The big one Number 2.

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Day 17
Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 12:00 PM
☀️ 23 °C
Altitude: 118 m
Australia Oodnadatta Bore -27.54928, 135.4473427°32’57” S 135°26’50” E
OODNADATTA
May 15, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
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Day 17
Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 12:08 PM
☀️ 23 °C
Altitude: 118 m
Australia Oodnadatta Bore -27.54919, 135.4473427°32’57” S 135°26’50” E
Oodnadatta
May 15, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Last night's camp at Algebuckina Bridge.
Rain....but not enough to do any damage!
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Day 17
Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 1:58 PM
☀️ 25 °C
Altitude: 118 m
Australia Oodnadatta Bore -27.54917, 135.4473627°32’57” S 135°26’50” E
Oodnadatta
May 15, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Sunny.... 23deg.....only a few flies as apposed to last night! Camp kitchen is rustic.
From there we went to Eringa waterhole.
TravelerGood to see you are both ‘in the pink’ as they say. The kitchen looks pretty good.. a roof and a microwave!
5/15/22Reply
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Day 19
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 7:33 PM
⛅ 21 °C
Altitude: 159 m
Australia H S Bore -26.07156, 135.2474226°4’18” S 135°14’51” E
Mt Dare
May 17, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
TravelerNot alone here!
5/19/22Reply
TravelerSoooo many bikes! Definitely not alone.
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Day 21
Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 12:48 PM
☁️ 20 °C
Altitude: 396 m
Australia MacDonnell -24.5119, 134.065124°30’43” S 134°3’54” E
Maryvale stn.
May 19, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
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Day 21
Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 5:57 PM
⛅ 20 °C
Altitude: 555 m
Australia Mount Blatherskite -23.73503, 133.8670623°44’6” S 133°52’1” E
Chambers pillar
May 19, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
No fun!
TravelerDoesn’t look like fun…….14 sleeps and counting ❤️
5/19/22Reply
TravelerLucky I had shovel ( Spear and Jackson) with us. A bit of work to get out ,but we are not in a rush. Didn't get to chambers pillar as still a way to go and overcast so not so scenic.
5/19/22Reply
Travelerlooks like a good bit of sand Al. Good work on the shovel.
5/19/22Reply
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Day 21
Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 7:42 PM
⛅ 16 °C
Altitude: 555 m
Australia Mount Blatherskite -23.73498, 133.8670323°44’6” S 133°52’1” E
Alice Springs
May 19, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Planned to stay tonight at railway ruins halfway between here and Maryvale but route was detoured away from the original track so had to go plan B.
Travelershovel required on the way to way to chambers pillar only when I took the wrong line. should have walked it first.
5/23/22Reply
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Day 29
Friday, May 27, 2022 at 2:36 PM
☀️ 27 °C
Altitude: 558 m
Australia Tilmouth Well Airstrip -22.8086, 132.5984122°48’31” S 132°35’54” E
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Tilmouth Well.
May 27, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Old man! [Susan]
5/29/22Reply
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Day 31
Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 11:57 AM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 641 m
Australia Central Desert -22.13011, 131.4050422°7’48” S 131°24’18” E
Yuendumu
May 29, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
TravelerThought you might have dropped off the network! Good to see the progress again. (Penguins reminded me that it’s 3 years since we left on the bikes around highway 1….doesn’t time fly.)
5/31/22Reply
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Day 31
Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 5:49 PM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 609 m
Australia Wolfram Hill -22.03721, 131.3337422°2’14” S 131°20’1” E
Mt Doreen ruins.
May 29, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
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Day 32
Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:27 AM
☁️ 24 °C
Altitude: 392 m
Australia Central Desert -21.22191, 130.8197721°13’19” S 130°49’11” E
Renehams Bore
May 30, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
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Day 32
Monday, May 30, 2022 at 1:07 PM
⛅ 27 °C
Altitude: 387 m
Australia -20.52953, 130.3043820°31’46” S 130°18’16” E
Granites Gold mine.
May 30, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
TravelerAhhh the wide open spaces …….. wonderful
5/31/22Reply
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Day 33
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 2:46 PM
☁️ 25 °C
Altitude: 402 m
Australia Halls Creek -19.89659, 128.5203219°53’48” S 128°31’13” E
Somewhere sth of Wolfe creek crater.
