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Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Wrap up

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It's been a bit over a week since we came home, and I thought I'd wrap up our trip Best Camping: In the dunes of the Simpson desert....

Created: 17 Jul 2015 13:38 Views: 3613

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Back to Sydney via Goobang National Park

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Yesterday was just a big and boring drive day from Louth to somewhere near Parkes. We stayed overnight in the Goobang National Park at Wanda Wondong camping area....

Created: 07 Jul 2015 21:00 Views: 4084

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Rest day at Trilby station, Louth

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Not much happening today at Trilby station. Bacon for breakfast, 2 cups of coffee, teach the kids to fish, cut wood, Stoke the fire, play go fish with the kids, read a 4wd magazine,...

Created: 06 Jul 2015 03:00 Views: 3151

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Fishing gone wrong

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The kids were playing at the bottom of the river bank. Tony had been teaching Katie how to fish there earlier, using just a weighted line with a baited hook ( no rod)....

Created: 06 Jul 2015 03:00 Views: 3049

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Wanaaring to Louth

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This morning when packing up Katie found a gecko hiding in her seat. The sheep came past our campsite munching on the new green growth. Nice big merino sheep....

Created: 05 Jul 2015 03:00 Views: 3376

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Merty Merty to Tibooburra

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This morning at about 4am we heard dingos about 2 dunes away. At about sunrise I got up and walked through the dunes. There's quite a lot of wildflowers blooming....

Created: 04 Jul 2015 03:00 Views: 3429

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Innamincka to Merty Merty

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Today we're leaving Innamincka. Before we go though, we visit burkes gravesite. He died of starvation next to a superb waterhole, which was full of fish, with bush tucker plants all around....

Created: 03 Jul 2015 03:00 Views: 4508

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Innamincka

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We're camped on a permanent billabong, Cullyamurra Waterhole, on the Cooper Creek. It's 28m deep so it doesn't dry out in summer even though there is no water flowing through the river,...

Created: 02 Jul 2015 03:00 Views: 3394

A rough summary of Burke & Wills

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Burke was an explorer in the early days of Australia. He tried to cross the continent from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpenteria, and back again in 1860. He died on the return journey....

Created: 30 Jun 2015 10:00 Views: 5047

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Birdsville to Innamincka

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A longer day than expected. Got away at 10, and headed east from Birdsville then down Cordello Downs rd. Some muddy bits but there were established drive arounds....

Created: 30 Jun 2015 04:00 Views: 3298

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Eyre creek to Birdsville

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We camped relatively close to Big Red last night with the aim of being in Birdsville by Lunchtime, as we needed to do some washing. So we get away at a leisurely 9:30,...

Created: 29 Jun 2015 01:00 Views: 3089

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Poeppel corner to Eyre creek

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Today's driving from Poeppel Corner to Eyre creek along the QAA line has been good and bad. The good side has been that the big groups are far ahead of us,...

Created: 28 Jun 2015 03:00 Views: 3101

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Knolls track to Poepple corner

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Some of the sand dunes have little hollows between them where water pools if it rains. They are usually dry but have lots of green shrubs growing there, and birds living in them....

Created: 27 Jun 2015 03:00 Views: 3042

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Heading East on the Rig rd

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This morning was beautiful with the sun rising on the red dunes. While I was in the dunes taking photos I noticed a lot of green shoots poking out of the barren sand....

Created: 26 Jun 2015 03:00 Views: 3241

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Heading east into the Simpson desert

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We're good. About to get back into those beautiful red sand dunes. This time the plan is rig rd, knolls track, qaa line... But we'll see what happens....

Created: 25 Jun 2015 03:00 Views: 4518

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Mt Dare Stn back to Dalhousie

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Tony decided to give the car a once over before heading back into the desert. Unfortunately one of the wheels was loose so we lost a few hours waiting to see the mechanic,...

Created: 24 Jun 2015 03:00 Views: 3347

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Dalhousie Springs and Mt Dare station

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Today we travelled a relatively short distance from the beginning of Witjira national park through Dalhousie Springs and on to Mt Dare. We stopped briefly at Purni bore....

Created: 23 Jun 2015 03:00 Views: 3318

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - WAA line

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The WAA line ( Simpson Desert WAA Line ) is by far the best road we have been down. No "staircases", and a reasonably smooth road. We stopped for morning tea on the top of a dune,...

Created: 22 Jun 2015 03:00 Views: 4097

Why go camping?

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To my Dad, I love you to bits but I know you don't understand the point of camping when you have all the wonders of modern resources at your finger tips at home....

Created: 21 Jun 2015 06:00 Views: 4451

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - French line, Knolls tk, Rig rd

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Today we start the morning with jaffles (toasted sandwiches). It seems the good people from the Hema map patrol were camping behind our nearest dune. We said hello to them as they started at 8am....

Created: 21 Jun 2015 03:00 Views: 5104

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Poeppel corner

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This morning we had perfect light for photos, where the orange sand glowed. Tonight, we are about as in the middle of nowhere as you can get anywhere on earth. There is no one around....

Created: 20 Jun 2015 05:00 Views: 4131

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Birdsville to Big Red and on to QAA line

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Today, we were told the road to big red may be opened at 10am, otherwise maybe tomorrow. So a nice slow start, with jaffles for breakfast, then into town to check out the situation....

Created: 19 Jun 2015 03:00 Views: 3386

iussell Family Simpson Adventure - Windorah to Birdsville

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Blue sky's at last! The road to Birdsville had sporadic puddles and rutted muddy patches, particularly as you got closer to Birdsville. It took about 5 hours driving to get here....

Created: 18 Jun 2015 03:00 Views: 2847

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Quilpie to Windorah

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Not at Birdsville! It's been slow getting out of Quilpie with some bits of the road covered with some water. Still we had a Nice dry area next to a sand dune for morning tea....

Created: 17 Jun 2015 03:00 Views: 2996

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Comeroo to Quilpy

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Today it's forecast for 15 to 30mm of rain, so we're taking the shortest route back to Tarmac, across 80km of dirt roads. There are lots of puddles at the side of the road from the shower we had ...

Created: 16 Jun 2015 07:31 Views: 3174

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