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Trip to Maralinga, August 2013 – 6. Maralinga to Canberra via the Gawler Ranges

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. Robin was now back from Adelaide and the final morning was taken up with refuelling and paperwork. Finally everyone was ready and with Robin leading us we made our last departure from Maralinga....

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Trip to Maralinga, August 2013 – 5. Exploring mining roads in the Great Victoria Desert

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. Shortly after leaving Annes Corner we turned SW onto the BMR road. Although the first section was not the anticipated highway there was no stopping the hares who shot ahead,...

Created: 06 Jul 2014 16:27 Views: 7831

Trip to Maralinga, August 2013 – 4. Maralinga to Emu and beyond

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. There was unwelcome news the next morning. Robin’s wife Della was quite unwell and had been flown to hospital in Adelaide. Robin will of course go to join her and so will not be able to lead us ...

Created: 06 Jul 2014 16:25 Views: 8516

Trip to Maralinga, August 2013 – 3. Exploring Maralinga

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. The whole crew rose a bit late the next morning, and to our surprise we found that we were shrouded in thick fog that took a while to clear....

Created: 06 Jul 2014 16:23 Views: 10039

Trip to Maralinga, August 2013 – 2. Port Augusta to Maralinga

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. (an aside - all photos may be clicked to enlarge) Finally everyone was more or less ready, and we were on the road and heading north from Port Augusta by about 10.30....

Created: 06 Jul 2014 16:15 Views: 8199

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

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. 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....

Created: 06 Jul 2014 16:06 Views: 7919

Grampians Wildflowers

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. It was early October, probably the height of the spring flowering season, when we spent a few days in the Grampians National Park in 2006....

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Nardoo or Marsilea drummondii

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. Nardoo has a place in Australian history because it’s what Burke & Wills were eating when they starved to death on Cooper Creek. What is it and what does it look like?...

Created: 05 Nov 1989 16:48 Views: 24332

River Red Gum - Eucalyptus camaldulensis

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. River Red Gums are a familiar and iconic tree seen lining watercourses and on floodplains right across inland Australia. They play an important role in stabilising river banks,...

Created: 18 Dec 1989 09:29 Views: 39685

Wooback at Yass

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Wooback was a gathering today of draught horses to set a world record for the number of horses ploughing at the same time. As there was no previous record,...

Created: 04 May 2014 17:25 Views: 9684

Photo Comp 2014

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Difficult ! Australian Landscape is a very broad topic to cover in a circular format ! Here goes:

Created: 12 Dec 2013 16:51 Views: 7496

Photo Comp

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A Man-Made Object in the Bush. Its hard to find a place even in remote areas where humans haven't left their mark. Here are some man-made objects that we have seen on our travels. Cheers,...

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2001 Troopy’s First Trip to the Red Centre – Part 2 Tibooburra to Beltana

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Going back into Tibooburra, we went to the NPWS office to pick up brochures and have a look at some wildlife and historical displays. From Tibooburra we headed west towards Fort Grey,...

Created: 31 Aug 2001 18:32 Views: 26901

2001 Troopy’s First Trip to the Red Centre – Part 3 Beltana to Ross River via Old Andado

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We followed a gravel road that ran north from Beltana beside the old Ghan line, heading for Leigh Creek. It took us through narrow dry valleys and between steep red hills,...

Created: 05 Sep 2001 15:17 Views: 27857

2001 Troopy’s First Trip to the Red Centre – Part 4 Ross River to Palm Valley

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Arltunga is an early gold prospecting and mining area said to have been the incentive to bring the first white men to the centre. Not many white women came in those early days....

Created: 10 Sep 2001 16:37 Views: 24827

2001 Troopy’s First Trip to the Red Centre – Part 5 Palm Valley to Home (Canberra)

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We made an early start next morning as we wanted to reach King’s Canyon and do some exploring there. On the road out from Palm Valley we passed an incoming tourist bus in a big hurry....

Created: 16 Sep 2001 21:38 Views: 24851

2001 Troopy’s First Trip to the Red Centre – Part 1 Canberra to Tibooburra

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Our trip to north Queensland a couple of years earlier had shown up the limitations of an esky and ice in hot weather. Also we had thought long and hard about how we might have a tent that ...

Created: 26 Aug 2001 20:44 Views: 28355

2002 Trip - Kimberley & Kakadu. Part 3 – Bungle Bungles via Broome to Windjana Gorge

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Next morning we went back to Cathedral Gorge for some more photos. In the morning light the domes and gorge looked quite different. Then on to the Kurrajong Camp (northern section) for lunch,...

Created: 11 Nov 2002 20:12 Views: 27331

2002 Trip - Kimberley & Kakadu. Part 4 –Windjana Gorge to Wyndham on the Gibb River Road

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Windjana Gorge Campground is busy but peaceful. We were up early to ring on of our sons for his birthday only to find that the camp phone only works using a card that is only available from the ...

Created: 13 Nov 2002 17:31 Views: 30596

2002 Trip - Kimberley & Kakadu. Part 6 – Gregory National Park to Litchfield NP

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Exploring Bullita we started out by looking over the stockyards, the homestead and outbuildings. The property was once owned by the Durack family,...

Created: 01 Dec 2002 16:52 Views: 27641

2002 Trip - Kimberley & Kakadu. Part 5 – Wyndham to Gregory National Park

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Leaving Wyndham we headed out to Parrys Lagoon, a Ramsar wetland in a beautiful setting. There we were delighted to see lots of water lilies and water birds - ducks, herons, magpie geese, stilts,...

Created: 25 Nov 2002 17:14 Views: 32580

2002 Trip - Kimberley & Kakadu. Part 2 – Alice Springs to the Bungle Bungles

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The first part of the Tanami Track was easy - single lane bitumen with very little traffic. Then came wide gravel, loose and corrugated but we covered it at around 80 -90 kph without discomfort....

Created: 29 Oct 2002 21:38 Views: 26721

2002 Trip - Kimberley & Kakadu. Part 1 – Canberra to Alice Springs

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Our trip in 2001 to The Red Centre was so enjoyable that we were determined to do more trips, and to go even further afield. Thus enthused we planned a two month adventure taking in Kakadu and ...

Created: 24 Oct 2002 19:39 Views: 25402

2002 Trip - Kimberley & Kakadu. Part 7 – Litchfield NP to Darwin

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Green Ant Creek in Litchfield NP was our first stop the next morning. We followed a walking track beside the creek that was bordered by dense rainforest vegetation – ferns, palms and climbers....

Created: 08 Dec 2002 16:03 Views: 27473

2002 Trip - Kimberley & Kakadu. Part 8 – Darwin to Kakadu

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Darwin turned on a hot night and a hot and humid morning with heavy dew and some cloud. The locals were talking about an early “build up” to the wet....

Created: 11 Dec 2002 14:20 Views: 28118

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