Kevin S - Life Member (QLD)

South West Queensland - The Dowling Track and Kilcowera Station

We have just returned from 8 days in the south west corner of Queensland. We were picking up on some activities that we missed when rain caused us to abort our planned trip up the Birdsville Track ...

Lake Ayre & Birdsville Track by Air and Road - Post 1

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....

DIY Storage Unit

I have become a bit tired of all that gear that seems to be permanently in the back of a 4WD sliding around and looking untidy. It was time to act. I didn’t want a full width unit,...

Lake Eyre & the Birdsville Track by Air & Road - Post 2

The trip to Horsham to join the tour was uneventful. We left Brisbane in sunshine but the skies progressively darkened to produce drizzle just past Narrandera and rain at Finlay....

Ticking Off The Bucket List - The Gawler Ranges & Mt. Ive Station

September 2016 . . South Australian weather was not kind to us at the start of our trip south from Yulara. Despite assurances from the Bureau of Meteorology and Weather

A Hinterland Alternative

It’s New Year in South East Queensland and the coast is booked solid. With a week end, New Years Eve and then New Years Day, and nothing much on at home,...

Lake Eyre & Birdsville Track by Air & Road - Post 4

Sadly the weather as the southern end of the Birdsville Track was not what we wanted for a trip up the track, so on a rainy morning we turned south from Lyndhurst,...

Probing The High Country - Part 1

While a visit to the High Country was not the prime reason for going south in April, the trip provided an opportunity to take a closer look. That was something we had wanted to do for some time....

Byfield National and Conservation Parks and State Forest

A couple of weeks ago we trailed our van to Yeppoon, with the intention of exploring the Byfield area. The drive to Yeppoon from Brisbane is certainly not an off road journey and is becoming less ...

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