September
06 2014
September
05 2014
From Roper Bar to Bitter Springs
Travelling along at 60 – 90 km per hour in a vehicle with air-conditioning, I cannot help but admire the early explorers and pioneers who opened up this route. Leichhardt, Burke and Wills, King … and others. We are merely travelling the next several hundreds of km’s in pursuit of an icy-pole at the Roper Bar store! Continue Reading →
September
03 2014
A lost city, a butterfly and a ripper swimming hole
It’s a new day…we’ve been serenaded by Barking Owls and watched over by a flirtatious peacock, we’ve rinsed off the red dust in a donkey system shower and we’ve pulled off the last of the shockers. We are on a mission to get out of here – we hold our breaths and hope nothing else falls off the camper. Continue Reading →
September
02 2014
The worst road ever – Lorella Springs
Right then. This post goes down in the chapter of our trip as recounting the WORST ROAD EVER. Continue Reading →
August
31 2014
This is the post where we go to Hell and back
From Adels Grove we drive through stations and mustering action, dust whipped into a frenzy by restless cows as stockhands loaded them onto road trains. Dust, and fires and dry, parched soil. Today we are going straight to lucifer’s patch. Hell’s Gate. Continue Reading →
August
30 2014
Bones, fossils & beaut fun at Boodjamulla NP
Using Adels Grove as our base we head into Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park its World Heritage Listed Riversleigh treasure chest of fossils.
They are two jewels in Australia’s outback crown. Continue Reading →
August
28 2014
The outback oasis of Adels Grove
Adels Grove – it’s an oasis in the middle of the outback. It’s got outback spunk. And hanging with its residents was quite inspiring. Continue Reading →
August
28 2014
Blazing a trail to Camp 119 with Burke and Wills
It’s so hot out here even your shadows can’t be bothered standing up. Rock hard ground slams at the souls of your feet, slender trees seem to withhold their shade, and if the watchful crows had lips they’d be licking them overhead.
We are standing at a rather ordinary looking tree trunk contemplating two blokes called Burke and Wills. Continue Reading →
August
26 2014
Aye Karumba!
Karumba, it’s all Outback by the Sea. It’s also at the Norman River mouth, which makes it the centre for prawning and barramundi, and for hordes of Victorian grey nomads obsessed with fishing, and bad karaoke sessions. Continue Reading →
August
25 2014