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Newman W.A. - A look around The Kalgan Pool

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Sunday 28th May Newman W.A. It didn’t rain during the night, which was a great result for the noisy exchange student group. They were up before 6.00 a.m. and as a consequence, so were we!...

Created: 28 May 2006 00:00 Views: 28542

The Kimberley - A quad expedition along the remote Drysdale and Carson Escarpments

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Tuesday 27th July 2010 Drysdale River The Kimberley Today was a fully fledged quad expedition along the Drysdale and Carson Escarpments and rivers....

Created: 27 Jul 2010 00:00 Views: 28531

The Kimberley - Elquestro - Exploring the gorges (travels with Ranger Meg)

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Friday 30th June El Questro W.A. I hate starting the day with a hangover. We had to be up at 5:45 a.m. to be showered and ready for our breakfast cruise on the Chamberlain Gorge....

Created: 30 Jun 2006 00:00 Views: 28364

The Hunt Oil Road - Remote area travel at its best - Track condition and trip report

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Track conditions and highlights along on the Hunt Oil Road from our journey in late June, 2008. The links in the text go directly to Exploroz "places" which have been created or updated with ...

Created: 28 Oct 2008 17:56 Views: 28363

Canning Stock Route - Defeated by the desert and our retreat to Well 45.

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Thursday the 11th June Well 45 - CSR 20 47 36.86 126 10 29.68 It had the best and

Created: 11 Jun 2009 00:00 Views: 27925

"Enter the Dragon" - Our expedition into the Great Sandy Desert in search of Dragon Tree Soak

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Sunday 11th July Dragon Tree Soak Great Sandy Desert We welcomed on old friend back this morning....the sun. The grey skies of the past three days have broken into intermittent clouds....

Created: 11 Jul 2010 00:00 Views: 27919

New Zealand 2011 - Mick & Vik at large in the land of the long white cloud.

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April 1st, 2011 As a firm believer in the maxim “Happy wife, Happy Life”, I surprised Queen Vik on her birthday last year with a trip to New Zealand,...

Created: 01 Apr 2011 19:31 Views: 27899

"Destination Unknown" Day 5 - William Creek, Lake Eyre Flights and north to Duff Creek

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Tuesday 5th July, 2011 Duff Creek, Oodnadatta Track The first rays of morning bought a magnificent sunrise with the black horizon shot through with vermillion hues....

Created: 05 Jul 2011 00:00 Views: 27896

Googs Track SA - Bats, Mount Finke & musings on tackling the monster dunes!

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Wednesday 12th April 2006 North end of Goog’s Track S.A. It’s 8 o’clock in the evening, I’m sipping on a glass of 1996 Pfeiffer’s Merlot by the glowing embers of the fire....

Created: 12 Apr 2006 00:00 Views: 27735

David Carnegie Road - Feedback on the DCR - Updated July 2009.

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May 2007 - Traversed South to North July 2009 - Updated - North to south We approached the DCR from the south turning onto the track from the Great Central Road (GCR) 15 km west of the ...

Created: 31 May 2007 00:00 Views: 27567

Great Sandy Desert - The GDEC quest for Dragon Tree Soak Begins (& not without a few dramas!).

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Wednesday 7th July, 2010 Great Sandy Desert (McLarty Track) 19°14'18.05"S, 122°10'25.11"E I was out of bed before the Corella’s this morning and over to the shower block....

Created: 07 Jul 2010 00:00 Views: 27520

Great Sandy Desert - Rain in the desert (Day 3 of our quest for Dragon Tree Soak)

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Friday 9th July, 2010 Rocky Knoll, GSD 7 km west of DTS cut line. 19°22'24.45"S, 123°17'34.71"E A day of adventure today with varied track conditions and a lot of rain....

Created: 09 Jul 2010 00:00 Views: 27471

Great Sandy Desert - A hard slog to Joanna Spring & a goal achieved.

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There is nothing like the feeling you get when realising a goal achieved. This year, for three of us (myself and fellow EO members John & Suzette),...

