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Day 59
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Altitude: 97 m
Australia Roxby Downs -31.228294, 136.40031431°13’42” S 136°24’1” E
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📍Lake Hart, Wirraminna SA
September 25, 2024 in Australia
Rest stop and free camp along the Stuart Highway and possibly the windiest camp so far!
Camp overlooked Lake Hart which was a cool place to wander around.
From experience we recommend not to taste test the lake as it’s sickeningly salty!
The water is also the total opposite of applying moisturiser to your skin!Read more
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Day 57
Monday, September 23, 2024 at 12:53 PM
🌬 26 °C
Altitude: 172 m
Australia Coober Pedy -29.033743, 134.88171429°2’1” S 134°52’54” E
📍Dry Creek Bank, Coober Pedy SA
September 23, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 26 °C
Quiet camp to catchup on some maintenance and service the car.
The flies made this place the most challenging service location yet! Lucky we had hair nets.
We were meant to head back to the Oodnadatta Track and travel to Lake Eyre but an overnight shower closed all unsealed roads in the region. Illegal and with big fines to continue, we back tracked to the Stuart Highway.Read more
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Day 54
Friday, September 20, 2024 at 1:57 PM
☀️ 21 °C
Altitude: 229 m
Australia Coober Pedy -29.024597, 134.75978129°1’29” S 134°45’35” E
📍Coober Pedy Views, Coober Pedy SA
September 20, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
A couple days to check out Coober Pedy.
Certainly an interesting town with interesting locals. Many homes are built underground to escape the heat, if you find a few opals during the dig then the house becomes a lot cheaper!
We met a nice guy that provides the gear to go noodling at the huge dirt dumps in town. Dig and shine your VU light to hopefully strike it rich, no luck for us though. A little sketchy wandering the mounds of loose earth in the dark but fun at the same time.
Finished off the visit with a sunset dinner at the best spot in townRead more
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Day 52
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 7:11 PM
🌙 22 °C
Altitude: 144 m
Australia House Bore -27.938461, 134.7381927°56’18” S 134°44’17” E
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📍Arckaringa Station, Oodnadatta SA
September 18, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
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Trekked down the Oodnadatta track on an outback driving adventure and to cross it off the to do list. One of the must do 4x4 treks.
Remote, barron and dry is an understatement and also the attraction.
A historic outback town in the early days when northern, southern and central Australia were not connected by any roads.
The quirky pink road house was a hit with the kids, they even dressed for the occasion.

The Painted Desert was a rough detour that delivered. We saw about 10people in total over the 2-3days in the area. A true unknown gem.
Sunsets, sunrises and stars can’t be beat out here and its not a region to visit in the middle of summer!Read more
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Day 51
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 7:01 PM
🌙 20 °C
Altitude: 221 m
Australia Coober Pedy -27.177155, 134.32066327°10’38” S 134°19’14” E
📍Coongra Creek, Oodnadatta SA
September 17, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
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Just a one night stop over along the Oodnadatta. Free and all to ourselves
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Day 50
Monday, September 16, 2024 at 7:14 PM
🌙 18 °C
Altitude: 478 m
Australia MacDonnell -25.655823, 133.22695925°39’21” S 133°13’37” E
📍Alex Warne Free Camp, Stuart Highway NT
September 16, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Free camp off the Stuart Highway for our final night in the NT.
Peaceful and almost alone.
30km to South Australia in the morning
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Day 46
Thursday, September 12, 2024
☀️ 20 °C
Altitude: 503 m
Australia Yulara -25.235086, 130.98892225°14’6” S 130°59’20” E
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📍Ayers Rock Campground, Yulara NT
September 12, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
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We based ourselves at the only campground within 100km of Ayers Rock and as expected, expensive for just small patch of dirt (and with no hook ups)
Everything was very touristy as expected so getting the chance to visit The Olgas practically alone was a treat.
