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    23 de abril de 2023
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    Anne Beadell Here We Come

    23 de abril de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    DAY: 1
    Well off on another outback Adventure, a long awaited adventure after years in the planning…we left from K&K’s having spent a day with the Grandies…
    They are growing so quickly…James energy and seriousness but such a talented young man and Alex a ball of endless energy.
    So said our farewells and set off down the Hwy to find breakfast, we stopped at a little café ☕️ down the Hwy at a small village before Cunningham's Gap…the lady was telling me she was about to go bankrupt anyway as her business wasn’t getting the customers she needs to survive..
    On leaving we saw about 4 servos all with cafe’s so no wonder even if a busy Hwy…
    Stopped at Goondiwindie at a lovely old pub for lunch…John had the Fish and chips, I had the Meatballs, mash and peas it was so big we had enough for both of us for dinner with a little extra gravy I made…only $16 seniors meal good deal..

    We made it to Gilgandra after a 12 hr run deciding to stay in a motel…made life easy…had a microwave and plates etc making it easy to cook dinner.
    Both very tired. The scenery forever changing so Green everywhere we have gone so far.
    The motel was as neat as a pin…2 queen beds 🛌 so yep both had one each…    Leer más

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    Gilgandra on a Mission

    24 de abril de 2023, Australia ⋅ 🌙 14 °C

    DAY: 2
    Left Gilgandra and heading to Broken Hill, until we hit Nyngan it was really green…each little town being very neat and tidy…
    Animals we saw Goats, goats and more goats, kangaroo, echidna, emus and dead pigs….
    Lunch on the side of the road after Wilcannia, which we did a quick drive around to see the old buildings again… A fuel stop at Broken Hill….
    more goats and more goats and more goats..
    What a massive day we ended up doing 1,100 k's massive indeed. We booked another Motel at Port Augusta, Motel Poinsettia another neat tidy Older hotel but had all we needed…
    Shame we could t see the scenery on our way into Port Augusta…it looked unreal...massive gorges and range to go through…coming out to a huge Wind Farm that covered so much of the hillside down to the massive Bay that goes up to Port Augusta I noted heaps of other Ports were near the main one…
    On the way getting closer you could see at least 7-8 farmers all ploughing their paddocks right on dark….
    We stopped at Servo for fuel and our dinner…the guy serving every time I asked for something behold look at me like I was a pest…he really upset me with his attitude but I tired to ignore how it made me feel…that rejection feeling raring it’s ugly head…
    Heard from Bill he is at Ceduna he did a big day of kilometres apparently 350 🤔🤔 poor old fella….. anyway might catch up tomorrow….
    We arrived at the hotel at 7.45pm the lady like last nights check-in was very welcoming and helpful. Ended up watching 4 episodes of Itchy Boots someone had kindly 🤔🤔🤔🤔😂😂😂 left their Netflix account open so we got to watch something good for a change… A long day both ready for bed…    Leer más

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    Contact with Old Friend

    25 de abril de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    DAY: 3
    Off to do another day of big Ks… scene changed from open plains to those funny leaf topped trees you see in this bottom end of Aust…. a quick wipe around at Viterra another small grain silo community it’s with Silo Art to see…a little girl amongst the wheat fields…then next stop….a morning tea stop at a little Café come community store at Minnipa very neat little town.

    A chat with Vic as we head to Ceduna, all to Bill to update him where we are at…Msg to Sheryl and Dave to give them update on our ETA…they are having a ball exploring alone…guessing we will be in their way once there…

    A morning tea at Minnipa Community Store to have our morning tea….Great coffee, well set up store with Post Office and 2nd hand book store…Good service and friendly young women who owns it…we got some fuel there at $2.05…

    Off we set on the road nothing amazing to see until Ceduna where we filled up with fuel on our way in @$1.89 cheap as chips here…Lunch at a very modern pub…John had Homemade pie, mash and greens..I had Honey chicken, rice and greens…so much left we had the rest for dinner and it was yum…

    Off we set from Ceduna coming across once more the Windmill Town, so a must stop at Penong to have a quick look at the Windmill Museum….We stopped here years ago…

