Hello to all ExploreOz blog readers.
This is our first blog on this site. We have been blogging elsewhere as we have been exploring Oz for the last couple of years. In preparing for this trip we have received a great deal of assistance from ExploreOz
forum contributors. We think it is only fair to share our experiences as a result.
![Our Jackaroo in the Flinders Ranges last year]()
Our Jackaroo in the Flinders Ranges last year
On 2nd July we leave
Brisbane for Horsham where we join two friends and board a small aircraft for a flying tour over the “wet centre”. After seeing the Cooper, parts of the
Simpson Desert and Lake Eyre from the air we return to Horsham and drive through much of the same area. For us both of these activities are firsts.
![A Cessna 210 similar to our tour aircraft]()
A Cessna 210 similar to our tour aircraft
The air tour is run by Wrightsair of
William Creek. On the tour we spend nights at
Bedourie and
William Creek, land for lunch at
Innamincka and
Birdsville and fly over
Cooper Creek, Goyder Lagoon, parts of the
Simpson Desert,
Warburton Creek and Lake Eyre. On the way
home via
Port Pirie we fly over Anna Creek Station.
We will return to
Brisbane via the
Birdsville Track,
Birdsville and the towns of the far south west of Queensland. We will return briefly to South Australia to spend a night at
Innamincka before moving on to a cattle station for three days. Then it’s off
home.
Our accommodation will be in park cabins, dongas and country pubs. We will carry basic camping equipment hoping not to need it. The same goes for spare tyres and parts.
We will update ExploreOz readers by blog entries with pictures as regularly as possible but there will be days or nights when we are beyond the reach of Next G.
Only five days to go and we are really looking forward to being under way.
Kevin S
26/6/11