4WD

Trip to Maralinga, August 2013 – 1. Canberra to Port Augusta

. It felt good to be driving in Troopy, heading west again. Despite showery weather, we had a good run out to Hay, clipping along happily sitting on about 100....

Big Red – restricted access for Big Red Bash music festival

Big Red in the Simpson Desert will be closed at the times listed below for a two day music festival in July. Organisers have kept closures as short as possible to minimise inconvenience....

from here to there and back again 1

1st July Finally we got packed up and headed north for Balladonia, we left home around 11am and arrived at our first camping spot 80km east of Balladonia Roadhouse,...

packing

Well, packing was "tense" but we are packed!! I went over the station and the boys assisted with getting the brackets in place to keep the tanks secured, thanks for that. Then, the big moment,...

First blog

Well here I am blogging. I had to look up what a blog actually was, to make sure I was on the right track. And I'm not sure, as I write....

from here to there and back again

Walynda (Wal & Lynda), with two kids, Jaxon and Kacie in “Snoopy the troopy”and our camper trailer “Titless” Tuesday 1st July (Wal's birthday) We are heading off on a great adventure from ...

Weeds and Travellers

Weeds are everywhere. From the city to the bush, desert to rainforest, coast to outback, wherever you go you won’t be far from a weed. Each year weeds cost the country several billion dollars....

Cape York - July 2014 - Girls own Adventure - from the farm to the tip or bust!

19 days to go as I sit in not so sunny central coast, where it is blowing a cold icy wind and about 7 degrees. I am excited & nervous about our trip, 30 days is a long time to be away from home....

Rambling about, looking for wildflowers

We have all heard the story. Travellers who say, when asked if they have seen wildflowers “I drove down that road two days ago and there was nothing to see”....

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....

Victoria High Country - Seasonal Track Closures

Victoria – High Country – Seasonal Track Closures. Many roads and tracks are closed to vehicle traffic each year by National Park Authorities.....

Victoria High Country trip 22/04/2014 to 30/04/2014

I entered the VHC at Tom Groggin, crossed the Murray after some difficulty and literally didn’t know which way to go. I had intended to go right and up Mt Pinnibar....

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....

A day out in the bush, thanks LROCWA

Sunday we went for a bush run with the LROCWA. Kevin had the track all sorted out and all we had to do was follow along. Most of the trip was on made tracks or sealed roads....

Victoria - Grampians and High Country

In early January 2014 Pete and Ali had a family gathering to attend in Hobart to celebrate the 160th anniversary of Pete's great-great grandmother's arrival in Australia from Ireland....

Photo Comp 2014

The Anne Beadell Highway

The Anne Beadell Highway is not really a highway, it’s just a track that connects Laverton in Western Australia with Coober Pedy in South Australia....

Gunbarrel, Tanami and CSR - in three weeks

In July 2013 Pete and Ali had a small window of opportunity to get out and explore a bit more of Australia. They decided to take on the Gunbarrel Highway, Tanami Track and Canning Stock Route....

Esperance to Cocklebiddy via the Telegraph Track

In early January 2014 Pete and Ali had a family gathering to attend in Hobart to celebrate the 160th anniversary of Pete's great-great grandmother's arrival in Australia from Ireland....

Vehicle overloaded

Hi is gvm critical while travelling as it changes along the way used fuel and water etc Tks rick

SIMPSON DESERT: East to West. North to South

First ever blog. Let's see how it goes.

D-Max fuel filters, Enginesafe EMS 550 and Sensatyre pressure monitors.

Where to fit all this stuff? Both of the readout monitors needed wiring, one an antenna and a suitable location for them both to be permanently installed. The dashboard it

SAX on SAX OFF ( Suspension replacement ) 2013 D-Max

Partly how it ended. How it all began............................................................... After picking up a couple of Bobcat scoops of sand for a pathway,...

D-Max getting wired and Barred Up!

The Opposite Lock Bull Bar and side protection bars arrived in Hobart, and with the D-Max just 300 kilometres old the time was ripe for cutting up a perfectly good front bumper to fit the thing....

The Kangas' new ride

The trusted HDJ78 we have had now for a number of years, and has taken us to many iconic and memorable places around the big brown land doesn't work quite so well with the new lifestyle in ...