    Then off we speed to the Nullarbor Plains…nothing has changed here even the fuel is still outrageous @$2.80 a litre….but you have to pay it if you want to keep going…silly thing is about 150ks back-it was only $1.99a litre, so this mob are holding everyone to ransom…still worth a stop took some pics the sky clouds today are making everything look unreal….I bought us drinks and ice creams.. one had sadly been melted a few times and tasted terrible….😢
    Off up the Hwy to find a camp site for the night…we had earlier had to pass 2 huge wide loads and here on the Nullarbor was another and the Hwy isn’t as wide at all…in fact we had to wait until we got to the RFDS airstrip on the Hwy to get enough room to pass him….
    We were making our way to the Edge Campsite once past him, the area is covered in Limestone, low ever green shrubs and greens grey Salt bushes…
    We had clocked up another 900ks today so both ready to stop…

    So finally we made it to The bottom of mainland Australia! Our Camp-spot for tonight! All looked perfect when we arrived a bit of wind from the North so we set up the camper with the kitchen facing the ocean got dinner sorted, lovely weather! No coats! Just before bed the wind started to change to the East then it really started to hammer us! At 1am we battened down the hatch’s! Rain started on and off! Then at 3.30 am it really started blowing from the West and pounded us to the point I felt the camper might lift off the ground! So we decided to pack up! While packing a massive gust of wind grabbed the camper canvas and literally ripped it to shreds on the left side and it pulled off the screwed down section at the back! All we could do was pack it up and head off! Also blown away was our rescued 35 yr. old mat we found in the ocean at Rules beach! Very sad it was off a fishing vessel and the best camping mat we ever had! Guessing it’s gone back to the ocean with all that wind! What a night! Now to figure how to fix up our camper quickly to meet up with Sheryl and Dave and Bill to start the real adventure! 🤔🤔🤔😢😢😢    Leer más

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    To Hell's Camp

    26 de abril de 2023, Australia ⋅ 🌬 22 °C

    DAY: 4
    Well our utter disaster is described above. Very sad incident and at present until we open it up again we can’t know how bad the extent of the damage…we saw it in the light of our wanker lights so it could be a lot worse…

    Not only that but a shocking nights sleep with the side flap being pounded and knocked around for 4 hrs before John got out and tired it down with my help using ratchet straps…it helped but still the whole camper felt like it was being pummelled and knocked around for hours…when the rain started I wasn’t sure how it would go as we hadn’t been in this camper in the rain….

    The way the wind grabbed the back end of the canvas and tore it from it’s screwed down section along the back…once this let go as the side was placed in sail rail the pressure of the wind took it and just ripped it to shreds just awful…my concern was it would take the floor section and rip it off it’s hingers….I prayed constantly for the Lord to protect us we we fought the crazy wind and rain to get it shut….it took a bit as it seemed to have moved the lid which is the floor slightly to one side. John managed to get it realigned….scary and adrenaline rushing the whole experience….

    We finished up then drove off in the dark…it was 4am SA time but was around 2.30am WA time…

    The rain pelted down while we drove west, making it to the Quarantine Stn. all went well there…I had cut up and froze the papaya I bought from home and John’s limes were frozen rock solid…Our fruit boxes which were years old and not used for fruit I put in my cloths draw in the camper…

    On we drove the rain heavier then all of a sudden it stopped as we made it to Mundrabilla for fuel @$2.48l and a great brekky and coffee...only a young couple running it, but again great service, great food….we had arrived before it opened but only just….worth the stop….

    On we headed had let Bill know what had happened hoping we can go to Kalgoorlie and see if we can get gear to do repairs ourself for now…no one could have time to fix it we are suspecting…
    .We pulled up for morning tea 56 k Balladonna and filled up with our 20 l of fuel as the headwind is so strong we sucked all our fuel in less than 400k…..while getting our m/tea a young guy with an accent came to ask John for help with his tyre…He got a screw in it yesterday and now it’s flat…he Luduvic from France and his girlfriend Selena from Germany met in Australia been here travelling for 6 months they are here for 12 months hoping to extend their visas for another year….she was very beautiful and very friendly…they are loving their adventure…
    Fuel at Balladonna is $2.32.8l going slowly down.

