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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 ...

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Canning Stock Route - Well 12 north to Durba Springs.

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Sunday 3rd June, 2007 Durba Spring, Canning Stock Route W.A. We got organized early and bid farewell to our new Canadian friends vowing to catch up again at Durba Spring....

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The Gunbarrel to the Canning Stock Route via Glen Ayle - Wells 9 to 12.

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Saturday 2nd June Well 12 Canning Stock Route A good start to the day having largely taken care of all vehicular business (refuelling and repacking) yesterday afternoon....

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The David Carnegie Road & The Gunbarrel Hwy to Carnegie Station W.A.

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Friday 1st June, 2007 Carnegie Station WA Another glorious morning in paradise, even if it was somewhat brisk. After breakfast and pack up we picked out way through the scrub and back onto ...

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North on the David Carnegie Road

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Thursday 31st May Claypan on the DCR 85km north of GCR S 26.35.371 E 124.13.494 It had been a crisp night with a bit of dew about this morning....

Created: 31 May 2007 00:00 Views: 8578

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: 27568

Giles - Mulga Park Road - To Surveyour Generals Corner, Blackstone & beyond.

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Wednesday 30th May Mulga Scrub by the GCR Approx 30 km west of Warburton. We were up early and on the road west keen to get the 75 kilometres to the Mulga Park Road intersection under our ...

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The G.C.R - Yulara to Docker River (Corrugations, Dust and Disappointments)

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Tuesday 29th May, 2007 Docker River NT Great Central Road We called at the Yulara supermarket for a few last minute groceries and departed out the Road towards Kata Juta and the Great ...

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Dalhousie to Kulgera via the old Gunbarrel Highway

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Saturday 26th May, 2007 Kulgera NT Up early –ish and a leisurely pack. Plenty of birdlife about the Beekeepers scavenging moths around the camp and feeding a squawking youngster....

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Simpson Desert:- WAA Line, Colson Track & French Line to Dalhousie Springs

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Friday 25th May, 2007 Dalhousie Springs Camp Ground Witjira National Park S.A. Well we’ve successfully crossed the Simpson Desert east to west, allegedly the hardest of the traverses....

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Simpson Desert: - French Line, Knolls Track and the WAA Line to Erebena (Damn these dunes!)

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Thursday 24th May, 2007 2 km west of Erabena Track on the WAA Line, Simpson Desert S 26.19.501 E 137.19.806 "It seems like we’ve been traversing these damnable dunes for ever....

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Simpson Desert: - Birdsville, Big Red and west to Poeppels Corner.

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Wednesday 23nd May. Poeppels Corner, QLD, NT and SA. S.29.59.710 E137.59.931 A big day in the Simpson today! Like condemned men we had a hearty breakfast at the bakery (bacon and eggs for ...

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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 ...

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Murray Kulkyne National Park - The shakedown continues

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Monday 14th May, 2007 Hattah Kulkyne National Park Retail bend. Our shake-down day continues. Tried all manner of new things today. Firstly though,...

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Murray Kulkyne National Park - The "Return to the West" tour begins

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Sunday 13th May 2007 Hattah Kulkyne National Park Retail Bend Well another journey of daring do is away. The boys own “Return to the West” tour has begun....

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Yulara (Ayers Rock) - A tough climb.

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Saturday 5th August, Yulara N .T. Well it’s late afternoon and we’re sitting in camp STUFFED. Our assault on the rock went well but I have decreed that this is the last time I will ever climb ...

Created: 05 Aug 2006 00:00 Views: 18761

Great Central Road to Kata Juta and Yulara

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Friday 4th August Yulara Resort (Ayers Rock) very poor condition and heavily corrugated. One of the benefits of reduc

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Docker River N.T. - Great Central Road

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Thursday 3rd August, Docker River N.T. Up nice and early and strangely enough, another roaring fire. We both sat round the BBQ plate and had toasted bacon,...

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Gibson Desert - Heather Hwy Bushcamp 20 km south of the Gunbarrel

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Wednesday 2nd August, Heather Hwy, W.A Bush camp 20 km south of Gunbarrel Hwy There is nothing romantic about outback travel over corrugations let me tell you....

Created: 02 Aug 2006 00:00 Views: 23547

Gibson Desert - Mulgan Rockhole & Mc Phersons Pillar (30 km east of the Gary Hwy W.A.)

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Tuesday 1st August Bush camp, McPhersons Pillar 30 km east of Gary Hwy W.A. S24.34’10.8” E 125 19’ 28.9” Today was certainly a travel day as we made it to the Gary and a good way south ...

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Little Sandy Desert - On the Talawana Track east to Midway Well

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Monday 31st July, 2006 Midway Well, Talawana Track It was an early start to the day with Johnno determined to start the day as he had finished the previous....

Created: 31 Jul 2006 00:00 Views: 22365

Rudall River - Scrub bashing to Hanging Rock and back.

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Sunday 30th July, 2006 Rudall River National Park Southern water pump camp S22.50.234 E122.09.248 It was set to be chilly night but the clouds moved over us and kept us fairly warm....

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Waterhole east of Tjingkulatjatjarra Pool - Discovering the amazing Rudall River for the first time.

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Saturday 29th July Waterhole east of Tjingkulatjatjarra Pool Rudall River N.P. Up a little later this morning. Could have been something to do with the cotton wool feeling bought on by ...

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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....

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The Pilbara - Port Hedland - Fitting the new fuel tank.

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Thursday 27th July Port Hedland W.A. A big day on the tools first draining the old tank and then removing the damaged unit and replacing it with the new one. Johno,...

Created: 27 Jul 2006 00:00 Views: 20391

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