as detailed in Ian Elliot's Hann's Track Book launched on 23 April 2013 ) The ...

Created: 27 Jul 2008 18:41 Views: 36544

Great Sandy Desert - The hidden oasis of Elizabeth Soak (Dragon Tree Soak Conservation Reserve)

Created: 13 Jul 2010 13:05 Views: 36494

Monday 12th July, 2010 Great Sandy Desert, 11 km north of APT 19°54'19.11"S 123° 8'54.75"E A great day today that began early with a quad excursion to located the mysterious ...

Kayaking in the Simpson Desert.

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA

High on the list of most four-wheel drivers “to do list” would be a Simpson Desert crossing. Those that do the crossing will either fall into one of two categories and we have come across ...

Created: 26 Aug 2011 19:57 Views: 36313

Australia in 1969

Created: 01 Feb 1986 01:00 Views: 36026

. Australia in 1969 This was prepared in 2009 to mark the 40th birthday of our eldest son, born in 1969. How Australia has changed!! Population of Australia: 12,446,...

Bushwalks on NSW South Coast

Created: 29 Aug 2010 15:48 Views: 35745

Lately we have been revisiting some of our favourite places to bushwalk close to home while the days are cool and clear. The most challenging has been Pigeon House Mountain in the Budawangs west ...

Martin Family East Coast Trip

Member: ExplorOz - David & Michelle

We spent Xmas 2009 in Sydney to be with our families and when planning the trip decided to tack a whirlwind Gold Coast theme parks and Sunshine Coast exploration trip onto the end of it making ...

Created: 10 Jan 2010 01:00 Views: 35693

Exploring the Flinders Ranges - a week of camping and walking - July/August 2009

Created: 21 Jul 2009 00:00 Views: 35510

Tuesday 21st July Free camp 20kms south of Wilpena in Flinders Range. We were up early in the free camp west of Iron Knob and on our way by 8am so as to avoid driving into the dreaded headwind ...

Great Sandy Desert - A day of stakes, dunes and hard going (& a masterclass on outback tyre repairs)

Created: 18 Jun 2009 00:00 Views: 35321

Thursday 18th June, 2009 Camped on a Cut Line east of nowhere (60 km west of Warburtons "Joanna Spring") “Spook Tree” camp. 20 00 04.0S 123 37 31....

Our Return to the Cooper - It just gets better August 2011

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA

After our first visit to the Cooper Creek Ferry site in June 2010, it was one Outback destination that we had to return to. Those that have camped there will know why and will have similar ...

Created: 21 Aug 2011 00:21 Views: 35169

Len Beadell Plaques & Signs - 33 in 29 years

Created: 18 Feb 2009 22:05 Views: 35000

It's a testament to Australia's last outback explorer, Len Beadell, that many of his roads have grown more popular as the years have passed....

Australian Reptiles - Goannas

Created: 20 Dec 1988 07:18 Views: 34925

. One of the most widespread and commonly encountered reptiles on our travels are the goannas. While many campgrounds have their own resident population that prowl around looking for food scraps,...

Connie Sue Highway - South through Neale Junction

Created: 14 Jul 2009 00:00 Views: 34760

Tuesday 14th July, 2009 Connie Sue Hwy, 100 km north of Rawlinna 30 21 46.94 125 32 14.92 Well my prediction on it being a cold night was unfortunately all too accurate....

Carnarvon to Mullewa

Created: 24 Aug 2009 19:54 Views: 34633

. Back to previous chapter - Port Hedland to Carnarvon We ended up staying for several nights at Rocky Pool. It’s a big free camp area that sprawls along

Western NSW - Willandra & Yanga N Pks - our Winter 2011 journey begins

Created: 15 Jul 2011 12:16 Views: 34448

Day 1 Wednesday June 1st (K

Great Sandy Desert - A "snakes hiss" and on to Paraku (Lake Gregory) via Balgo and Mulan.