Lake Way Rest Area
May 1, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Nights camp waiting for A&B to catch up. They headed off to Kalgoolie to get a sat phone and to vote. We decided it was cheaper to not vote than to travel that far.
Wiluna
May 2, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
The start of the Canning.... left town at 11.11
North Pool CSR
May 2, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Stopped in for lunch & stayed the night.
Creek was full, lots of birds!!!!
Well 3
May 3, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Stopping here for the night.
Mark got a rock through his side wall 130ks from Wulina so went back to get another.
Mark had to go back to Meekathara to get them. He arrived back at camp safely at 3pmRead more
Lake Nabberu
May 5, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Driving through the lake.
Windich Springs Well 4
May 6, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Nice spot not much water left unfortunately.
Some beautiful trees & rocks.
Had to empty the toilet as it was extremely full. Luckily there were detailed instructions as to how to hook the wasteRead more
Well 5
May 6, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Yah water...... first well with decent water.
We all decided to wash our clothes and have a good wash ourselves!!!!
Well 6
May 6, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Great shady spot. Water & a toilet!!!
McConkey Hill Lookout
May 7, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Not such a good day.... we had a bit of trouble with our BP51s interfering with our Jmax axle. Stopped twice and spent about an hour under the car each time. Rang ARB and were told they have changedRead more
Well 13
May 9, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Well the shockie adventures continue... another morning under the tojo!!
No water at this well.
Well 16
May 9, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Decided it was too far to get to Durba Spring today, as you have to be off the roads by 4.30. Lots of sand dunes today. Mark stopped on one and stayed stopped!!
Fairly windy day with lots of sandRead more
Durba Spring
May 10, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Still working on the Tojo....
Great spot here though the water is really green.
Going to shave more off the diff housing.
Well 19
May 12, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Camping on the lake for the night.
Savoury Creek
May 13, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
This creek runs into Lake Disappointment, well Mal was disappointed but not as much as he was when he went to scoop up some water from Savoury Creek and started to sink.
Luckily it wasn't too bad andRead more
Between Well 21 & 22
May 13, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Decided to stop on a clay pan for the night.
We left A&B & Mark behind and headed for Newman the next morning to get new back shockie. One of ours has a bent shaft & still rubbing a little bit.
LotsRead more
Newman
May 14, 2019 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Here to get some new shockies.
Picked up a new set of smaller ones from ARB.
When Mal went to put them on, he found one box didn't have any rubbers in it so had to go back again to collect them.
LeftRead more
Balfour Downs Rd
May 15, 2019 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Got everything thing done in Newman. Extra supplies for everyone.
Found 60 crashed cars on the Jigalong Rd before the turnoff. (63 kms).
Georgia Bore
May 16, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We are back with the team today.
Called in to Panngurr on the way back. Had a camel put his head in Mal's window.
Fuel was $3.16 per litre, luckily we only need 56 litres.
Before Well 25
May 17, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Had a busy morning as Mark's diesel tank has a leak.... the boys worked on it till about 11.30 then we headed off as the tank is too full!!
Well 26
May 18, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Stopped for water & smoko. Had a few tough sand dunes this morning. Bruce had two goes to get up & Mark had three. We shovelled the dune so Mark could get up.
The guys are back under the Tojo....Read more
Helen Hill
May 18, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Nice spot for the night.
Found some great rocks. Mark found a beautiful fossilized shell in really dark shiny rock.
This is our 650th night in Vicky!!
Between Well 29 & 30
May 19, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Had a great day. Had to do a bit of shovel work on a couple of sand dunes. Found some great fossils & fairy rocks.
Found a thorny devil as well.
Well 31
May 20, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Did 52ks today, it was really rocky.
Mark hopped under our vehicle this morning & took the cover off the new shockie as it was rubbing a little. He had just finished the diesel tank on his ute soRead more
