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Man vs Wild @ Ningaloo - Part 2

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Sun 5th - more setup today and general resting. David is in no rush to launch the boat just yet. We enjoyed watching as 3 young boys went kite surfing in front of our camp - never seen that here ...

Created: 05 Jul 2015 10:00 Views: 5871

Man vs Wild @ Ningaloo - Part 1

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Fri 3rd - left home (Perth) @6:45 am. Had hoped to leave at 3am but was still packing at 2am so that wasn't going to happen. David went to bed at midnight and I don't drive towing this enormous ...

Created: 03 Jul 2015 10:00 Views: 5013

Ningaloo here we come!

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Packing at the last minute sucks! We had planned/hoped to get away at 3am to get a really good start on the drive. But due to still packing at 1am we decided to defer to leave till 6am....

Created: 04 Jul 2015 10:50 Views: 4951

Ningaloo Dreaming

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Oh I remember this job getting the gear out and working out what works and what doesn't. What a week, we had to spend a large sum of dough on the boat - new manifold for the in board ouch....

Created: 27 Jun 2015 18:09 Views: 4500

Penguin Island

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Penguin Island near Rockingham just south of Perth. We decided to spend some time investigating local sites over the school holidays and Penguin Island was on the list for today....

Created: 14 Apr 2015 11:43 Views: 4352

Ningaloo Trip 2013: A tale of woes

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This is a retrospective narrative as the trip is now over and we are home. As family, friends, and long-term readers of ExplorOz would know,...

Created: 31 Jul 2013 15:54 Views: 13109

Latest Wheel Cover

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Here is a snap of the new ExplorOz wheel cover. Available in the ExplorOz shop. David Sent from my Samsung GALAXY S4

Created: 23 May 2014 19:20 Views: 5000

Day 13 Cook & Knowles Cave

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This morning we had some more good dune country to travel so we took some GoPro footage from the top of our sand flagpole. By mid morning however we had joined the main Voakes Hill to Cook Road ...

Created: 15 Aug 2013 17:30 Views: 5986

A photographic summary of our Maralinga Mystery Tour

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As this blog has no text (other than this sentence) it shows images from our recent trip from Perth to Maralinga and back. [gi]83

Created: 26 Aug 2013 15:57 Views: 6700

Found: A camel with no hump

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Out in the Great Victoria Desert, we encountered a section of significant fireburn - probably about 18months old. Within this section,...

Created: 27 Aug 2013 12:46 Views: 9164

Day 16 Breakaways to Home (Perth)

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We were so thankful that we'd got through the night without getting any rain. To wake up in such a lovely camp was the perfect ending to a wonderful adventurous trip....

Created: 23 Aug 2013 12:03 Views: 5253

New Swag & Packing Started for Maralinga Trip

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This year we decided to get a new swag. The AOS swag we have been using is due for a new mattress and some additional waterproofing but has been great for the last 12 years of heavy use....

Created: 02 Aug 2013 11:02 Views: 7185

Day 15 Eucla to Breakaways

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It wasn't such a bad camp in the rest area but it was cold. The best part was shifting to WA time & getting a 6:30am camp departure!...

Created: 17 Aug 2013 19:00 Views: 5159

Day 14 Old Eyre Highway

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Ahhh... our first sleep-in! But a few spits of rain & some wind made us hurry along. It was a great day for driving but we still explored some tracks & found more ruins & interesting sites before ...

Created: 16 Aug 2013 18:30 Views: 7313

Day 12 More B.M.R. Roads

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Today the kids begged for the last of the bacon. We have a family fav that works well for a camp breakfast - fried eggs & bacon in a wrap with fresh avocado....

Created: 14 Aug 2013 17:20 Views: 4465

Day 11 B.M.R. Roads

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Thanks to Stephen's advanced planning & arrangements with Robin, we had permission to use closed BMR tracks south of the Anne Beadell Highway. Unfortunately,...

Created: 13 Aug 2013 16:00 Views: 4809

Day 10 Emu & Anne Beadell Hwy

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We continued to backtrack today and made our way to Camera Site C & the heavily corrugated track towards Emu although we opted to pick up an alternate track that could not have been used for 1-2 ...

Created: 12 Aug 2013 17:00 Views: 4347

Day 9 Emu Area & Dingo Claypan

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Today we departed from the clay pan and headed out to Camera Site C. This site is the location of the videos seen on DVD where the personnel turned and watched the mushroom cloud form after the ...

Created: 11 Aug 2013 19:05 Views: 5088

Day 8 Emu

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Today we made it to Emu after looking at some rock formations and travelling the remaining distance to Emu. Upon arrival we setup camp and Leah (coaxed by Stephen) push me to let her drive on ...

Created: 10 Aug 2013 20:50 Views: 4237

Day 7 Maralinga to Emu

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Today was the start of the exploration around the larger SA area. Robin's wife Della was transferred from Ceduna hospital to Adelaide (suspected pneumonia)....

Created: 09 Aug 2013 20:41 Views: 4526

Day 5 & 6 - Maralinga

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On these two days we toured around the village, airstrip and then onto the Forward Area. The Forward Area is where the actual tests were carried out. The Maralinga Airstrip is amazing,...

Created: 08 Aug 2013 15:26 Views: 4222

Day 4 Border Village to Maralinga

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Today started on the tar just east of border village and we headed towards Nullabor Roadhouse. The tar trip was made a little more fun with a few stops at the Bight lookouts we stopped at 3 & 2....

Created: 06 Aug 2013 17:10 Views: 4414

Day 3 - Just East of Eucla

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Today for me started with a 5.4km run and hot shower from the car (twine). We left at 8:30am and finished the Overland Telegraph Line it was ok going though there were several wet muddy sections....

Created: 05 Aug 2013 20:18 Views: 4422

Day 2 draws to a close

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Well after a nice day we have setup camp just south of Baladonia on the Overland Telegraph Track between Norseman & Baladonia. We started today out at Emu Rock after a really cold and damp ...

Created: 04 Aug 2013 17:30 Views: 5100

First Camp & Day 1

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We departed this morning after a few usual late minute issues, all of which were sorted quickly. A quick stop Repco saw us getting the last of the car spares and then off and moving at 10:30....

Created: 03 Aug 2013 22:02 Views: 5597

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