May 31, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
TravelerYou guys are making good time - I’m thinking the road must be pretty good.
5/31/22Reply
TravelerWe took about 6 days in all. The road had some challenging spots...but mostly it was better than we expected. Hardly saw a soul along the way!
6/3/22Reply
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Day 34
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 10:03 AM
☁️ 23 °C
Altitude: 305 m
Australia Halls Creek -19.52991, 127.6621119°31’48” S 127°39’44” E
Billiluna
June 1, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Wet on the Tanami!
TravelerThere’s reports of a lot of rain further west with flood warnings from Broome down the coast. Sounds strange to say but ‘keep your feet dry out there’!!
5/31/22Reply
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Day 34
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 3:32 PM
⛅ 28 °C
Altitude: 335 m
Australia Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater -19.17689, 127.7866319°10’37” S 127°47’12” E
Wolfe creek Meteorite Crater
June 1, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Sun is out again.
Cheese and basil pesto scones!
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Day 35
Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 12:33 PM
⛅ 29 °C
Altitude: 414 m
Australia Halls Creek Airport -18.22416, 127.666718°13’27” S 127°40’0” E
Halls Creek.
June 2, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Tanami 👍✅️
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Day 35
Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:27 PM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 346 m
Australia Little Panton Bore -17.87498, 127.8316517°52’30” S 127°49’54” E
Paton creek rest stop.
June 2, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Rain...lightning.....more rain!
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Day 36
Friday, June 3, 2022 at 10:15 AM
⛅ 27 °C
Altitude: 217 m
Australia Warmun -16.99076, 128.2255916°59’27” S 128°13’32” E
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Turkey Creek.
June 3, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Coffee and toastie!
Traveler I'll never complain about a bad back again!
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Day 38
Sunday, June 5, 2022 at 12:25 PM
☀️ 33 °C
Altitude: 71 m
Australia Kellys Knob -15.76469, 128.7475515°45’53” S 128°44’51” E
Kununurra revisited.
June 5, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Stinking hot 34deg and humid!
Ivanhoe crossing.
TravelerNot much ‘crossing’ to be done there now… looks like a fair bit of water around.
6/5/22Reply
TravelerWe did the crossing last year's trip so we were just having a look at others washing dust from their wheels.
6/5/22Reply
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Day 40
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 6:32 PM
⛅ 33 °C
Altitude: 39 m
Australia Victoria River Roadhouse Landing Ground -15.61742, 131.1282115°37’3” S 131°7’42” E
Victoria river roadhouse.
June 7, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Still hot! 31deg.
Travelerdo you prefer top temp to be under 10? cause that's what we've been having...
6/7/22Reply
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Day 41
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 12:46 PM
⛅ 29 °C
Altitude: 112 m
Australia Uralla -14.48225, 132.3257414°28’56” S 132°19’33” E
Katherine
June 8, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Just stocking up on the essentials!
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Day 41
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 3:34 PM
⛅ 31 °C
Altitude: 186 m
Australia Leach Lagoon -14.6431, 132.6317714°38’35” S 132°37’54” E
King river east rest stop.
June 8, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
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Day 42
Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 8:21 PM
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 138 m
Australia Mataranka Station -14.91887, 133.068214°55’8” S 133°4’6” E
Mataranka
June 9, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
From here we take the Savannah way or the Roper hwy. Unsealed through the Limmen NP to Borroloola.
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Day 43
Friday, June 10, 2022 at 1:21 PM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 39 m
Australia Roper Gulf -14.76161, 134.1894514°45’42” S 134°11’22” E
Roper valley east rest stop.
June 10, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Heading along the Roper hwy....lovely temperatures now.
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Day 44
Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 11:19 AM
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 26 m
Australia Roper Gulf -14.8211, 134.5033514°49’16” S 134°30’12” E
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Roper Bar.
June 11, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Traveler Al doesn't look too pleased with that...
6/14/22Reply
TravelerYep ….. Maybe an NT equivalent of a Mrs Macs…..
6/15/22Reply
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