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Border Track and Big Desert Wilderness Area in Victoria - Winter 2019

A video of my recent sojourn along elements of the Border Track. The video predominantly features the Chinamans and the Milmed Rock Tracks highlighting many of the points of interest along the ...

My Pioneer's Photo Comp Entry 6/12

GDEC 2015 - Exploring the Hunt Oil Road

Thursday 6th August Mount Worsnop WA The Hunt Oil Road. We got away at about 8.00 a.m. which was a very good effort, considering the time spent repairing tyres the previous evening....

Desert Drone - Areal footage of the great Australian outback

No I'm not talking about that persistent whine from somewhere in the vehicle, I'm talking about some highlights of the Australian outback shot with the latest DJI Phantom Drone....

Bean Tree ("Ininti") - Erythrina vespertlio (Grey Corkwood, Bat's Wing Coral Tree)

The Bean Tree (Erythrina vespertilio) is

My favourite photos from trips past (2005 - 2015)

I thought I'd share some of my favourite photographs of past trips. In no specific order or categories, just a jumble of memories.

Discovering Karlamilyi (Rudall River) National Park - Information and Video clips 2005 -2015

At 1,283,706 hectares (12837 square km), the Karlamilyi (previously Rudall River) National Park is the largest national park in Western Australia and one of the largest in the world....

Great Victoria Desert Expedition 2014 - Day 1 The station country south of Kingoonya SA

Saturday 2nd August Tomato Rocks SA Bloody hell it was a cold night! Minus 2C to be exact. Even in our motel room the chill seeped through forcing us to get up and put the heater on....

The 2014 Expeditions - A hike from Laycocks Hill into the Watson Range

Friday June 13th Laycock's Hill A sleep in this morning rising at a luxurious 8:00 a.m. The wind had howled all night deepening the cold for those sleeping out in the swags....

The 2014 Expeditions - In the footsteps of the Greats! 'Glen Edith' & the Tarn of Auber (Giles 1872)

Thursday 12 June, 2014 Watson Range NT The areas covered by our 2014 expeditions are deeply sacred to aboriginal people. It is with the express permission of the Central Land Council,...

Unexpected Encounters with Australian Reptiles #9 -the King Brown, Mulga Snake or Pilbara Cobra!

is a species of venomous snake found in the northern climes of Australia. It is one of the longest venomous snakes in the world and is the second longest in Austr

A taste of the Canning - Videos to motivate (or make you hesitate!) (Update; 20/2/15 - Gravity Lake)

Over the years I've been fortunate enough to travel on various sections of the Canning. I was able to capture my most recent trips on Video and whilst many of these are sprinkled throughout my ...

Encounters with Australian Reptiles #8 - Central Military Dragon (Ctenophorus isolepis) - (video)

Ctenophorus is a genus of lizards, also known as comb-bearing dragons, that contains the most diverse group of dragon lizards in Australia. Many of these have

Photo Competition 2015

Karlamilyi (Rudall River) NP - The Yandagooge Mysteries Revealed (To Darlsen Pinnacle from the west)

Thursday 11th July Yandagooge Gap Karlamilyi (Rudall River) NP Our mission today was to scout into the Yandagooge Gap, that rugged gorge that slashes its way through the Throssell Ranges....

David Carnegie Retracing Expedition 2013 - The videos

Just thought I'd post links to the 2013 Video clips together for those who enjoy going to the movies more than reading ;-). [Embedded Video] [Embedded ...

Canada & the Yukon - Across the frozen Arctic on the Dempster Highway

Driving through blizzard conditions across a permafrost tundra is a little foreign to most Aussies. It's something that doesn't come naturally....

The ebb and flow of the seasons - The effects of rain on an arid land.

One of the benefits of visiting a particular area on an almost yearly basis is that it allows you to grasp the influence that the seasons, good and bad, have on the region....

Snowmobiling in the wilds of West Yellowstone - A different family vacation

MINUS 36 CELSIUS…WHAT THE! A variation of 74C in just 24 hours certainly (39C to -36C) makes for a different family vacation. How you can go from heat exhaustion to the risk of frostbite is an ...

Remembering our Explorers - Edward Kidson (1882 - 1939) Geophysicist and scientific explorer

“Yeah mate, we’re just heading up to the Alice and then out the Gary Junction to the Canning. I reckon we’ll take the Kidson from there up to Broome”!...

Carnegie Expedition 2013 - Day 17 Carnegie Bluff and a sea of dunes to Dwarf Well

Tonight finds us camped on the edge of a claypan some 40 kilometres south of Bilbarrd out station and 7 kilometres west of the newly ‘re-discovered’ Dwarf Well. [gi]9639

In the footsteps of Carnegie - Day 16 Through the Stansmore Range to Warri Peak & Carnegie Bluff

Carnegie Expedition 2013 - Day 15 Dealing with the attrition of outback travel (The "Chores")

Another camp day today with a warning to the reader. A rest day or “chore day” can be as exciting as watching paint dry. For those undertaking the tasks, it usually means barked

Carnegie Expedition 2013 - Day 14 Exploring Wilson Glen and the Stansmore Ranges.

"The hills we found to be of the usual character, barren sandstone, from which numerous rocky creeks have torn their way through the sand. Following up a little glen, terribly

Carnegie Expedition 2013 - Day 13 Rendezvous at Wilson Glen (in the Stansmore Range)

5th August, 2013, Wilson Glen I had expected a lot of wind overnight, howling off the salt pans however, the wind dropped off at dusk and stayed that way....