Ayers Rock was impressive, but The Olgas was more captivating in our opinion and 90% of visitors appeared to skip it 🤔
The bike ride activity wasn’t cheap either but almost a must do here. It took us a bit over 3hours and at times we forgot we were still riding around a rock with the way that the track just kept going.
Short but activity packed visit and happy to get away from the crowdsRead more
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Day 44
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 7:39 PM
🌙 24 °C
Altitude: 611 m
Australia Kings Canyon -24.249817, 131.51330624°14’59” S 131°30’48” E
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📍Discovery Parks Kings Canyon, NT
September 10, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
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One of the best walks so far.
Lots of rock but always interesting formations and patterns around every bend. The kids really enjoyed this one too with all the rock to clamber over to see whats on the other side.
Definitely worth the drive and stay to visitRead more
Traveler What’s everyone waiting for
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Traveler Nothing. Just enjoying the views (and getting a much needed lunch break!)
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Day 37
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
☁️ 28 °C
Altitude: 559 m
Australia Mount Blatherskite -23.733816, 133.8717523°44’2” S 133°52’18” E
📍Discovery Parks Alice Springs, NT
September 3, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
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A week stay to hang out and base ourselves for nearby attraction visits. You’re never far from a nice view or sunsets here with east and west Macdonnell ranges on either side.
One of the better caravan parks we’ve stayed at, lots of space and facilitiesRead more
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Day 36
Monday, September 2, 2024 at 5:12 PM
🌬 31 °C
Altitude: 330 m
Australia Alice Springs -22.953623, 136.15225222°57’13” S 136°9’8” E
📍 Marshall Creek Camp, Plenty Highway NT
September 2, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 31 °C
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Free remote camp along the Plenty.
Helped some travellers (who arrived at dusk) to change their damaged tyre after their jack broke. Definitely not two things you want to happen out here! They were heading to where we had just came from.
Had to also let them know that they had just driven the smoothest part of the plenty, the roughest part was next!
Suggested they lower their tyre pressures from standard pressures and change some settings on the dash as they had the same 4x4 as us.
Hopefully they made it!Read more
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Day 34
Saturday, August 31, 2024 at 7:01 PM
⛅ 31 °C
Altitude: 173 m
Australia Boulia -22.27367, 137.97306822°16’25” S 137°58’23” E
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📍Tobermorey Station, Plenty Highway NT
August 31, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Spent a couple of nights and hot days on the NT/QLD border.
Decided to take a short cut to the red center along the Plenty Highway, part of ‘Australia’s Longest Shortcut’.
Tobermorey Cattle Station, 1.8M Acre or 6475km2. Over 3x the size of Mauritius and 3.5x Fraser Island!
Also one of the most remote tourist facilities in the Australian Central Desert.Read more
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Day 33
Friday, August 30, 2024 at 6:46 PM
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 365 m
Australia Pioneer -20.724613, 139.50952120°43’29” S 139°30’34” E
📍Mount Isa Caravan Park, QLD
August 30, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Nothing too exciting went on here, mainly as it was an errands stop.
Upgraded some suspension parts on the 4x4 and did some shopping.
Enjoyed an awesome bakery at Cloncurry and an early summer with mid 30 degree days.Read more
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Day 31–32
August 28, 2024 at 4:02 PM - August 29, 2024
1 night
☀️ 34 °C
Altitude: 115 m
Australia Julia Creek -20.653738, 141.74601720°39’13” S 141°44’46” E
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📍Julia Creek RV Rest Area, QLD
Aug 28–29, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Another small outback QLD town with a cheap camp by a nice creek.
This region was known for a rodent plague in recent months with a few of them still hanging around at night. Most cars parked with bonnets up and other deterrents to discourage rodent damage to engine and wiring. No damage to ours luckily! In the morning we only saw a couple rats in the council installed traps 🙃
The ducks were cool though!