    We arrived at Norseman around 2pm looking for fuel and somewhere to eat…the place we for fuel which was the dearest as the other diesel pump at the next servo was out of Norseman fuel $2.11.6/l for ultimate diesel…cheaper down the road but not working….planned to eat at the restaurant where we bought our fuel but No apparently this huge restaurant wasn't making any food.so off to find a cafe…very basic bit got a toasted Ham and Cheese sandwich and a cuppa…we must have rang 4-5 places in Kalgoorlie and Nothing available for the night not even in Caravan parks what motels were available were $300 up-to $800 crazy prices.so we decided to stay in Norseman Acclaim Tourist Park Norseman ….we managed to get a cabin..it was very old style and was the very last one but had an ensuite….…$134 a night but with Seniors discount it was $128…tried to put the camper up between the cabins but too wide…so got permission to put it up in another area….Bill arrived just in time to give us a hand….once up after the initial look that looked unrepairable once properly assessed we realised we can fix it enough to keep using…Thank The Lord…John straighter out the aluminium strip to put the back section back down again…took a bit but he did it…not sure how we are going to fix the ripped side sections as it’s both parts that it occurred ot when the wind took it the other night…they fixed as much as was possible then we had a few drinks, I made a basic dinner of Mac and Noddle's with fish bites…it sufficed….too tired to do anything else so went to bed around 8.30pm….been a huge emotional day.    Leer más

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    Day of Salvation and Repair

    27 de abril de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

    DAY: 5
    Made our way to Kalgoorlie by 9 am and off to find a Canvas manufacturer to help us decide how to fix the Camper first one the guy wasn’t there, and wouldn’t be back until lunch time…so off to the next one Fiesta Canvas these guys went above and beyond helping us and before we knew it the major issue was all fixed...A guy called Paul with very long skinny dreadlocks bit of a character did the job and after all the mucking around only cost $110 unreal we were stoked…he did a great job...plus the a patch on the roof was done only bit not done was the back section that has torn. So I asked for some long strips to try and fix it myself….While John helped him Bill and I got the groceries….probably have too much. We did have m/tea up the Main Street at Cafe 312….I told Bill it was Cafe 321…. Groceries were more expensive but that’s to be expected in the outback….
    Bought yucky lunch from KFC which was awful…wish I would just learn to say no, it’s not the same as it used to be always cold and gluey….We set off for the Gourmley Statues at Lake Ballard….

    Wasn’t a very interesting trip other than a really great road… the Lake is a dry bed lake with a huge mound in the middle with a track going to the top and spindley trees growing on it….
    The statues aren’t that impressive either other than they depict aboriginal looking 👀 in various nude posses on the lake floor……a bit different that’s for sure….the sunset wasn’t even that amazing, but a nice relaxed evening sitting around chatting with Bill….he has a little oven that I managed to cook my fish bites in…. Another pasta with onion and mushroom….a good start to some nice meals…back to tasty meals unlike the US… I did forget to buy John a new towel and get some more wine…I don’t know where my mind is at present but it’s not working all that well…..    Leer más

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    Lake Statues and Arrival

