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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: 26895

Great Sandy Desert - A day of stakes, dunes and hard going (& a masterclass on outback tyre repairs)

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Thursday 18th June, 2009 Camped on a Cut Line east of nowhere (60 km west of Warburtons "Joanna Spring") “Spook Tree” camp. 20 00 04.0S 123 37 31....

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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 ...

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Great Sandy Desert - Into the unknown and an unexpected discovery.

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Tuesday 16th June, 2009 A stand of white trunked gums 300 metres north of Suzettes Rock Hole, Great Sandy Desert W.A. 20 34 32.8 S 123 5 1....

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Canning Stock Route / Kidson Track - Planes, corrugations & west on the Wapet to Razor Blade Bore.

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Monday 15th June, 2009 Razor Blade Bore, Kidson Track WA It was a great days travel today tempered by a few car issues and the infamous Canning Corrugations....

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Canning Stock Route - Catching up with the old crew, the haunted well & the high country

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Sunday the 14thJune, 2009 Copse of Acacia on the track east of well 36 - CSR for a dingos brekky (a pee, a scratch and

Created: 14 Jun 2009 00:00 Views: 31835

Canning Stock Route - The track to Helena Spring (or lack thereof!)

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Saturday 13th June, 2009 Helena Spring Track, 20 km east of Canning Stock Route 21 23 2.00 S 126 01 24.48 E od 207496 A most enjoyable day today that saw me exhausted and finding a ...

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Canning Stock Route - Well 45 towards Helena Spring and some off track exploring.

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Friday 12th June, 2009 On the track to Helena Spring, Great Sandy Desert 21 22.516 S 126 07.082 E Odometre: 207389 Authors Note:- On this day,...

Created: 12 Jun 2009 00:00 Views: 29508

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

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Canning Stock Route - Breadon Hills, Godfrey Tank and on to Well 46

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Wednesday 10th June Well 46, CSR 20 38 31.26 126 17 14.72 Od 207176 Up to a scant fire on the left over timber I had collected the previous day. When we went to head off,...

Created: 10 Jun 2009 00:00 Views: 29738

Canning Stock Route - Stampedes, corrugations, Gulveda Soak and a donut disaster!

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Tuesday 9th June, 2009 Well 49 Canning Stock Route 20 09 49.98 126 40 54.72 od 207071 It was a great day today with all manner of countryside traversed mingled with the odd mechanical ...

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A rest day at Lake Gregory

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Monday 8th June, 2009 Paraku (Lake Gregory) A rest day today. I swept through the car reorganising where I could. Then the roof top taj got a clean out and all the bedding and mattresses ...

Created: 08 Jun 2009 00:00 Views: 19973

Great Sandy Desert - A "snakes hiss" and on to Paraku (Lake Gregory) via Balgo and Mulan.

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Sunday 7th June, 2009 Paraku (Lake Gregory ) Via Balgo and Mulan 20 10 53.73 127 32 11.63 Od. 206957 There was great excitement about the camp this morning as just before departure,...

Created: 07 Jun 2009 00:00 Views: 33241

Great Sandy Desert - Rain, reptiles and a "Hummer" of a recovery!

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Rocky rise, GSD north of Bilbarrd Outstation by the occasional sound of water crash

Created: 05 Jun 2009 00:00 Views: 13068

Gibson Desert - Lake McKay and dunes to Dwarf Well

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A pretty good nights sleep with the wind picking up a bit after midnight (I was reliably informed of this by Michael J that morning as I was sound asleep)....

Created: 04 Jun 2009 00:00 Views: 15594

Great Sandy Desert - Striking north to Lake McKay

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It was surprising just how quickly the overnight temperature dropped away once the wind picked up. I was awake at 3:00 a.m. and up with the sun at 7.15 a.m....

Created: 03 Jun 2009 00:00 Views: 11571

On the Gary Junction - Let the adventure begin.

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Tuesday 2nd June 2009 Gary Junction Road approx 70 km east of Kintore 23 14.590 S, 130 07.932 E Od 206200 It’s 5.50 p.m. and I’m sitting by the fire enjoying the sun slowing sinking in to ...

Created: 02 Jun 2009 00:00 Views: 19923

The final haul into the Alice

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Saturday 30th May Alice Springs NT. An early start today with 700 km to get under our belts to reach the Territory and the Alice. Fred walked at 6: 30 a.m....

Created: 30 May 2009 00:00 Views: 18488

Thundering up the Stuart to Coober Pedy - Rockets, gibber plains and trivia nights

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Friday 29th May, 2009 Coober Pedy SA Having only a little over 500 km to travel today, we decided on a leisurely start to the day....

Created: 29 May 2009 00:00 Views: 20726

The Western Deserts Tour 2009 Begins - The Exodus from Melbourne

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Thursday 28th May, 2009 Port Augusta SA It was reluctantly that I pushed myself awake into a dark Melbourne Morning. There is never anything civilised about a 4.00 a.m. start....

Created: 28 May 2009 00:00 Views: 20621

The Great Desert Trek 2009 - Trip Preparation (or how to burn cash fast!)

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So how do you start preparing for 8 weeks in the remote outback? I thought it might be interesting to actually share some of my experiences in preparing for the journey,...

Created: 22 May 2009 21:16 Views: 23419

Quad bike exploration of Rudall River - Some video bits 'n pieces

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Due to the exciting nature of our trips into the remote areas of the Throssell Ranges and Rudall River National Park, it was impossible to cram everything into a few blog entries....

Created: 21 Apr 2009 21:31 Views: 17203

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

Why an outback traffic jam looks like a camels backside! - Video

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These gems were taken by Gaby on the 8th June, 2007 and show the typical dromedarial traffic jam that occurs on many of our remote outback tracks. Camels, with their soft feet,...

Created: 01 Mar 2009 21:40 Views: 21671

Len Beadell Plaques & Signs - 33 in 29 years

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It's a testament to Australia's last outback explorer, Len Beadell, that many of his roads have grown more popular as the years have passed....

Created: 18 Feb 2009 22:05 Views: 33974

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