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Sturts Stony Desert SA - Dust, mud, Maree, Mungerannie & a bush camp beside the Birdsville Track

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Monday 21st May, 2007 Bush Camp Birdsville Track S.A. A very early start the day being out of bed at 6:30 a.m. Hugh had arrived home from the pub at some indeterminate hour and fell ...

Created: 21 May 2007 00:00 Views: 21569

Canning Stock Route - An eventful day at Durba with the arrival of Ron, the "Ugly" Australian!

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Tuesday the 8th July, 2008 Durba Springs Canning Stock Route WA cleaned and repacked. I finished my clothes washing as Gaby did hers for mos

Created: 08 Jul 2008 00:00 Views: 21551

Francois Peron National Park - Bottle Bay

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Saturday 20th May, 2006 Bottle Bay, Francois Peron National Park What a great day it was today. It was capped off by a balmy evening watching the sun set spectacularly across the bay....

Created: 20 May 2006 00:00 Views: 21548

Canning Stock Route - Well 21 to Georgia Bore and on to Rudall River

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Thursday 7th June 2007 Bottom Bore & pump, Rudall River. Well here I am once again in Rudall River. We’ve camped at the bottom pump just 9 km north of the Talawana Track....

Created: 07 Jun 2007 00:00 Views: 21545

The 2011 Special Olympics Summer Games, Athens Greece - The final leg of the torch run begins & ends

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7th June, 2011 Athens Greece. What a way to start a 30 hour flight to Europe. Getting pulled aside as you check in at the departure gate and told that you’re being upgraded to ...

Created: 20 Jun 2011 00:00 Views: 21531

The Gibson Desert - On the cleared line (21 km west of Eagle Highway) WA

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Tuesday 1st July, 2008 (Canada Day) Cleared Line, 21km east of the Eagle Hwy 24 45 28.07 s 124 10 6.27 E This evening the acacia are festooned with bunting and even the dunny shovel acts as ...

Created: 01 Jul 2008 00:00 Views: 21505

Canning Stock Route Well 38 to Well 33 - The Haunted Well (37) & Kunawarritji

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Monday 24th July Kunawarritji Community W.A. (Well 33) Six bells this morning and Johnno beat me out of bed. I must confess that I lay there in the hope that the fire would be roaring by the ...

Created: 24 Jul 2006 00:00 Views: 21485

Video: The track west from Hanging Rock (Rudall River) to Christies Crossing and the Oakover.

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The track west from the Rudall River National Park takes in some amazing and historic locations. Hanging Rock (named by Rudall in his 1897 expedition in search of the missing members of the ...

Created: 15 Mar 2009 21:32 Views: 21424

Rudall River NP - Quad bike expedition into Yandagooge Gap - Day 1 (& meeting some fellow explorers)

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Thursday 17th July Bush Camp 22°13'21.85"S, 121°49'16.14"E Today was a day that had the best and worst of everything. It has left us satisfied but exhausted and we are now deep in the ...

Created: 17 Jul 2008 00:00 Views: 21423

"Destination Unknown" Day 7 - Finke, Kulgera and the Giles-Mulga Park to Mt Connor & Uluru

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7th July, 2011 Ayers Rock - Uluru A big day of driving was intended to day. As a result we got a good early start from Mount Dare and a clear blue day (thank god!)....

Created: 07 Jul 2011 18:00 Views: 21408

Kennedy Ranges to Mount Augustus (World largest Monolith no less!) W.A.

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Thursday 25th May Kennedy Ranges – Mt Augustus WA the day. We were pac

Created: 25 May 2006 00:00 Views: 21393

Exploring the Flinders Ranges S.A.

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For reasons I’ll never know we were up at sunrise and none of us bothered to check our watches. Hence, following our showers, breakfast and anti hangover panadol, we were on the road by 6.30 a.m....

Created: 28 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 21366

Cape Leveque, Hunters Creek, One arm Point and musings on marital relations!

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Monday 19th June Kooljamon Cape Leveque WA. There are unusual things you see when couples are taken away from their normal environs. Take for example your standard couple in their early 50’s....

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The Calvert Scientific and Exploring Expedition of 1896

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The Calvert Exploring Expedition was financed by Albert Calvert in an attempt to explore largely unknown areas of Western Australia....

Created: 10 Dec 2011 14:48 Views: 21341

The Kimberley - Around the Karunjie Track to El Questro

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Friday 14th July El Questro (again!) via the Karunjie Track Well the day of departure has arrived. The big trip commences. In anticipation we were out of bed a fraction before 6.00 a.m....

Created: 14 Jul 2006 00:00 Views: 21338

Rudall River - Return to Camel Valley

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Wednesday 23rd June, 2010 Darlsen Pinnacle Rudall River National Park WA It was great sleeping with the pinnacle in view in the full moonlight....

Created: 23 Jun 2010 00:00 Views: 21229

"Destination Unknown" Day 14 - Racing the rain south to Broken Hill (via Orientos & Tibooburra)

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The rain ceased sometime in the early morning but it was still a very grey and gloomy day we emerged to. Breakfast and then pack-up as early as possible deciding to hit the road south before the ...

Created: 14 Jul 2011 00:00 Views: 21217

Canning Stock Route - Durba to Savory Creek via the incredible Diebil Hills.

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Wednesday 6th June, 2007 Southern end of Lake Disappointment Savory Creek Canning stock Route WA. A fair days travel was achieved today....

Created: 06 Jun 2007 00:00 Views: 21198

Unexpected Encounters with Australian Reptiles #3 - The Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus)

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The Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus) is a native Australian lizard. It is also known as the Thorny Dragon, Mountain Devil, Thorny Lizard, or the Moloch and is the sole species of genus Moloch....

Created: 04 Feb 2012 22:44 Views: 21148

Rudall River - Exploring Hidden Valley and Outback Al's death march into the Broadhursts

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Sunday 20th June, 2010 Desert Queen Baths - Rudall River It was another warm night. I had left my four pairs of trousers soaking overnight and managed to get them rinsed out before ...

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The Kimberley WA - King Edward Wanjanas and a return to Drysdale Station.

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Tuesday 27th June Drysdale River Station WA Probably coming in for the scraps we wer

Created: 27 Jun 2006 00:00 Views: 21133

Rudall River - Darlsen Pinnacle at last (and some serious quad exploration along the way)

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Tuesday 22nd June, 2010 Darlsen Pinnacle Rudall River National Park I was up early and got the bulk of the packing done. The top up of the quad cooling system appears to have gone well....

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Into the Great Sandy Desert - Lost and found...Twice! (Or...how we almost made it to Rudall River)

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Friday 28th July Coolbro Creek, Sandy Desert W.A. 22 9 53.81 S, 121 58 39.72 E As per our intentions, we were up and on the road well before dawn....

Created: 28 Jul 2006 00:00 Views: 21065

Canning Stock Route - Durba Springs - A day of rest and exploring the gorge.

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Monday 4th June 07 Durba Springs Rest Day Canning Stock Route WA It was a reasonably early rise and a fire soon blazing. I’d soaked a couple of pairs of very dirty jeans in the bucket ...

Created: 04 Jun 2007 00:00 Views: 21053

Gibson & Great Sandy Deserts - Gary Junction Road to Kiwirrkurra & the Pollock Hills.

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Tuesday 22nd July, 2008 Pollock Hills, 27 km west of Kiwirrkurra 22 49 21.81s 127 30 38.83e Our sheltered spot proved a haven from the relentless easterly wind during the night....

Created: 22 Jul 2008 00:00 Views: 21036

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