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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. 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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Following the Big Wet - 2011 Trip – Part 6: Sturt National Park to the Flinders Ranges.

Created: 11 Oct 2011 20:30 Views: 28222

Next morning we took the opportunity of some fine (but still grey) weather to do a bit or repacking so we didn’t get on the road until late in the morning. Then it was west to <a

Rudall River NP - Our First Quad Expedition - Desperate donkeys, fools gold and unmapped mountains!

Created: 13 Jul 2008 00:00 Views: 28092

Sunday 13th July, 2008 Bush camp near Darlsen Pinnacle 22 23 54.301 S, 121 58 0.901 E

2002 Trip - Kimberley & Kakadu. Part 2 – Alice Springs to the Bungle Bungles

Created: 29 Oct 2002 21:38 Views: 27991

The first part of the Tanami Track was easy - single lane bitumen with very little traffic. Then came wide gravel, loose and corrugated but we covered it at around 80 -90 kph

Docker River N.T. - Great Central Road

Created: 03 Aug 2006 00:00 Views: 27939

Thursday 3rd August, Docker River N.T. Up nice and early and strangely enough, another roaring fire. We both sat round the BBQ plate and had toasted bacon,...

Great Sandy Desert - Confluence hunting again (20s 122e)

Created: 14 Jul 2010 00:00 Views: 27933

Wednesday 14th July, 2010 Great Sandy Desert – Anna Plains Track A beaut sunrise over the Whithorns this morn

Grampians Wildflowers

Created: 17 Jan 1989 14:43 Views: 27902

. It was early October, probably the height of the spring flowering season, when we spent a few days in the Grampians National Park in 2006. In January 20

The Hunt Oil Road - Spinifex Camp.

Created: 30 Jun 2008 00:00 Views: 27900

Monday 30th June, 2008 Hunt Oil Road:Spinifex country! 25 32 2.23 S, 124 36 50.65 E It was a cold night. I did manage to sleep right up until dawn

Unexpected encounters with Australian Reptiles #1 - Stimsons Python (Antaresia stimsoni)

Created: 21 Jan 2009 18:01 Views: 27869

Monday 7th July, 2008 Having finally reached the Canning Stock Route, we were heading north on the Canning towards Durba Springs, a magnificent gorge where weary travellers

Simpson Desert and Batten Hill Trip, 2007- Part 5 Mount Tietkins

Created: 28 Apr 2007 13:49 Views: 27868

. Next day the scientists and their volunteers arrived, about a dozen people, excited to see their new camp and keen to get out into this new area. They each quickly selected

Troopy goes to Queensland 1999. Part 1

Created: 15 Jun 1999 15:58 Views: 27640

. Our Tasmanian trip in 1997 had left us with an appetite for further travel. We had a house-sitter this year so with nothing to stop us,...

Following the Big Wet - 2011 Trip – Part 13: Diamantina NP

Created: 29 Oct 2011 14:44 Views: 27597

. A cool morning saw us on the road early, heading across rolling open country towards the old homestead that now serves as the <a class="tt_ke

1997 Troopy goes to Tasmania, Part 2.

Created: 10 Sep 1997 17:52 Views: 27520

Moving on to Queenstown we booked into an underground tour of the mine t

Exploring Queensland, July 2006. Part 9. Georgetown to Ravenshoe: snakes, hot springs and a tin dred

Created: 25 Oct 2006 16:16 Views: 27512

The Georgetown caravan park was doing good business thanks to the wet weather, as quite a few travel

Tasmania 2011 Part 7 NE - The Final Tas Blog

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It was Saturday 19th February and only 11 days before we were to leave Tasmania. We left the Friendly Beaches and headed 24km north to <a class="tt_keyword lb" rel="

Created: 08 Oct 2011 01:11 Views: 27484

From the Calvert Ranges to the Canning Stock Route & Durba Springs - VIDEO

Created: 22 Jan 2009 20:26 Views: 27475

7th July, 2008. The crazed tumble of dunes between the Calverts and the Canning follow no linear order at all forming circles, eights and u-shapes like some crazy gods sand pit....

Gibson Desert - Mulgan Rockhole & Mc Phersons Pillar (30 km east of the Gary Hwy W.A.)

Created: 01 Aug 2006 00:00 Views: 27407

Tuesday 1st August Bush camp, McPhersons Pillar 30 km east of <a class="tt_keyword lb

Darwin Via The Dirt (Part 8 The Gulf Track to Burketown)

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Visiting the Top End had again lived up to our expectations but now it was time to move on. We left Katherine Gorge heading for <a class="tt_keyword lb" rel="P297" hr

Created: 16 Aug 2010 20:00 Views: 27374

"Destination Unknown" Day 10 - On the trail of Ernest Giles - Western MacDonnell Ranges (Mereenie)

Created: 10 Jul 2011 00:00 Views: 27231

10th July, 2011 Hard on then trail of Ernest Giles Alice Springs, NT Once again t'was another glorious red centre morning to be enjoyed by the fire with a cup of t

Following the Big Wet - 2011 Trip – Part 5: Trilby Station to Sturt National Park.

Created: 09 Oct 2011 11:15 Views: 26992

Leaving Trilby we safely negotiated the 3km of slippery track back out to the main road. Once there we called Liz on the UHF to give her a road report – there was a minibus at the station ...

Photo Comp 2010

Created: 21 Jan 1987 17:08 Views: 26915

. What does it mean to Explore Oz? The answer is as big as our wide brown land!

Central Arnhem Highway

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA

Approximately midway between Mataranka and Katherine on the Stuart Hi

Created: 11 Jan 2018 18:10 Views: 26904

The GDEC 2010 Expedition - An introduction

Created: 29 Apr 2010 00:00 Views: 26882

“Expedition” ;- -An excursion, journey, or voyage made for some specific purpose, such as exploration; -The group of persons, vehicles, etc., engaged in such an activity....

The Hunt Oil Road WA - North to Mt Worsnop (remote outback travelling at its best)

Created: 29 Jun 2008 00:00 Views: 26701

Sunday 29th June, 2008 Mt Worsnop – Hunt Oil Road WA 26 09 10.39 S 124 46 5.57 E Up at the crack of dawn, jaffles for breakfast and on the road by 7

2002 Trip - Kimberley & Kakadu. Part 1 – Canberra to Alice Springs

Created: 24 Oct 2002 19:39 Views: 26656

Our trip in 2001 to The Red Centre was so enjoyable that we were determined to do more trips, and to go even further afield. Thus enthused we planned a two month adventure taking in Kakadu</a

Northam to Albany