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Life Around Birdsville Day 12 to 20

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This section of our diary does not contain trip data or specific location details as requested by private land owners who do not want an influx of tourists in these areas....

Created: 15 Jun 2002 00:00 Views: 12550

Zion National Park

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TRIP DAY 17 Wednesday 21st September, 2011 Breakfast was included in our accommodation so we gave it a try... first time I've ever seen a waffle maker but whilst David and girls had them I ...

Created: 25 Sep 2011 17:42 Views: 12546

Central Queensland

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The "Matilda Highway" is the name for the connection of highways from Karumba on the Gulf of Carpentaria to Bourke in country NSW. We joined the Matilda Highway at Mt Isa and followed it through ...

Created: 06 Nov 1999 01:00 Views: 12523

Tasmania: West Coast - Day 11

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Thankfully, Chardae slept through until 6am then after a feed went down again for more sleep until 8am. When Chardae sleeps in, we all sleep in!...

Created: 05 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 12510

A few days in the WA Wheatbelt

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Our family was well overdue for a little getaway in the bush. So we set aside a few days midweek during the recent school holidays and simply hoped to get a few nights around

Created: 17 Oct 2012 10:39 Views: 12493

Victoria: High Country - Day 23

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We slept out in swags last night but we had more rain in the morning. The Melbourne sun didn't appear until 9.30am, so this made yet another late departure at 10.30am....

Created: 17 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 12248

East Pilbara Day 48 - Eel Pool to Newman

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Day 48 - Wednesday 8/8/01 Start - Eel Pool Stop - Newman Trip Odometer - 337.9 Stopped time - 2.04hrs Moving average - 66.4km/hr Moving time - 5.05hrs Total Time - 7....

Created: 08 Aug 2001 00:00 Views: 12237

Birdsville to Kulgera Day 21 - Birdsville to Salt Lake on Rig Road

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Day 21 - Sunday 23/6/02 Start - Birdsville Stop - Salt Lake on Rig Road Trip Odometer - 252.5km Stopped time - 1:20 hr Moving average - 69 km/hr Moving time - 3:39 hrs Max speed - 102....

Created: 23 Jun 2002 00:00 Views: 12233

Ayers Rock (Uluru)

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It was through talking to people that we learned a few tricks about travelling to Ayers Rock (Uluru). The National Park entrance fee is $15 per adult and is valid for 5 days....

Created: 29 Oct 1999 00:00 Views: 12232

Coober Pedy to Birdsville Day 9 - Coober Pedy to Dalhousie Springs

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Day 9 - Tuesday 11/6/02 Start - Coober Pedy Stop - Dalhousie Springs Trip Odometer - 378.3 km Stopped time - 0:33 hrs Moving average - 77.9 km/hr Moving time - 4:51:33 hrs Max speed - 100....

Created: 11 Jun 2002 00:00 Views: 12173

...and we're off again

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It's 4.40am & we've left. Hopefully we'll make it a bit further than yesterday! Had the coldest day this year in Perth so it was nice to be back in our beds instead of a roadside camp....

Created: 27 Jun 2010 07:23 Views: 12166

My Triathlon Event Blogs

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I have had a few people ask me about our Triathlon event blogs so thought I would mention in our ExplorOz Blog where our triathlon event blogs have moved to....

Created: 15 Apr 2011 00:36 Views: 12154

Kulgera to Perth Day 27 - Terhan Rockhole to Goongarrie Station NP

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Day 27 - Saturday 29/6/02 Start - Terhan Rockhole Stop - Goongarrie Station NP Trip Odometer - 616.2 km Stopped time - 1:36 hr Moving average - 85....

Created: 29 Jun 2002 00:00 Views: 12137

Sydney to Flinders

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This trip started with the usual flurry of mayhem that one must endure in order to appreciate the solitude of the outback. Leaving the city comes at a price....

Created: 03 Jun 1999 00:00 Views: 12101

Glorious days at Ningaloo

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We are now settled into our holiday and enjoying the bountiful fishing and good weather. 3 big (over 20kg) Spanish mackerel have been caught but no luck so far with squid....

Created: 17 Jul 2011 20:53 Views: 11995

Disneyland

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Trip Day 29 Monday 3rd September, 2011 I started the day with a 45 minute morning run. I find this always helps me get oriented with an area and although it was just a concrete jungle with ...

Created: 10 Oct 2011 05:00 Views: 11964

Tasmania: East Coast - Day 14

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It was with some reluctance that we left the motel comforts and headed off for a couple days on Bruny Island. Thankfully the weather looked to be clearing slowly. It wasn't exactly sunny,...

Created: 08 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 11957

About Birdsville

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Birdsville could be called Australia's last frontier town. Lying on the edge of the Simpson Desert in an area surrounded by 2 desert regions it is extremely isolated but certainly not desolated....

Created: 01 Sep 1999 00:00 Views: 11921

Victoria: High Country - Day 25

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Driving back up the track as we left camp I remembered how you would not want to be doing this in the wet. Back at the Low Saddle Road we continued along using mostly low range 3 and 4....

Created: 19 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 11844

Victoria: High Country - Day 24

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We set off this morning with some trepidation as to what might lie ahead (by "we", I am referring to all except for David who was simply loving it)....

Created: 18 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 11784

San Diego

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Trip Day 33 Friday 7th September, 2011 Leaving Anaheim/Disneyland was rather sad! We all enjoyed it so much - for me, way more than I expected. It is true that magic exists at Disneyland....

Created: 21 Oct 2011 20:42 Views: 11666

Tasmania: East Coast - Day 15

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Since we wanted to be back at the Penguin Rookery tonight, we made a day trip out of our time on the island going to Adventure Bay, Cloudy Bay (lovely), Cloudy Corner, Cape Bruny Lighthouse,...

Created: 09 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 11646

Alice Region

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Arriving in Alice Springs we were excited by having both mobile phone service, collecting over a month's worth of mail and the huge variety of shops!...

Created: 11 Oct 1999 00:00 Views: 11646

Canning Stock Route Day 4 - Well 3 to Well 6 (Pierre Spring)

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Camping in swags certainly makes departing camp really easy. Best of all, Leah is just loving it. At night she comes up and asks to go to her swag!...

Created: 06 Jul 2003 00:00 Views: 11601

Victoria: High Country - Day 27

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The Land Rover group packed up and departed a little before us - they had neither come in the way we had, nor were they headed out our way. Anyway, we headed south through flooded tracks,...

Created: 21 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 11597

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