    28 de abril de 2023, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    DAY: 6
    Today we should be meeting up with Sheryl and Dave all going to plan…
    Up early around 5am but stayed in bed as cool until around 6am. John made the coffee…tried to do my readings but no phone reception here so used the books I bought and my eBook….then packed up everything…even added the big downer now with the weather turning cold…
    Had our brekky, packed the camper John went to start the car and rummmm rum splat battery is dead something might have been left on to run it down….
    So we left it and headed out onto the Lake to do the shorter circuit to see the statues…most were women only a couple of blokes…very unusual indeed….we walked around the rock hill in the centre of the Lake. Bill spotted what he thought was a straight line of rocks but it was as I guessed old fence posts…burnt off to near ground level….unusual it was that way….there were parts of the lake floor very sticky and glue like sticking to our shoes….some sections even had salt encrusted water puddles….
    We made it around…got the car going, Bill headed off…as John drove to the loo, I went to check out the camp area, it looked very welcoming and once there saw the hugest spider web….🤔🤔🤔😂😂😂 it was fake very well done…quite funny to see it there…this whole camp area is really well set up…with loos, water tanks, picnic areas and campfire areas and tables dotted around everywhere…other than the sneaky cold wind it’s been a great camp site….
    Now off to Leonora to buy a new battery, some more wine and a towel for John…
    We ended up at The Food Van Coffee shop Sheryl suggested we go to where Fiona from Emerald that owns this quirky shop with great food and Antiques… funny very loud lady…she was training a young guy to help with making coffees that was funny, but I imagine hard for him she certainly gave him heaps….
    We headed across the road to the a supermarket come Hardware for a few items…found John some cheap shoes..,,$30 for a good pair of sandshoes…his boots are too tight….
    Then off to Gwalia like Sheryl suggested…what a find a Ghost type town of an old Mining town…the old tin houses and huts had mostly been restored…and on the hill above the town is the Hoover House Museum….wow was it set up well…so many unreal relics and artefacts, plus a great coffee shop…so much to take in….
    We had a look around the many sights to collectively finish up with a light lunch from the coffee shop at Hoover House….didn’t realise we could go into the Tin houses, but checked out the State Hotel now abandoned sadly beautiful old building…. All in all a great visit…

    Story of Hoover House

    History of Hoover House
    Hoover House is typical of the expansive style of home built for senior mine management in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
    The site was chosen in 1898 by the first general manager of the Sons of Gwalia mine, Herbert Hoover, and its construction commenced under his direction, although he was transferred to China before the building was finished. Hoover, who was later to become the 31st President of the United States of America, visited the area several times after returning to Australia from China. Hoover stayed in the house in 1902 with the then manager, R. Atwater.
    The building was constructed of locally made brick, fired nearby, and bought under a contract for £2/10/0 ($5) per thousand bricks, plus the supply of fuel. The house was finished by early 1899, but not without an objection from the Coolgardie office of the mine’s owner, Bewick Moreing & Co, whose management complained that the company’s London board of directors had never expected to spend £750 ($1500) – several times the cost of an average home – on a manager’s residence. Nevertheless, two of the three bedrooms were soon extended to twice their original size.
    Eleven successive mine managers have lived in the house over the years.
    Following the closure of the Sons of Gwalia mine in 1963, the mine manager’s house, mine office and assay office were used by Western Mining Corporation as a mineral exploration base until 1971. Hoover House was renovated in 2001 and has been managed by the Shire of Leonora since September 2010.
    And info on the Museum….

    Gwalia Ghost Town & Museum
    Visitors can explore over a dozen buildings in the Gwalia ghost town, including miners’ cottages, single men’s camps, Patroni’s Guest House and Mazza’s Store. Up on the hill in the Mine Precinct, there are the Mine Manager’s House (now Hoover House Bed & Breakfast), the Assay Office, the headframe and winder and many fascinating outdoor exhibits. Highlights include ‘Midland’, one of three steam engines that worked on the wood lines supplying the Sons of Gwalia mine with timber and fuel.

    Hoover House B&B and Function Venue
    Once the grand home of the managers of the Sons of Gwalia Gold Mine, Hoover House is a luxury Bed and Breakfast and function venue near the historical settlement of Gwalia.
    The house was designed in 1897 by the mine’s manager, Herbert Hoover, who later became the 31st President of the United States of America.
    The building has been completely renovated and today B&B guests can enjoy Hoover’s legacy – three magnificent bedrooms now opulently decorated in period style, the grand dining room where mining deals were once negotiated, and the tranquil views over the spectacular Goldfields landscape from the wide veranda's.
    Guests can enjoy sitting on the veranda's or the wide green front lawn overlooking the modern open pit mine, for gold is still mined at Gwalia. As night falls and the stars emerge, the peaceful ambience on the back verandas overlooking Mt Leonora has to be experienced – you might even see a kangaroo!
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    We came back to town for fuel…….but after this morning trying to find a battery, but alas…. no battery 😢😢😢 but did a bonus on the wine…I bought 3 bottle, the owner gave me the last low alcohol one she wanted to get rid of any more bottles pink…said she couldn’t sell them 🤔🤔🤔… what a bonus…

