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Acacia - or Wattle. To celebrate Wattle Day,...

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River Red Gum - Eucalyptus camaldulensis

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Australia in 1969

The Pilbara

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Electricity for Camping

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Revised March 2013 On an extended trip it's good to have some of the comforts of home. Electricity is obviously one of them and a good system can make all the difference to how ...

Created: 21 Sep 1990 20:49 Views: 107137

Our Troopy Set-Up

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. Troopys are very capable and adaptable – not overly beautiful or comfortable, but big, powerful and pretty much unstoppable. They are a purposeful vehicle,...

Created: 24 Nov 1990 19:03 Views: 83700

Replacing a Sliding Glass Window in 75 series Troopy

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The main surprise in this process is just how easy it is! The window assembly is held in place by an internal cover strip (the “Window Guard”) that is a plastic moulding with a C cross-section ...

Created: 02 Oct 1990 17:26 Views: 54529

Acacia - or Wattle. To celebrate Wattle Day, September 1st.

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. Have you ever wondered why our national colours are green and gold? Australia's National Floral Emblem, seen on Australia’s Coat of Arms, is Acacia pycnantha,...

Created: 01 Apr 1989 10:00 Views: 48428

Hay River Run, June 2006. Part 3. Poeppel Corner to the Madigan Line

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The women in the group soon established a pattern of walking out ahead of the vehicles each morning, leaving the men to check the vehicles and warm them up and discuss final plans....

Created: 06 Oct 2006 21:41 Views: 40245

River Red Gum - Eucalyptus camaldulensis

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. River Red Gums are a familiar and iconic tree seen lining watercourses and on floodplains right across inland Australia. They play an important role in stabilising river banks,...

Created: 18 Dec 1989 09:29 Views: 39912

Hay River Run, June 2006. Part 1. Canberra to Birdsville

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We were setting off to the Simpson Desert for the first time. Our house-sitters Vicki and David had settled in and were on hand to take some departure photos and wave us off at 7.30am....

Created: 02 Oct 2006 09:33 Views: 38619

Australia in 1969

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. 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,...

Created: 01 Feb 1986 01:00 Views: 35444

The Pilbara

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. 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....

Created: 04 Dec 2008 22:22 Views: 35107

Carnarvon to Mullewa

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. 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

Created: 24 Aug 2009 19:54 Views: 34022

Exploring the Northern Territory, June 2006. Part 5. Ruby Gap to Tennant Creek.

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It took a full day adjusting to being on our own again. We tidied Troopy up a bit then went for a walk along the sandy river bed keeping an eye out for garnets....

Created: 08 Oct 2006 19:31 Views: 33627

Destination Kimberley

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

Created: 04 Dec 2008 22:11 Views: 33476

Hay River Run, June 2006. Part 4. Madigan Line to Batton Hill then on to Ruby Gap.

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There was a lot of sleeping in next morning, so camp was pretty quiet. A few in the group were quite under the weather with a nasty virus so this lay-day came at exactly the right time....

Created: 07 Oct 2006 01:55 Views: 33196

Australian Reptiles - Goannas

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. 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,...

Created: 20 Dec 1988 07:18 Views: 32993

2002 Trip - Kimberley & Kakadu. Part 5 – Wyndham to Gregory National Park

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Leaving Wyndham we headed out to Parrys Lagoon, a Ramsar wetland in a beautiful setting. There we were delighted to see lots of water lilies and water birds - ducks, herons, magpie geese, stilts,...

Created: 25 Nov 2002 17:14 Views: 32652

How we came to get a Troopy

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In the Beginning: Early Travels and how we came to get a Troopy Everyone has a travel history – where they have been, the vehicles they have driven,...

Created: 02 Dec 1990 15:37 Views: 32205

Hay River Run, June 2006. Part 2. Into the Simpson Desert – the QAA Line

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It’s got to be something really special to see Val up, dressed, packed and ready to go before sun-up. But on this morning it happened that way,...

Created: 05 Oct 2006 21:01 Views: 31920

The Canning Stock Route

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. Back to previous chapter - Alice Springs to Billiluna The Stock Route was established in the early 1900's to provide a means of droving cattle from t

Created: 22 Jul 2009 18:34 Views: 31661

Exploring Victoria August 2005 - Part 2 Dimboola to the Pink Lakes

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It seems a good idea to have a leisurely day, so we head north along the western edge of Lake Hindmarsh which turns out to be dry. Its about 14,...

Created: 03 Nov 2005 13:45 Views: 31571

2002 Trip - Kimberley & Kakadu. Part 4 –Windjana Gorge to Wyndham on the Gibb River Road

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Windjana Gorge Campground is busy but peaceful. We were up early to ring on of our sons for his birthday only to find that the camp phone only works using a card that is only available from the ...

Created: 13 Nov 2002 17:31 Views: 30698

Kimberley and Beyond

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

Created: 04 Dec 2008 22:20 Views: 30635

Emu Bush or Eremophila

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. Updated 2011 to include Eremophilas from western NSW, Flinders Ranges and western Qld. Desert lover by name and desert lover by nature,...

Created: 20 May 1989 11:39 Views: 30595

Port Hedland to Carnarvon

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. Back to previous chapter - Gorgia Bore to Carawine Gorge and on to Port Hedland A leisurely pac

Created: 14 Aug 2009 19:23 Views: 29783

The Future of Remote Area Travel

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. Sometimes we travel of necessity; to school, to work, to the shops, but what about optional travel. Why do we seek to travel?...

Created: 01 Mar 1986 17:30 Views: 29708

Exploring Victoria August 2005 - Part 3 Pink Lakes to Canberra via Lake Mungo.

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In Ouyen we stocked up on groceries and meat and headed north through now familiar wheat and mallee country. The Hattah Kulkyne park headquarters and information centre is just off the ...

Created: 05 Nov 2005 16:54 Views: 29612

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