Kings Canyon Rim Walk 6klms
2016年7月19日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
In the afternoon we headed to Kings Canyon to do the Rim Walk. We made sure we had the usual (food, water, sunscreen, insect repellent, hats, boots, headtorch etc.) Haydn had his gators and walkingもっと詳しく
Kings Canyon to Finke Gorge N'Park
2016年7月20日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We left Kings Canyon and traveled along Mareenie Loop Road (a dirt road section of the Red Centre Way) back towards Alice Springs. Along the way we saw Gosse Crater, a comet crater, 20klms wide andもっと詳しく
Palm Valley Campgrounds, Finke N/Park
2016年7月20日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We instantly loved the campgrounds and stayed for a few days to do the walks. Great amenities with solar hot water showers and Palm Creek running past our front door. The campgrounds includedもっと詳しく
Palm Valley and Finke Gorge walks
2016年7月21日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Finke Gorge National Park has towering sandstone cliffs and the mighty Finke River (one of the world's oldest waterways). Palm Valley is the only place in the world where you'll see the Centralもっと詳しく
Kalarranga Lookout and Mparra Track
2016年7月21日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Today I walked both of these trails just out from our camping grounds. Mparra Track is 5klm, an estimated 2 hour walk, and Kalarranga Lookout is 1.5klm (40 mins). At a gentle pace, I was able to doもっと詳しく
Kulgera NT to Coober Pedy SA
2016年7月23日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We farewelled Finke Gorge and once again drove through Owen NP onto the Stuart Highway, staying overnight at Kulgera on the border of NT/SA. We met a dozen or more retirees and visitors to Australia,もっと詳しく
Port Augusta South Australia
2016年7月24日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
Overnighting at The Standpipe Golf Motor Inn, we enjoyed a well earned rest after a long days driving.
Port Augusta was named after the wife of the first Governor of South Australia. It sits on theもっと詳しく
Adelaide
2016年7月26日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Adelaide is the only Australian capital to be named after a woman. In 1836 Captain Hindmarsh submitted a request to His Majesty King William IV that the new capital be named after his Majesty or hisもっと詳しく
Perth
2016年7月28日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Whilst in Adelaide, we took the opportunity to fly to Perth for 2 days to see Haydn's Aunty Betty who at 87, was recently hospitalized. We stayed in Alexander Heights with Haydn's cousin Josephine andもっと詳しく
Adelaide to Wilpena Pound Flinders Range
2016年7月31日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
As we drove out of Adelaide this morning, the weather was definitely warming up however there were predictions of more rain and cold weather for S.A., and southern parts of Australia, on it's way. Weもっと詳しく
Wilpena Pound Flinders Ranges NP
2016年7月31日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Wilpena Pound (Ikara) is located in the Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia (429 kilometres north of Adelaide). Adnyamathanha people have lived in the Flinders Ranges for tens of thousandsもっと詳しく
Wilpena Pound to Arkaroola, S.A.
2016年8月1日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
As the rain continued to drizzle, we farewelled Wilpena Pound and drove up to Blinman for lunch at the pub. Our plan was to travel inland through the ranges to Arkaroola however the publican atもっと詳しく
Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary
2016年8月2日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary has rugged peaks, outback plains, waterholes, gorges and an unmistakable landscape. In 2012, most of the 60,000 hectare pastoral property was made a Protected Area byもっと詳しく
Marree, South Australia
2016年8月3日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Marree (gateway to Lake Eyre Basin) 3.8.16
Driving back along the dirt road, we called into Copley for an infamous quondong tart. We then followed the B83 Outback Highway to Lyndhurst calling intoもっと詳しく
Oodnadatta, South Australia
2016年8月4日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Marree To Oodnadatta (SA) 4.8.16
From Marree to Oodnadatta is 410klm on the dirt, so I drove the first half to Williams Creek, where we stopped for lunch at the pub. On the way we called into theもっと詳しく
Mt Dare SA: most remote pub in Australia
2016年8月5日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
5.8.16
From Oodnadatta we travelled to Mt Dare (Witjira National Park) via Hamilton Station and Eringa Waterhole to collect our satellite phone and stay overnight. On our way we were delighted to seeもっと詳しく
Mt Dare into the Simpson Desert Day 1
2016年8月6日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
(6.8.16)
In the morning we drove 70klms onto Dalhousie mound springs, before heading into the Simpson Desert. The Finke River also ends its long journey from the McDonnell Ranges (near Alice Springs)もっと詳しく
Simpson Desert Day 2
2016年8月7日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
7.8.16
The Simpson Desert is one of the best examples of parallel dunal desert in the world. Prevailing winds formed the longitudinal patterns of the fine sand, dunes which vary in colour and heightsもっと詳しく
Simpson Desert Day 3
2016年8月8日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
8.8.16
Overnight temperatures weren't as cold as the night before recording 5 degrees celcius just before sunrise. We were woken by a chorus of birds.
Breaking camp, we headed back onto the Frenchもっと詳しく
Simpson Desert to Birdsville Day 4
2016年8月9日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
9.8.16
We awoke to a beautiful sunrise and birdsong once again...we could get used to this :) On the track by 9.30am and heading into Birdsville along the QAA Line. The last dune is the infamous Bigもっと詳しく
Birdsville, Queensland
2016年8月10日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Birdsville is nestled between the sands of the Simpson Desert and the gibbers of Sturt's Stony Desert. It was initially called Diamantina Crossing when Matthew Flynn built a depot there after crossingもっと詳しく
Birdsville to Windorah QLD
2016年8月11日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We are on our homeward leg now after an amazing 8 weeks. There have been so many highlights and we feel very grateful to live in this expansive and unique country of ours. Haydn is delighted with howもっと詳しく
Windorah to Longreach QLD
2016年8月12日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Longreach is situated on the Thomson River, Central West Queensland. It derives its name from the 'long reach' of the Thomson. Longreach is quite the tourist hub with many visitors arriving by car andもっと詳しく
Longreach to Barcaldine Qld
2016年8月12日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
As many of you would know, thanks to the power of Facebook, Haydn was treated to an hour in Paul Douglas' hydralight. He had an exhilarating time just on sunset, and got to meet...and share anもっと詳しく
Townsville Qld
2016年8月14日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
8 weeks and 14000 kilometres..home sweet home! 💞 it was great to arrive home to the family, the house and the garden. Thank you everyone who followed us on our journey. We have a couple of futureもっと詳しく







































































































































