    Off we set to Laverton to the Van Park there to meet up with Sheryl and David….all good got a spot near them, Bill next door…had a chat then all headed to the pub for dinner….the dinner was good, the pub pumping…even a bus load of tourist came in…

    It turned really cold sadly to lots of layers climbed into bed…within an hour John was shaking uncontrollably, he had rigours, temp was continually going up…then he started to vomit I gave 3 Panadol and an Ondansetron wafer which did do the trick he did eventually go to sleep, but his temp took hours to come down...like I said to him he would end up with bad sweating and yep he did…I feel it was food poisoning…sadly he seems to be the one to get it…my gut was upset for ages from the Creamy Garlic Prawns, but not like him….I didn’t get to sleep until after 1am…another big night…    Leer más

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    START POINT FORM ANNE BEADELL

    29 de abril de 2023, Australia ⋅ 🌙 6 °C

    DAY: 7
    John a lot better this Am but had, had huge sweats… we didn’t rush up, but still an early start had the washing all done and hung out by 7.15….@$4 a load x3 loads it cost a bit….
    Then sorted the pills, in time for Sheryl to organise us to head up to look at some sights and go to the tourist info centre for coffee…very we’ll set up.
    While there having coffee Vic called again Mum C and her decided not to go for the window in the upgrade of the ship…so now I know John won’t do it…21days with no window is going to be horrible…but guessing I have to shut up and put up with it…not impressed but what can you do…an extra $850 ea. John sees it as too much….

    A look around..to go to look at the presentation was $8 so Bill, John and I just looked at the info then headed up to the Supermarket to get the lady goodie before heading off…John managed to get a towel…the prices in the store were unreal…$9.00 for butter but we are in the outback and an aboriginal community so the prices go up, up, up….

    We walked back to the Van park around the edge of town….saw a car without a back windscreen and no number plates a number of times…obviously the police who we saw at morning tea at the info centre…don’t worry about it. While at the supermarket…a local aboriginal women came up to sell to Sheryl and I a painting she had done of a bush tucker painting….it was well done, but won’t suit any of our Décor at home at all….

    John not well, this arvo…lazy arvo with him sleeping, me getting pics and diary sorted…
    Planning Pizza tonight all going to plan…

    Sat around the big fire pit at the Van park for an hour or so…chatting to different people; one was Chris an older lady, she and her husband have been here since Nov fossicking….all the fossickers we have spoken to have all said it’s not like it used to be….Chris and her husband live permanently on the road in their Van….meet another women travelling alone in her motor home…like the lady we met at Norseman who was in her little AVan with her dog…she was actually working she is a Social Worker from Adelaide but travellers as far as Kalgoorlie for her work…what a huge area to cover…coming across the Nullarbor to get to her most distant area….

    Anyway after sitting at the fire along with Sheryl and Dave we headed to the pub to get Pizzas for dinner….it’s always busy here with so many fly in fly out workings, travellers and locals….the little French bar attendant is very efficient and friendly..

    The pizza was pretty good even had BBQ sauce in it to stop my refluxing, but still had it….
    A nice warm shower once back then off to bed we head off in the AM….    Leer más

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    FALSE START

    30 de abril de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

    DAY: 8
    Back to Kalgoorlie
    John had more temps last night and tells me he had a huge sweat again….he has some bad bug….not sure what…Anyway this AM he seems good again…..So up early and packing up to get going on our trip to the Anne Beadell...John has his brekky then tried the car and rummm, rummm….the battery barely turned over….so with heavy heart we have to delay the start of our trip and drive back to Kalgoorlie to buy a new battery…I am upset…as it seems to me like this trip will never come off for us….
    We told the others Sheryl will book us in for another night, they will head off later this morning with Bill going as well….

