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Laverton

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    • Day 166

      Laverton - Great Central Road

      September 17, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

      Now we have reached Laverton, where the Great Central Road starts. Tomorrow morning we will leave the civilisation and the sealed roads for quite a while. If nothing goes wrong we will arrive at Yulara (close to Uluru) on the 20th September.
      We have just checked out the road conditions and everything should be fine with no rain in the next days. Nevertheless it is a long way on a rough road, but we are prepared with plenty of food, an extra 40 litres of fuel and around 50 litres of water.

      Jetzt sind wir in Laverton, Der letzte wirkliche Ort in Western Australia und vor allem der Start der Great Central Road. Von hier sind es noch ca. 1100km bis zum Uluru auf einer unasphaltierten Outback Straße. Die nächste Stadt mit Supermärkten und allem was man benötigt ist tatsächlich Alice Springs in knapp 1600km. Es wird spannend!
      Morgen früh geht es los und wenn nichts schief geht werden wir am Abend vom 20. September am Uluru ankommen. Dann sollte es zumindest wieder Handyempfang geben. Mit 40 Litern extra Benzin, 50 Litern Wasser und Essen für eine ganze Weile sollten wir selbst im Falle einer Panne gut ausgestattet sein.
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    • Day 167

      Laverton - Paradise Camp

      September 18, 2019 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 27 °C

      We left Laverton at 10:30am this morning a little later than planned. Already around 10km after Laverton the unsealed part of the road begun. Especially the first 100 to 150km were really rough so that we sometimes were not able to go faster than 30km/h. After a while the road conditions got much better and it we were much faster with sometimes even 100km/h. At around 3pm we reached the Tjukayirla Roadhouse which was our minimum target of the day. We ate a good burger and filled up our fuel before we continued for another 120km. In front of the roadhouse the Great Central Road is an emergency landing strip of the Royal Flying Doctor Services. It is hard to see when you are on the road, but with our drone we could see it much better.
      Shortly before sunset we stopped at the "paradise camp". Actually only a big parking area with a gorgeous views on the outback, sunset and the stars at night. We were there all alone for the whole night. Definitely one of this magic moments since we are travelling!

      Laverton - Paradies Camp 430km / 7 hours
      Plan for tomorrow:
      Minimum: Warakurna Roadhouse /383km
      Perfect: Border to the Northern Territory / 472km

      Um 10:30 Uhr heute morgen ging es endlich los (wir hatten leider einige Schwierigkeiten mit unserem Zelt heute morgen). Bereits ca. 10km hinter Laverton hörte die asphaltierte Straße auf und der Outback Way fing so richtig an. Die ersten 100 bis 150km hatten es auch gleich so richtig in sich und wir wurden bei teilweise nur 30km/h durchgeschüttelt. Auch die ersten Zweifel ob diese Idee wirklich die beste war kamen auf. Auch zahlreiche Autowracks am Straßenrand haben uns kein besseres Gefühl gegeben, doch die Straße wurde mit der Zeit besser und wir kamen tatsächlich schneller voran. Gegen 15 Uhr haben wir dann auch unser Minimalziel erreicht. Am Tjukayirla Roadhouse gab es eine kalte Cola und einen Burger. Direkt vor dem Roadhouse ist die Great Central Road übrigens asphaltiert und dient den Royal Flying Doctor's Services im Notfall als Landebahn. Mit der Drohne könnten wir die Landebahn tatsächlich auch gut erkennen, mit dem Auto merkt man es kaum wenn man drüber fährt.
      Nach dem Roadhouse haben wir uns entschieden nochmal knapp 120km weiter zu fahren um die morgige Etappe nicht zu lang werden zu lassen. Pünktlich zum Sonnenuntergang haben wir dann im sogenannten Paradies Camp (ein Parkplatz im Busch mit schönem Namen) unser Zelt aufgeschlagen. Von hier konnten wir schöne Blicke über das Outback, den Sonnenuntergang und einen atemberaubenden Sternenhimmel genießen. Die ganze Nacht waren wir hier alleine. Definitiv eine der besten Plätze zum übernachten die wir bislang hatten!

      Laverton - Paradies Camp 430km / 7 hours
      Minimalziel für morgen: Warakurna Roadhouse / 383km
      Perfektes Ziel: Kurz vor die Grenze zum Northern Territory / 472km
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    • Day 240

      Job in Laverton

      August 26, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C

      Job in Laverton and week off in Perth.
      What am I going to do next year ?

    • Day 64

      Prospecting with Hugh at Redcastle

      September 3, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 19 °C

      After Jessica's birthday breakfast we drove to Leonora to meet up with Hugh and Sue before following Hugh out to his prospecting camp at Redcastle. We jumped straight on the detectors but didn't find anything apart from some old tins and wire. We cooked a barbecue for dinner and Hugh had organised a special birthday cake, including candles, for Jessica's birthday.

      The weather got pretty wild the next day with strong winds and some rain. Once it had cleared we went out prospecting again but with no luck. Hugh did find a little gold nugget which Kelly, Jessica and Lewys helped to dig up and he then gave it to us which was so kind. For dinner we had a lamb stew cooked on the coals in a camp oven, it was amazing.
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    • Day 281

      Still there, but not for too long

      October 6, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C

      A bit more than 5 weeks working around Laverton. Another and last swing in December before to head back to France 😊

    • Day 19

      Dessert inn

      May 10, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

      Back in civilization for a night. Staying at the laverton caravan park. First real shower in 6 days, even showered with clothes on just to try and get the red dirt out of them. Only have 2 shorts to last the trip.

      Dinner at the desert inn, if you haven’t visited put in on your list great food , good atmosphere. And clueless miners, makes for a great entertaining night.
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    • Day 12

      Laverton - Great Central Rd

      May 15, 2018 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

      We left Laverton after lunch today and took the GCR to our overnight spot, free camping at the Giles Breakaway. No facilities of course, just a nice view down into the valley and a quiet place to ourselves. There is one other couple here tonight, but after some chit chat they drove off down a track to find their own private spot. They said they’ve done this journey 4 times before.

      We had coffee at the Laverton Visitors Centre, where we had to get permits to travel across to Uluru, one for the WA side of the border and the other for the NT side. They are permits that allow us to travel on Native Title Land. A sign of respect I think as they do not cost anything, but you are expected to have them.

      The tour we paid for in the Visitors Centre was excellent. It was a good interpretative story of the history of Laverton and surrounding regions, going right back to the early exploration of the area by Sir John Forrest.

      Dave had to let Phoebe out at midnight last night and he said the night sky was phenomenal. He wanted to wake me up to have a look but thought better of it. I wonder why  😂

      Right now we are cooking a chicken casserole on the BBQ. It’s smelling pretty darn nice.
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