And we’re off!
14 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Who knows where we will spend tonight …
After driving on the motorway we discovered that the “wheel balancing” done for the 2 new tyres last week was dodge! So we detoured to Campbelltown to getЧитать далее
Condoblin
15–16 мая 2025, Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
After getting yet another wheel balance in Parkes, we drove onto Condobolin for the night. Just up the road from the park at the information centre is Utes in the Paddock. This is a unique display ofЧитать далее
Ivanhoe-Menindee
16–17 мая 2025, Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Leaving Condo on the Lachlan Valley Way which is bitumen with long gravel sections towards Lake Cargelligo and Hillston for a picnic lunch at the dried up man-made Lake Woorabinda.
About 110kms southЧитать далее
Menindee Lakes
17 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Breakfast around the campfire before heading back on the claytop track to Menindee. The township doesn’t look much improved from our last visit over 15 years ago except Menindee Lake is almost full.Читать далее
Bimbowrie Conservation Park
18–19 мая 2025, Австралия ⋅ 🌬 8 °C
Bimbowrie was a former sheep station situated in the Olary Ranges, South Australia, and was purchased by the South Australian Government as a conservation park in 2004. The area comprises some 72,216Читать далее
The Outback Highway
19 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Another cold but sunny morning in Hawker. Very quiet in town just the usual handful of caravaners.
Heading north on the Outback Way on the west side of the Flinders Ranges passing the numerousЧитать далее
Aroona Dam
19 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Built by the Electricity Trust of South Australia (ETSA) between 1952 and 1955, Aroona Dam was established to supply the nearby mining town of Leigh Creek and its coalfield.
Coal mining operationsЧитать далее
Ochre Cliffs
19 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Stopped here for lunch. It is believed that ochre quarried here was judged to be such high quality that it was traded with other groups of Aborigines who lived hundreds and even thousands ofЧитать далее
Oodnadatta Track
19 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
From Marree to Marla is the Oodnadatta the track - it is unsealed and slightly corrugated.
Mutonia Sculpture Park
19 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
A new addition to the Oodnadatta Track is this array of steel sculptures, some good, others not worth a photo!
Screech-owl Creek
19–20 мая 2025, Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Not many places to stop for the night so as to be hidden from the track but Screechowl Creek was perfect - a fair way behind an Old Ghan railway bridge with enough firewood to keep us warm.
Rocket Tracking Emplacement
20 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
Across the track from Beresford is this ruin of the rocket tracking emplacement. This location was used as part of the global space race to track rockets launched from Woomera in the 1960s andЧитать далее
The Bubbler and Blanche Cup
20 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Conservation Park, on the Oodnadatta Track.
The entrance to the park is about six kilometres south east of Coward Springs to these natural artesian springs. Mound springsЧитать далее
Beresford siding and bore
20 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
The Beresford Siding on the Old Ghan railway track. The building was accommodation for the fettler's, men who maintained the rail line.
The square tank contained water for the steam engines. TheЧитать далее
Peake Creek, Anna Creek Station
20–21 мая 2025, Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
About half a km off the track (72km south of Oodnadatta) we found the perfect camping spot on Peake Creek with plenty of clean showering water. Limited fire wood but an old timber rail sleeper did theЧитать далее
Erldunda
21–22 мая 2025, Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Steady day of driving on the Oodnadatta Track, through Oodnadatta where we didn’t bother to stop as it was looking more unsavoury from our visit last year. More hilly terrain at this end of theЧитать далее
Uluru
22–24 мая 2025, Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Arrived Yulara in time for lunch at Sails in the Desert. Walked around “town” and did a small shop. Drove into the park and set ourselves up for a couple of hours of sunset viewing with a bottleЧитать далее
ПутешественникOf course, you can hire bikes and segways now too, but we walked - perfect temperature for walking. Can’t climb since October 2019.
Base Walk
23 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
A beautiful clear day, no flies (yet), perfect day for the 9.4km base walk. Finished the walk in just over 2 hours. Still in awe of this magnificent natural wonder of the world! No photos do itЧитать далее
Sandy Blight Junction Road
24 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Left Yulara this morning heading west on the Kata Tjuṯa Road towards the WA border. A quick stop at the lookout then continued west until we reached the Sandy Blight Junction Road. Once over theЧитать далее
Len Beadell’s blaze tree
25 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Len Beadell placed many signposts at significant points along the road. Many of the original plaques were stolen and so all have been replaced by replicas. There are about four of these blaze treesЧитать далее
ПутешественникCamels everywhere up here, haven’t seen much native wildlife except for some emus.
SBJ Rd to Kintore
25 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Woke early due to our body clock on NT time - the track continued to be corrugated and in parts very rocky with many washed out sections with bypasses. The track is very windy to avoid sand dunes andЧитать далее
Kiwirrkurra Rd
26 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Up very early this morning as we were keen to get away from the rain. A lot of rain is forecast which could mean roads becoming impassable and closed and us being stranded somewhere for days. WeЧитать далее
Jupiter Well
26 мая 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Jupiter Well is located on the Gary Junction road 146 km west of Kiwirrkurra and 210 km east of the Canning Stock Route. The well has excellent water available from a hand pump from which we were ableЧитать далее
Kunawarritji
26–27 мая 2025, Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Arrived at Kunawarritji just in time before the general store closed.
Kunawarritji is an Aboriginal community in the Pilbara region and located on the Canning Stock Route at Well 33.
Filled up withЧитать далее
Kidson Track
27–28 мая 2025, Австралия ⋅ 🌫 19 °C
Very overcast this morning and it rained overnight - quickly packed up before the rain returned.
The Kidson Track is approximately 606kms and runs from Well 33 (on the Canning Stock Route, and 7kmsЧитать далее
ПутешественникHave a great adventure 🌟.
ПутешественникOh no, that was quite the annoyance 🫤. Safe travels.
ПутешественникYou’re off again?! You’ve barely been home. I’m in Melbourne and was planning to catch up with you next week. Guess it’ll have to wait till July now. Have a wonderful time. What’s your destination?
ПутешественникYes, we’re squeezing in a pre baby trip! Destination The Kimberley’s.