    We made our way in record time for the 380ks to Kalgoorlie, straight to Supercheap….for the battery….while John fitted it I hit The Reject Shop x 2 times getting bits and pieces for the trip…some small long containers to put into the camper kitchen so stuff doesn’t jump around much….
    John got it fitted, then we hit Bunnings for a new plug as mine is leaking in the camper sink…got 2 different ones with the hope of one at least working…once done off we headed to buy a Bunnings Snagg….yummmm it was good hit the spot…next stop Coles to get some ham and bananas….I got some extra Pana Di Casa bread hopefully it won’t go off too quickly…forgot Sheryl’s tissues….
    Then off we set back again…John started coming down with feeling unwell again, but made it back in record time…3.15pm we had left at 7am did over 700ks round trip…
    Bill was here when we got back he decided to hang around and wait for us…instead of going with Sheryl and Dave…
    I took out the Turkey Roasts for tonight John not that well so has gone to bed…hope he picks up…
    The Fisho turned up after John laid down…I really would have loved to get some but my freezer is too full still….such a shame….

    A lot of the people in the park are fossickers and do it often…even saw a guys car up from me that are gravestone Markers for outback non existent graveyards….how interesting…

    So many diverse people on the road…..    Leer más

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    FINALLY ON THE ANNE BEADELL

    1 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    DAY: 9
    Up at 5 am….John had a few sweats during the night but well this AM...packed up…caught up with the last of the Polos and slack…after my readings….got my toast for brekky and helped John pack the Camper……Bill all organised and ready to go…
    Went to the Store which on the net it said it was open but only the Servo side was….managed to get x2 bottles of Gaviscon only they were very large bottles and eat $23 ea. an expensive buy..,,

    Then finally we set off…

    Stop 1. Was Point Kidman….a marker on the Rocky range outcrop of the Hwy….the raid is great for dirt, smooth and easy driving…lulling us before the rugged section…
    Stop 2 was the Breakaways area…we found 2 spots you could camp at…I thought I saw camel footprints, but decided after the 2nd camp site it was cows fatter all…🥲…Saw some stunning coloured Western Australian Parrots…the 2nd Breakaways spot had amazing rock structures and a small cave...Bill explored the hill tops in this area as well as Kidman Lookout…

    Sheryl and Dave are way ahead of us….
    Sadly there are Gas Pipelines marking our great country even down here...grubs taking over the country everywhere in the outback areas…

    Stop 3 M/tea @ Yamarna Homestead only had a cattle yard…Tank with a huge modern generator near by for the Goldfield camp that was we think up the road…next to the tank was a great old Drilling Rig…..the boys Bill and John….both got out their drones…heaps of exploration sites with heaps of bags of samples….

    Stop 4 A look at Point Sunday we walked the hill and we saw caves…and we saw Len Beadell Surveyors Post…plus the most exciting part was a kangaroo that had been killed and all that was left was his entails that had poop in it….

    Stop 5 Met up with Sheryl and Dave at Old Yeo Homestead….. what a great stop…I thought we were staying here for the night…but Sheryl wants us to move on….so we had a look at all the treasures….A quaint little house you can’t go in now getting to run down, half tank dog pens, hand pump well very updated. A tank shower room with a bucket shower above to clean off….very neat around, some of the old fence heavy steel posts….even a loo with lots of loo paper on hand very clean it looks well Maintained…
    Had our lunch here…even used The Vans microwave to heat mine, made John sandwich’s…
    Then we headed off to see the Lake system…Sheryl and Dave were the only ones to actually find it and it did have water in it….we took the road to Sandalwood Camp area which cross lake beds a number of them, all dry…but a bit damp on some of the road patch’s…Bill had taken another track to the Lake ended up turning around and come and joined up with us…we then chose to do the old track to Bishop Riley’s Pulpit….wow what a trip…very slow going over 42ks….a lot of very tight and scratchy areas…John did amazing in these tight spots...even had our side mirrors pushed in by tight trees so before we lost them John would pull up for me to pull mine in…constant changing diverse scenery with different plants, flat lake beds, Salt bush’s… taller trees with hairy like bark..I was a bit like being on the Canning with the constant change of vegetation….heaps of burnt out plains….some trees you can see will never return, but all the gums are re-sprouting with new fresh leaves an amazing tree it’s resilience…. It was a hard but fascinating drive it took us 2 hours to do it, making it out to the Main track just before 4.30pm arriving at Bishop Riley’s Pulpit just before sunset on the Western side of the rock bringing out its features…very neat camp area….there is a path to the top of the peak…I’ll do it tomorrow before we go….a campfire 🔥 area already set out so we used that…
    Emotionally I felt I hit the wall yesterday, I felt very down and just heavy emotionally…after 6-7 weeks of going none stop with people heavy issues with those people, plus’s go, go, go packing, unpacking, repacking, packing travel, OS travel in Aust my body has died 1,000’s of ks this past month and half I am just tried…Sheryl headed to bed around 7.15 I went to bed around 8pm again only a wash...once upon a time I wouldn’t do that now I am getting to old and too tired to be bothered.
    But a great start to our Anne Beadell trek so far, all I had hoped it would be and more..    Leer más

