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Aussie Adventures 2015- The Midwest and Home

Spent the 2 nights in Coral bay basically doing what everybody else was doing, watching the rain come and go whilst drinking heaps of tea and coffee....

Created: 05 Aug 2015 05:32 Views: 8273

Day 38 to 39 of our Big Trip of the Simpson and now the Flinders Ranges

Member: Christopher W3

DAY 38 It turned out to be a very nice day after an early fog. We got a call saying the Truck would be ready about midday so took off to the Arid Botantical Garden again and spent the morning ...

Created: 01 Aug 2015 16:31 Views: 5083

Day 35 to 37 of our Big Trip of the Simpson and now the Flinders Ranges

Member: Christopher W3

DAY 35 Tuesday Spent most of the morning with the truck and the people who were going to fix it at Port Augusta. The supplier of the bull bar had directed us to Auto Pro Port Augusta and they ...

Created: 31 Jul 2015 10:22 Views: 4557

Day 29 to 34 of our Big Trip of the Simpson and now the Flinders Ranges

Member: Christopher W3

Day 29 Well the damper yesterday did not work out as I had the coals in the fire turned up too high. The outside was charcoal but the inside was still salvageable,...

Created: 28 Jul 2015 16:02 Views: 4680

National Gathering 2015 and Ayers Rock

Member: Mike W1

Hi everyone, Have you noticed that Milo has been a little quiet lately? Well let me tell you what we've been doing! We were to look after 3 of our grandchildren for the school holidays but,...

Created: 24 Jul 2015 04:48 Views: 3911

Day 28 of our Big Trip of the Simpson and now the Flinders Ranges

Member: Christopher W3

Today we are in Tibooburra. Up early again as it rained during the night but is was not much. After breakfast Louise wanted to visit the Local Aboriginal Land Council as they had a museum and a ...

Created: 22 Jul 2015 17:19 Views: 4395

Day 27 of our Big Trip of the Simpson and now the Flinders Ranges

Member: Christopher W3

We woke up early and took some more photographs at sunrise of the ruins at Maliprinka. Last night we went up to the pub and for a town of 15 people it was rocking....

Created: 21 Jul 2015 16:21 Views: 4743

Day 25 & 26 of our Big Trip of the Simpson and now the Flinders Ranges

Member: Christopher W3

Day 25 We were up early after packing most of the truck the night before. I had rung the man who runs the cultural tours at Mutawintji and he confirmed that they were running one on Saturday ...

Created: 21 Jul 2015 15:28 Views: 4594

Day 24 of our Big Trip of the Simpson and now the Flinders Ranges

Member: Christopher W3

Well we woke up this morning to a lovely blue sky and things were looking good for about 1 hour. Then the clouds rolled in again and the temperature dropped and the wind was bitter again....

Created: 17 Jul 2015 21:04 Views: 4495

Day 21 to 23 of our Big Trip of the Simpson and now the Flinders Ranges

Member: Christopher W3

Well we are now into our 6th day in Broken Hill and the weather is freezing. 1 degree last night but a wind chill of minus 4. The air is very cold and if you are in the shade it is bitter,...

Created: 16 Jul 2015 16:24 Views: 5243

Day 19 to 21 of our Big Trip of the Simpson and now the Flinders Ranges

Member: Christopher W3

Well here we are in Broken Hill. Raining and windy and very cold, but not quite as cold in Blackheath. We spent Sunday walking around the town taking photos of all the old buildings,...

Created: 14 Jul 2015 09:25 Views: 5411

Aussie Adventures 2015-Discovering The Pilbra

Member: Member - Muncey 72

Packed up and checked out of Barn Hill Station, very quiet this morning I think maybe the disco dancers were a bit sore from the antics last night!...

Created: 13 Jul 2015 18:45 Views: 7096

Cape York via Simpson Desert 9 July 2015 – Day 37

Member: Peter Beard (WA)

Sadly this is the end of the 4WD part of this trip for Pete. It ended in Broome for Ali because of work commitments and in Paraburdoo for Pete because he broke the unbreakable 80. Again....

Created: 09 Jul 2015 20:41 Views: 6088

Cape York via Simpson Desert 8 July 2015 – Day 36

Member: Peter Beard (WA)

Pete’s replacement for Ali is a bit spindly. The back-answering has stopped but Pete misses that, especially to important questions like “can you check the map and see how far it is to … “ or “if ...

Created: 08 Jul 2015 23:58 Views: 5359

Cape York via Simpson Desert 7 July 2015 – Day 35

Member: Peter Beard (WA)

After a close to 500km drive from Eighty Mile Beach Pete has set up camp at Carawine Gorge, which is about 10km off Woodie Woodie Road and on the Oakover River. Looking at a map,...

Created: 08 Jul 2015 23:18 Views: 5123

Days 15 to 18 of our Big Trip of the Simpson and now the Flinders Ranges

Member: Christopher W3

Day 15 Well to start the day I need to mention a few things that I had forgotten when getting the previous blog done. At the debriefing after getting to Birdsville Leader John mentioned that ...

Created: 07 Jul 2015 19:50 Views: 5328

Days 9 to 14 of our Big Trip of the Simpson and now the Flinders Ranges

Member: Christopher W3

Day 9 We were having a late getaway from Alice Springs to allow us time to replenish our stocks for the desert trip.. WE did a quick trip to Coles after we had packed up the truck and got some ...

Created: 07 Jul 2015 19:50 Views: 6083

Cape York via Simpson Desert 3-6 July 2015 – Days 31-34

Member: Peter Beard (WA)

It’s Monday 6 July and Pete made it safely to Eighty Mile Beach at about 4pm, and has managed to score the last self-contained cabin in the caravan park....

Created: 06 Jul 2015 20:23 Views: 4279

2015 Blog 3 Alice-Well 33 on CSR

Member: Navigator 1 (NSW)

1st June – 8th June Our intentions were to go to the Finke Desert Races but we decided a week’s wait for the event was a little too much....

Created: 05 Jul 2015 14:28 Views: 8142

Supersprings Installation

Member: Sand Man (SA)

In preparing for an upcoming trip from Adelaide through the Outback, I decided to add a pair of SuperSprings Stabilizers to the Colorado....

Created: 04 Jul 2015 12:29 Views: 7547

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Merty Merty to Tibooburra

Member: tony f

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: 3748

Cape York via Simpson Desert 2 July 2015 – Day 31

Member: Peter Beard (WA)

Covering the entire Gibb River Road from Kununurra to Derby in one day is possible. Possibly not desirable. Probably not advisable. Perhaps potentially irresponsible. But there you go....

Created: 03 Jul 2015 19:18 Views: 5024

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Innamincka to Merty Merty

Member: tony f

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: 4853

2015 Rudall River Trip - Caboolture Qld west to Alice Springs

Member: Navigator 1 (NSW)

Our long wait for a new Michelin spare tyre and our spare from Sydney finally ended but not before we experienced the incredible ‘rain event’ in Caboolture. Believe it or not,...

Created: 02 Jul 2015 14:06 Views: 8558

Fussell Family Simpson Adventure - Innamincka

Member: tony f

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: 3629

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