Lake Eyre – Don’t Drive on the Lake Bed. Lake Eyre National Park is now formally known as Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park. Since 2012 the management of the park has been a partnership between the Arabana Aboriginal Corporation and [...]
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Ceduna is an important township situated on the western side of the Eyre Peninsula approx 780 km from Adelaide. It is a busy sea port exporting grain, salt, mineral sand and gypsum. Aquaculture is also a major industry with pacific [...]
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Things to see and do in Darwin. Graeme and I recently travelled to Darwin for a few days. Two reasons; to attend the commemoration ceremonies for the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin and to experience Darwin in the [...]
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Today we are finally going to head off on a track neither of us have travelled before – the Rig Road. We had planned to travel this section with another vehicle but they had to cancel at the last minute [...]
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In Marree there are a few places that are a ‘must visit’. First is a visit to see Lyle Oldfield for fuel at the Oasis Café. I’m not even sure that the current building is called the Oasis but you [...]
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Lake Eyre – Don’t Drive on the Lake Bed. Lake Eyre National Park is now formally known as Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park. Since 2012 the management of the park has been a partnership between the Arabana Aboriginal Corporation and the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. We recently travelled the Oodnadatta Track, a […]
Ceduna is an important township situated on the western side of the Eyre Peninsula approx 780 km from Adelaide. It is a busy sea port exporting grain, salt, mineral sand and gypsum. Aquaculture is also a major industry with pacific oyster growing a key activity, along with deep sea and tuna fishing also being important. Ceduna is […]
Things to see and do in Darwin. Graeme and I recently travelled to Darwin for a few days. Two reasons; to attend the commemoration ceremonies for the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin and to experience Darwin in the wet season. We have been to Darwin numerous times and at different times of the […]
Today we are finally going to head off on a track neither of us have travelled before – the Rig Road. We had planned to travel this section with another vehicle but they had to cancel at the last minute due to a family emergency. While this is not ideal we are confident that we […]
In Marree there are a few places that are a ‘must visit’. First is a visit to see Lyle Oldfield for fuel at the Oasis Café. I’m not even sure that the current building is called the Oasis but you won’t miss it. Marree is not that big. There is always a collection of something […]
Hawker is one of my favourite outback towns and somewhere I could easily imagine living. Because we cross the Victoria/SA border for most trips we leave the fruit and veg shopping until Port Augusta. Now fully stocked we headed northward. As a family we have been wandering around this area for many years. I would always […]
Tuesday – Today we set off north with an easy drive to Cobar (380km). The day did not get off to a good start with our fridge/freezer of 10 yrs. old malfunctioning – wanting to keep freezing and I guess the thermostat has gone. I am now using a dual battery system and the gauge […]
A FLIGHT OVER THE “OVERFLOW” On Thursday (10th November 2016) we did a flight, Griffith to Lake Ballyrogan ( Brewster) east of Hillston and followed the Willandra Creek out towards Ivanhoe. From there we tracked south to Booligal and back to Griffith. The Mirrool Creek did reach the Lachlan but has pretty well run out […]
Port Augusta is the usual starting point for many of our outback trips but on a whim we called in to look around Port Pirie. What a lovely town! We will be calling again. The first stop was the information centre. They have a daily tour of the town at noon but you need to […]
A map is a way to depict a journey from Point A to Point B. A map is a story. Ancient paintings on rocks, mosaics in Jordan, Stonehenge and other myths and mysteries. A map is art. We have some very skilled cartographers in Australia. The neatness of the titles, the intricate detail and the way the […]