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    STARTED FROM BISHOP RILEY'S PULPIT

    2 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    DAY: 10
    Left Bishop Riley's Pulpit
    A new day dawns…
    Up packed ready for brekky, Dave let me cook my toast in his toaster…Sat around the fire to eat…
    Once packed Sheryl and Dave headed off….Aa we packed up John and I had words, so I took off up the hill by myself…once up there realised it was very high, and with the rocks being so loose I crawled down on my bum to the bottom on the other side…as a bit scary and not the easiest climbing on my bum but made it…
    John never sees that his way of talking to me sometimes is extremely cutting...he accused me of yelling at him, which I did but to stop him closing the camper right up as I had to cut the loose cotton parts still hanging off the mending job down in Kalgoorlie….they had been dangling out the ends since done and every day I have been going to cut them since done, but forgot everyday…today I asked could he hold off closing it up until I had done it…I thought he was closing it yelled out to wait…and then he became very angry and abusive in his tone…. Did me in…he doesn’t realise the extent his voice can break me down….

    Our day has come to a stop we made it to Neale Junction in time for lunch….it’s the Junction of the Anne Beadell and The Connie Sue Hwy's….

    Stop 1 Today was an Anne Beadell’s Memorial marker…we had M/tea then all went for a walk up the Dune….the new growth on many trees….
    So many really tall trees for a desert area…Dunes started appearing more…

    Stop 2 Then along the track dead Camels one completely just bones…the one near them was still oozing his innards yuk…then further up the road were 2 more I would say shot dead just laying on the road…very sad….

    Stop 3 or should have been but on corrugating and too hard to pull up to see the 3 big old fuel drums….I would say from the age of them probably from Len Beadell’s days…

    The ever changing landscape…but the further we headed East the rougher the corrugating got….and the trees stayed taller…had been one area that had a bad fire through a whole section…but was totally destroyed….

    Sad not to see real camels 🐫 ….alive…
    We pulled up around 12:20 set up camp, made lunch going to have a relaxing arvo…
    An afternoon of the guys sitting around the campfire after John had done a check on everything…our hot water system seems to be had it…what a pain…no hot water showers on this trek from the look of it…

    I finished up my photo download and set up photo folders for this trip still got stuff to sort hopefully do some this arvo…
    I went for a walk up to the junction of the Connie Sue and Anne Beadell Hwy's signed the visitors book that Sheryl told me about…I then decided to put the corn meat on tonight get it cooked as we have a really great fire to sit the pot on with a swinging hot plate brilliant...I set that I before heading up to the junction… so by the time I got back it was bubbling away...too much so had to remove some of the heat…

    The Meal turned out to be great….everything cooked well plenty left…now to find fridge space it’s chock a block…..

    Sat around the fire for a bit then headed for a bucket bath 🧼 before bed into bed by 8ish…    Leer más

