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Rudall River NP - Our First Quad Expedition - Desperate donkeys, fools gold and unmapped mountains!

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Sunday 13th July, 2008 Bush camp near Darlsen Pinnacle 22 23 54.301 S, 121 58 0.901 E Another glorious morning in outback paradise. After breakfast,...

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Rudall River NP - Exploring the northwest edge of the Throssell Ranges - Turtle Rockhole

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Saturday 12th July, 2008 Yandagooge Creek, Throssell Ranges (Rudall River) WA 22 19 18.8 S, 122 03 5.699 E It was a reasonable early start to the day having a quick breakfast by the fire ...

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Back in Rudall River Again - Tjingkulatjatjarra (Tjarra) Pool WA

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Friday 11th July, Tjarra Pool, Rudall River National Park 22 30 16.03 122 04 36.55 Well here I am back in Rudall River again. The third time in three years....

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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!...

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Little Sandy Desert - Puntawarri Track - Savory Creek, 78 km west of the Canning.

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Wednesday 9th July Savory Creek, 78 km west of the Canning. 23 32 28.67 S, 121 46 5.12 E The local dingoes greeted the dawn just as they had heralded the setting of the sun the previous ...

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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

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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 ...

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The Hunt Oil Road - Spinifex Camp.

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Monday 30th June, 2008 Hunt Oil Road:Spinifex country! 25 32 2.23 S, 124 36 50.65 E It was a cold night. I did manage to sleep right up until dawn which is a rare feat,...

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The Hunt Oil Road WA - North to Mt Worsnop (remote outback travelling at its best)

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Sunday 29th June, 2008 Mt Worsnop – Hunt Oil Road WA 26 09 10.39 S 124 46 5.57 E Up at the crack of dawn, jaffles for breakfast and on the road by 7:30 a.m. Such was our speedy morning....

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The Hunt Oil Road WA

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Saturday 28th June, 2008 Hunt Oil Road WA 026 45 34.12 125 31 6.29 We got up good and early as we had made the decision to drop to leaves out of the springs on Scott's trailer ...

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Giles-Mulga Park Road - Following the route of Alexander Forrest to Warburton WA.

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Friday 27th June Warburton WA Today we finished our trip west through the Blackstone and Musgrave Ranges and on many occassions,...

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Giles-Mulga Park Road - West through the Musgraves to the Wingellina Hills.

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Thursday 26th June, 2008 Wingellina Hills 25 58 45.35 128 49 31.58 Another action packed day that saw us leave late, have an enjoyable days drive and then disaster strike in the late stages ...

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Giles-Mulga Park Road NT - Westward bound the adventure begins.

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Wednesday 25th June, 2008 Giles-Mulga Park Road, NT 25 55 34.61 132 39 18.47 Well here we are in the desert at last. We’ve set up camp under a sheoke with soft deep red sand beneath our ...

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Coober Pedy - let the engineering begin.....Again!

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Tuesday 24th June, 2008 Coober Pedy SA It was a cool night. The moon rose a little after 10 pm, a giant globe of subdued gold. It certainly brightened things up....

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Murloocoppie Rockhole - Disaster strikes...well a serious problem at the least!

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Monday 23rd June, 2008 Murloocoppie Rockhole 80 km north of Coober Pedy. 28 30 47.81 134 11 52.40 Odometer 185277 Trip 1688....

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On the road to Port Augusta

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Port Augusta SA Odometer 184674 – 615 km It was a crisp morning that awaited us when we emerged at 07:00 a.m.. Clear skies though. Only one train during the night. Sore shoulder though....

Created: 22 Jun 2008 00:00 Views: 17336

The Sand and Spinifex Tour commences - on the road north.

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Calder Hwy, Tiega 34 59 45.74 142 18 41.59 It was a convoluted day really. I was up early and completed the packing of the vehicle before heading down to Maccas for breakfast and then a ...

Created: 21 Jun 2008 00:00 Views: 17115

Tchukardine Pool - Rudall River National Park

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Tchukardine pool is a waterhole located 7.8 km west of Hanging Rock in the Rudall River National Park. The waterhole falls only a couple of kilometres outside the parks western boundary....

Created: 13 Apr 2008 19:04 Views: 19439

Rudall River NP - West From Tchukardine Pool to the Oakover & Christies Crossing

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Monday 11th June 2007 Unmarked track somewhere north east of Balfour Downs 22 35.955 S, 121 04.549 E the donkeys braying all night, we were up early. Chun

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Rudall River NP - West to Hanging Rock & Tchukardine Pool

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Sunday 10th June Tchukardine Pool 22º 32' 20.69" S 121º 36' 22.46" E I was up before the sun as I couldn’t sleep anyway. We were packed and off just after 8:00 a.m....

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Rudall River NP - Finally conquering all 8 pools of the Desert Queen Baths!

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Saturday 9th June, 2007 Desert Queen Baths Rudall River National Park One of my ambitions was fulfilled today, to swim all the pools of the DQB Gorge and to explore the upper reaches of the ...

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Rudall River NP - Back in Rudall Again - The Broadhurst Ranges & Desert Queen Baths.

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Friday 8th June, 2007 Desert Queen Baths, Rudall River It was an early-ish start with breakfast and then a clean up for the campsite picking up all the rubbish left around by the locals,...

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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....

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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....

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Canning Stock Route - A day trip to the Calvert Ranges (From Durba Spring that is!)

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Tuesday 5th June, 07 Durba Springs (Calvert Ranges) We were up early and had the fire going. I stripped the unneeded gear out of the Patrol and then it was thick slabs of toast with butter ...

Created: 05 Jun 2007 00:00 Views: 19783

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