Obvious highlight here was the local swimming pool. Entry was so cheap that we felt guilty! Family entry was less than a child entry in the city. Perfect way to spend the afternoon and cool offRead more
♥️♥️♥️ [Nhi]
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lol not so precious now Ella [Aunty]
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Day 30–31
August 27, 2024 at 8:17 PM - August 28, 2024
1 night
🌙 26 °C
Altitude: 203 m
Australia Richmond -20.728586, 143.14379920°43’43” S 143°8’38” E
📍Richmond RV Park, QLD
Aug 27–28, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
1 night stop over. Camp site was nothing flashy but still had a great visit.
Richmond is know for the discovery of marine dinosaur fossils and the theme is carried around town which is interesting.
Pulled up at the local parklands/lake which was pretty decent for a small town.
Spent the afternoon here staying cool and chilling out on the nice grass which was luxurious after all the dirt. Bumped into some
Friends from earlier on so before we knew it, we were setting up camp in the darkRead more
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Day 29–30
August 26, 2024 at 12:10 PM - August 27, 2024
1 night
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 632 m
Australia Flinders -20.345154, 144.46124320°20’43” S 144°27’40” E
📍Porcupine Gorge National Park, QLD
Aug 26–27, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
A less well known little national park with a beautiful gorge as its center piece.
Sounded perfect to us so we tried and luckily scored a site for one night.
Tight sites but we managed to squeeze in.
Bumped into some friends we met from Lara station so we hung out and explored with them.
The days were getting hotter so this gorge was the perfect spot to chill and swim at.
Nice sand, cool fresh water, nice backdrop, Beats any swimming pool 👌🏽
Walk back up wasn’t as fun though 🙃Read more
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Day 28–29
August 25, 2024 at 2:54 PM - August 26, 2024
1 night
☀️ 33 °C
Altitude: 320 m
Australia Three A Bores -20.84417, 144.20066820°50’39” S 144°12’2” E
📍Hughenden RV Camp, QLD
Aug 25–26, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
We misread the map and missed the highway description, 200km of unsealed road. Explains the lack of other vehicles! (Not a bad thing)
Mentally we weren’t prepared for the rocks and bull dust when we woke that morning!
No big deal, thats what we prepared and bought the gear for.
In the end it was an enjoyable day of driving. Bring on more dirt!
Overnight camp at the Showgrounds,$10 for the family including water hook up.
Kids played into the night with their new friends.Read more
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Day 27
Saturday, August 24, 2024
☀️ 32 °C
Altitude: 211 m
Australia Muttaburra Airport -22.595753, 144.53884922°35’45” S 144°32’20” E
📍Muttaburra Freedom Camp, QLD
August 24, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Small town on a shortcut route north.
Famous for a new dinosaur found in the 60s
Tidy donation camp with lots of space
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Day 23–27
August 20, 2024 - August 24, 2024
4 nights
☀️ 31 °C
Altitude: 267 m
Australia Blackall Shire -23.807005, 145.19512923°48’25” S 145°11’42” E
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📍Lara Station Wetlands, Barcaldine QLD
Aug 20–24, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
We weren’t sure what to expect on our 1st station stay & proper bush campsite.
In the end we were pleasantly surprised, and hooked!
No designated camp sites, no power/water hook up, fires allowed (with the best fire/cheapest firewood!) and a lot of natural space. These have now become our prerequisites for picking a camp spot!
We all made friends, which wasn’t hard to do here. Everyone seemed to be on the same relaxed and chilled level (Maybe that 15km dirt entry road is a natural barrier for certain types!)
No wonder everyone extends their stay as soon as they arrive, us included.

Hoping to find more of these gems

15,000 acre cattle station, Natural artesian bore supplying quality drinking water, relaxing hot pools and a wetland oasis for a lot of birdlife.
