Stephen L (Clare) SA

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Roxby Downs Sturt Desert Pea display 23rd – 24th October 2010

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The first European to see a Sturt Desert Pea in flower was English Explorer and Navigator, William Dampier, when on the on 22 August 1699 on Rosemary Island in the Dampier Archipelago he collected ...

Created: 25 Oct 2010 22:32 Views: 49086

Spring Gully Conservation Park & Eucalyptus macrorhyncha - Red Stringybark

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Following through on the posts that Val has started on the Forum, Wildflowers, Photos… I wish to post this follow u

Created: 01 Dec 2010 15:39 Views: 46370

Kangaroo Island Wildflowers - March 2011

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Back in January when we had a few days of 40° C plus in temperature, it was time to think about a short little break and immediately thought of Kangaroo Island (KI as it is known locally here in ...

Created: 09 Apr 2011 11:12 Views: 36374

Mistletoe – ‘Box Mistletoe’

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Mistletoes are parasites. This diverse group of plants has over 1500 species found throughout the world. 91 species have been found in Australia and experts believe that there are more out ...

Created: 16 Apr 2011 14:22 Views: 42636

The Quandong – The Blog

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Back in late January of this year while taking a drive over to Moonta, we stopped to check out some local Quandong trees that we have driven past countless times over the years,...

Created: 18 Jun 2011 17:56 Views: 37757

Wildflowers of the Birdsville Track and Simpson Desert

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Depending on what time of the year you visit this normally parched desert landscape of South Australia and Queensland, one would be forgiven to think that wildflowers can exist there and ...

Created: 30 Sep 2011 21:04 Views: 43569

Spring Gully Conservation Park - Wildflowers October 2011

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The now 398 ha Conservation Park was first gazetted as a Wildlife Reserve in 1962. The original Reserve was only just fifteen acres in size and over time the Wildlife Reserve was extended to ...

Created: 10 Oct 2011 19:04 Views: 35352

Acacia peuce - Waddy Wood

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Nationally listed as vulnerable, and classified as endangered in the Northern Territory, Acacia peuce can only be found in a few remote desert locations in Australia,...

Created: 23 Jan 2012 23:34 Views: 35510

Maralinga Trip Wildflowers - August 2012

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Australian Deserts are very unique and may be Deserts in name, but given the right conditions will burst into life with displays of vivid colours with some very special wildflowers that ...

Created: 02 Nov 2012 20:35 Views: 25297

Kangaroo Island Wildflowers – October 2011

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Believing that mid spring would be a very good time to revisit Kangaroo Island to see the local display of Wildflowers, we went with an open mind on what would be available and how many ...

Created: 18 Nov 2011 21:19 Views: 47711

Acacia pickardii - Mount Gason Wattle

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The Birdsville Track reveals many treasures to the observant traveller. One such treasure is a little known wattle, only discovered 40 years ago....

Created: 02 Jan 2012 13:14 Views: 32164

Great Victoria Desert Wildflowers - August 2014

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Well after countless hours of sifting through my Wildflowers Books, I hope that I have named accurately the many varieties of Wildflowers that we encountered during our recent trip out into ...

Created: 23 Oct 2014 18:25 Views: 17742

The Great Victoria Desert – Our Return Visit August 2014 Part 4

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After looking through and signing the Visitors Book again at Voakes Hill Corner, we all departed and travelled south on the Cook Road....

Created: 07 Oct 2014 20:54 Views: 11809

The Great Victoria Desert – Our Return Visit August 2014 Part 3

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With all vehicles refuelled for the next leg of the trip and stocked up with food from the very well appointed store, it was time to leave Tjuntjuntjarra and head further west and head ...

Created: 26 Sep 2014 19:54 Views: 14057

The Great Victoria Desert – Our Return Visit August 2014 Part 2

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Due to unexpected events, Robin was unable to travel with us, so we said our farewells and Robin handed over the front security gate key and we headed out of Maralinga,...

Created: 22 Sep 2014 22:45 Views: 14620

The Great Victoria Desert – Our Return Visit August 2014 Part 1

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My planned route that I had worked on for our return visit to Australia’s largest desert, The Great Victoria Desert, was very specific, and if I was not able to do just one section,...

Created: 12 Sep 2014 20:38 Views: 12388

Maralinga Mystery Tour 2013

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During August 2013, we ventured out into the very heart of the Great Victoria Desert with the help of my great friend, Robin Matthews from Maralinga....

Created: 08 Sep 2013 18:15 Views: 18537

The Legacy of Mining and Oil Exploration Tracks in Australia

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Many of Australia’s major Outback Tracks have been put in place either through the quest of linking many remote locations,...

Created: 13 Oct 2013 20:04 Views: 16819

Protect your Vehicles Paintwork

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Hi Everyone As promised, I have followed up today on where you can get Auto Skin or the like. I contacted every place that I was given leads to follow up and can report on the following....

Created: 08 Oct 2013 20:02 Views: 11783

Innes National Park

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From rugged coastlines that have claimed many sailing vessels over the years, to the ruins at Inneston that was once an important Gypsum Mining venture,...

Created: 19 Sep 2013 19:15 Views: 17883

Our Forced Retreat to The Flinders Ranges

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Like any trip that I plan, the weather will play a very important factor in the successful outcome of the trip. For the months leading up to our proposed trip to visit friends on the ...

Created: 24 Jun 2013 20:10 Views: 16768

Four Great Days on the Yorke Peninsula

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The weeks leading up to the January 2013 Australia Day Long Weekend were nothing but tortious, with the temperature topping 49° C for a few days in a row here in Clare,...

Created: 08 Feb 2013 20:40 Views: 25780

The Recovery of Burke and Wills Remains - Clare’s link.

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Here is a very brief overview of the events that lead to the recovery of the remains of Burke and Wills from the Cooper Creek in the far north east of South Australia in 1862 and how my home ...

Created: 08 Dec 2012 21:29 Views: 22390

Shackle Road Drive - Kangaroo Island

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Kangaroo Island is Australia’s third largest Island and is very unique in both terms of Fauna and Flora with many species found no where else living or growing naturally in the world....

Created: 25 Nov 2012 15:22 Views: 43817

Stone Cairns and Trig Points - What are they?

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Over the years with our travels around this great country of ours, there has been one type of special landmark feature that gets my attention and for a special reason and these features are ...

Created: 25 Apr 2012 11:55 Views: 28928

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