Created: 13 Nov 2009 19:05 Views: 27334

"Destination Unknown" Day 2 - Enroute to the Flinders Ranges via Yunta & the station country.

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Saturday the 2nd July – Wilpena Creek 65km East of the Flinders Ranges I slept well during what was a brisk night. We arose to a chilly but sunny morning. Breakfast was a feed of jaffles....

Created: 02 Jul 2011 08:00 Views: 27265

Rudall River - East to Graphite Valley, Camel Rock and Cotton Creek (Then to Georgia Bore - CSR)

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Wednesday 8th July, 2009 Georgia Bore CSR – Talawana Intersection A fairly full day of travel today departing DQB at exactly 8.00 a.m....

Created: 08 Jul 2009 00:00 Views: 27199

Great Sandy Desert - Mowing a path north towards Joanna Spring (through some harsh country)

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Wednesday 17th June, 2009 Old exploration track 99 km north east of Wapet Track 20 23 53.22 123 24 29.79 od 208216 It was a tough day today with a whopping 82 kilometres covered for ...

Created: 17 Jun 2009 00:00 Views: 27162

Great Sandy Desert - The McLarty Hills (Day 4 of our quest for Dragon Tree Soak)

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Saturday 10th July, 2010 McLarty Hills - Great Sandy Desert 19°32'3.44"S, 123°32'39.75"E (58.6 km for the day) There had been a few showers during the night but nothing significant and ...

Created: 10 Jul 2010 00:00 Views: 27148

Great Sandy Desert - Out of the wilds & onto the Anna Plains Track ( & the Whithorn Ranges).

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Tuesday 13th July, 2010 The Whithorn Ranges 19° 50.800'S, 122° 15.170'E Despite being only eleven (as the crow flies) kilometres from the Anna Plains Track,...

Created: 13 Jul 2010 00:00 Views: 27122

Trip Planning - Choosing your travel companions wisely.

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One of the greatest things about travelling in this great country of ours is quite often the people you meet and the experiences you share along the way. Having largely been a solo traveller,...

Created: 21 Feb 2010 14:17 Views: 27106

The Kimberley - The infamous Leveque Road strikes again as we head for La Djardarr Bay.

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Tuesday 20th July 2010, Bush camp on the back road to Derby Well it was time for us to reluctantly leave Cape Leveque. It didn’t take long to get camp packed up and squared away....

Created: 20 Jul 2010 00:00 Views: 27047

The Dig Tree to Birdsville (via Cordillo Downs) - "A thousand dollar day"

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Tuesday 31st May, 2005 Birdsville Queensland “The thousand dollar day”. Why is it that the older we get, the more we feel the need to prove that we are in fact, “Rebels without a pause”....

Created: 31 May 2005 00:00 Views: 27021

Great Sandy Desert - Success in the desert - Joanna Spring, a goal achieved.

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Friday 19th June, 2009 Joanna Spring, WA There is nothing like the feeling you get when realising a goal achieved. For the three of us sitting round a campfire some 400 km east of the WA ...

Created: 19 Jun 2009 20:00 Views: 26894

"Destination Unknown" Day 4 - The Oodnadatta Track, The Ghan, Lake Eyre and a haunted rail siding!

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Monday 4th July, 2011 – Oodnadatta Track We were aiming for an early getaway and as it panned out, we were squared away and on the road by 8:00 a.m....

Created: 04 Jul 2011 00:00 Views: 26813

Great Sandy Desert - Sandy Blight Junction Track NT

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Wednesday 23rd July, Sandy Blight Junction Track (77 km in) 023 42 6.08s 129 17 39.62e It was a chilly and windy start to the day. Jaffles for a breakfast then on the track at 9:15 a....

Created: 23 Jul 2008 00:00 Views: 26740

Little Sandy Desert - The Puntawarri Track - "An extremely Isolated & treacherous track!"

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Thursday 10th July, 2008 Bush camp south of Jigalong WA 23 26 17.39 S, 120 49 5.14E That there are donkeys inhabiting this area is beyond dispute!...

Created: 10 Jul 2008 00:00 Views: 26710

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