All Tucked away in the middle of QLD.Read more
Ummmmm… [Aunty]
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Oooooo and some wine. What a life guys!!! Looks like there might be mozzies though eeek [Aunty]
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TravelerActually, mozzie and fly free. Just a couple pesky moths at night
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Day 22–23
August 19, 2024 - August 20, 2024
1 night
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 280 m
Australia Rubyvale -23.408583, 147.68939223°24’31” S 147°41’22” E
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📍Miners Heritage, Rubyvale QLD
Aug 19–20, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Next was a quick detour to Rubyvale to fossick for sapphires and zircons. We didn’t find any worthwhile gems unfortunately, so left financially poorer but richer in experience… 😊
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Day 21–22
August 18, 2024 - August 19, 2024
1 night
☀️ 25 °C
Altitude: 302 m
Australia Springsure -24.093727, 148.0955224°5’37” S 148°5’44” E
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📍Virgin Rock Free Camp, Springsure QLD
Aug 18–19, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Our first public free camp stopover of the trip.
School work for the kids and a view for the adults… local council even light up the mountains at night 👌🏽
Hopefully more primo free camps ahead.
Homework time. Good girls [Gramny]
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Can’t wait for more. Love you 🥰 [Marie]
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Traveler A quick snack before she gets back to her homework?
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Day 18–21
August 15, 2024 - August 18, 2024
3 nights
☀️ 23 °C
Altitude: 401 m
Australia Carnarvon Gorge -25.060102, 148.23509225°3’36” S 148°14’6” E
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📍Sandstone Park, Carnarvon Gorge QLD
Aug 15–18, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Beautiful Carnarvon Gorge. Isolated canyon and rainforest in central Qld and home to ancient aboriginal sites and flora.
Our first hike of the trip... and it was a big one (16km)! The numerous water crossings certainly added to the adventure. While we had every intention of hitting the Mickey’s Creek track the following day, our legs disagreed so we settled for a quick visit to The Rockpool instead.Read more
Traveler15kms the girls get piggybacked at any time?
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TravelerNot at all. Their little legs did very well… even better after some oeros
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Traveler Amazing
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Day 16
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
🌧 19 °C
Altitude: 385 m
Australia Injune Airport -25.843739, 148.56565925°50’37” S 148°33’56” E
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📍Injune Racecourse, QLD
August 13, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Stayed here a couple nights while we waited for the rain to clear. Carnarvon Gorge was potentially closed due to the weather so this was a great time to catch up on the giant pile of washing 😩
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Day 14
Sunday, August 11, 2024
☀️ 23 °C
Altitude: 298 m
Australia Roma -26.570822, 148.78823926°34’15” S 148°47’18” E
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📍Roma, QLD
August 11, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
After driving on some of Queensland’s finest (terrible) highways, we had a fun little stay and great catch up with my old work family on their property.
Met an army of friendly dogs and a sheep that acts like one… Safe to say someone will be asking for a quad bike for their next birthday!Read more
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Day 13–14
August 10, 2024 - August 11, 2024
1 night
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 310 m
Australia Yuleba -26.61256, 149.38462826°36’45” S 149°23’5” E
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📍Yuleba Motel, QLD
Aug 10–11, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Overnighter before Roma
Traveler Healthy food
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TravelerThank you. That’s great stuff with the blog
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Traveler My darlings . Love and miss you lots
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Day 9
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
⛅ 20 °C
Altitude: 382 m
Australia Bloodwood Hill -27.395155, 151.56938227°23’43” S 151°34’10” E
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📍Jondaryan Woolshed, QLD
August 6, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We loved day 1 at the Woolshed so 2 nights turned into 4 nights. Just about had the unpowered section all to ourselves, creek, open space, great spot 👍🏽
Plenty of walks up to the animal nursery to hang out with the orphaned lambs and greet the horses
Interesting bit of history around the site, 130 years of wool production and originally kept woolshed/equipment and town buildings.Read more
Xxx [Nhi]
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Trinny is interestingly absent from all animal pics lol [Nhi]
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Traveler Interesting
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Traveler That’s awesome experience
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