5 more sleeps!
Submitted: Tuesday, Sep 09, 2003 at 00:19
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Member - Glenn(VIC)
Only five more sleeps until the crew slips off on the next Outback Adventure. 28 days travelling from
Melbourne to
Alice Springs via
Longreach and the
Plenty Highway (weather permitting). Looking forward to hitting the road and again filling the nooks and crannies of the truck with red dust. The kids are looking forward to seeing things like the Stockmans Hall of Fame, Uluru, a camel trek at
Curtin Springs, a helicopter flight from
Kings Creek Station. I am looking forward to the Plenty Hwy, the gorges of the East and
West MacDonnell Ranges, finally getting to see Uluru and the Olgas (I missed out in 1975), Lambert's Centre of Australia, and the clear air and skies of the great Aussie Outback.
What a great country we live in.
CheersJust Do It!
Reply By: haze - Tuesday, Sep 09, 2003 at 17:44
Tuesday, Sep 09, 2003 at 17:44
Glenn, sure you are going to have a great adventure. The reason I asked your route was that if you were interested in venturing off the main track you can turn west at
Cunnamulla,
Eulo, then up to
Quilpie via
Toompine (a very old pub with a very small bar!)
Quilpie to
Eromanga (the most distant settlement from the sea in ozz) then Kyabra
waterholes (a
great camp spot/fishing) across to
Thylungra, ( original
home of the Duracks) up the
Windorah road to the Retreat rd. (50km. short of Wind./Cooper crk.) then through Retreat where you cross the Thomson r. (good camp/fish)
Stonehenge (great pub,
camp opp. showers etc.) then straight up the road to
Longreach. You would see some terrific country,meet cattlemen,ringers,opal miners (Im'e one!) and a whole mob of interesting others. Its all
good camp country, and if you consult your map not really much further.
Hope this of interest cheers haze
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Follow Up By: Member - Glenn(VIC) - Tuesday, Sep 09, 2003 at 22:50
Tuesday, Sep 09, 2003 at 22:50
Thanks Haze,
I won't have time to do that this time. I have driven from
Birdsville to
Longreach via
Windorah,
Jundah and
Stonehenge previously, but again it was rushed, so didn't get a chance to look around. My parents used to go and stay a couple of months with the
ranger at Welford NP every couple of years, and they loved the area.
I will certainly keep it in mind for future reference.
Thanks again
CheersJust Do It!
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Reply By: GOB member vic - Tuesday, Sep 09, 2003 at 20:08
Tuesday, Sep 09, 2003 at 20:08
good day mate
if you have time coming down the plenty a stop at gemtree and a days digging is a bit of fun enjoy your trip we have only been
home since sat after going to
darwin and drifting back down to
home and i am envious of you but i had to come
home to get the money to plan the next trip
steveits arrived just got to get photo and download
only 1.5 sleeps to go then off nth to
darwin yeah
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Follow Up By: Member - Glenn(VIC) - Tuesday, Sep 09, 2003 at 22:52
Tuesday, Sep 09, 2003 at 22:52
Hi Steve,
You are right. I do intend to stay at Gemtree and have a fossick. I am sure your trip was extremely enjoyable. Where to next?
CheersJust Do It!
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