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    THE BREAKAWAYS

    3 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    DAY: 11
    Neal's Junction
    We slept in util 6 am today that’s great…but a rugged night of crazy dreams and restless sleep….
    Today we stay put but do some driving down the Connie Sue…off we set at 8am….
    So off we set stopping At a few different Bench Markers which turned into flowers stops…saw scattered camel bone everywhere….
    One of our stops was to move big branches off the road as we were constant going around these in the middle of the road causes us a pain…anyway as I was checking on some fluffy looking trees John notice a little bush with heaps of stunning crimson Grevilleas all at various stages of opening….so pretty….
    We stopped at the turn off for the Breakaways….had M/tea...very relaxing…
    Then off onto the road really great road the 6ks in to the most unreal sights of multi coloured soft crumbly cliffs, some areas shaly, other were sedimentary sandstones plus conglomerate…whites, purples, pinks, yellows, and salt areas everywhere…small Water Hole with Stalactites…..handing below the over hang with salt crystals everywhere….you we’re walking over constant salt encrusted ground…then below the cliff faces where heaps of red conglomerate massive rocks...Sheryl and I climbed precisely up to a section Bill suggested we check out to get a better view of the cliffs and the plain below...wow unreal…but a bit difficult to climb up and especially back down…Sheryl even managed to climb to top and could have walked around the rim like you do at a Kings Canyon but decided best come down again…we finished all exploring this magnificent area then drive back down to some big trees for shade for lunch…I had already pre-made corn meat, cheese and pickle sandwiches….very good…relaxing lunch like M/Tea…. Before Sheryl and I had gone to explore the caves above us….some where really big others were like for the kids section…😃😃😃….also some stunning crimson read flowers 🌺….so pretty and some other small white ones that smelt just like Jasmin for the tiny things they were…

    After John and I had lunch we had a short drive to check out one of the roads that took us nowhere where we thought it did….but we found about 15 Camels….then some wood..as we were collecting the wood we saw an old campsite with old tin cans there…

    Then off home…very quick other than stopping to get the trees off the road again…I did have to as per Sheryl’s request….to put a tin of spaghetti 🍝 on the road so she could find the pretty crimson Grevillea…

    Our afternoon was spent doing photos, having nibbles and chatting around the fire…I had broken up all the horrible branches in our campsite area and caused a massive amount fire I was a bit concerned about…

    Sheryl and Dave cooked a big Pork Roll and offered us to join them…so I added veggies and we cooked then in a big pot…
    Plus they offered for me to use their shower which was tricky I obviously wasn’t using the shower head properly so only had a little water 💦 to wash off my body wash..at least I felt clean….that was all before dinner…
    Dinner was yummy….I made gravy as well which went into the pot with the meat juices….all in all another great meal…like our Corn Meat meal last night nothing beats camp oven cooking for flavour…Bill had another light and easy meal as he doesn’t eat pork…
    We did a shared wash up, then sat around relaxing by the fire…Sheryl had a later night tonight after 8pm, nearly 9 by the time I got to bed a big day…    Leer más

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    ONWARD FROM NEAL'S JUNCTION

    4 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    DAY: 12
    Leaving Neal's Junction
    Moving on today to our next campsite and adventure along the Anne Beadell….
    We commenced our trip stopping at the Cross roads…for the Cemented Bench maker, then a little further along was another Gravestone under a big tree…l got those then off to find what turned out to be an allusive but did eventually find an Airstrip….we had a few stops before it was just found…plus as we were looking John found a path to what was a missive weird Rock formations that covers a few acres strange from the ground so the guys put up their drones to get a different perspective….some where making paths, others were circles, a zig zag section, a big arrow and a huge ? Mark John called it the meaning of life...what for who knows...lots of Cairns… Some are definitely not aboriginal…. Bill came up with a theory that it could map of the aboriginal clans of the area…

    Whoever built it would have taken weeks, or months to do it…
    Then Bill found the Marker for the airfield that we finally worked out what it was…a well weathered post….when the boys put up their drones I was waiting for a collision to occur 🤣🤣🤣🤣!
    John now has a burst blood vessel in his eye…thinking maybe it could have been from high blood pressure while he as sick….he also has a cold sore so must be run down…

    The vegetation is very green and thick at present…still wet damp sections of the road…some big deep corrugation today…
    Stopped for m/tea at 10:10am…waited for Sheryl and Dave for a good 40 mins but the road must be slowing them down heaps today….
    Next major issue was Bill telling us it looked like something was dragging…turns out our left hand side 2 shockers were dragging on the camper….the bolt fell out….we had just pulled up at the burnt out car wreck when we saw it….so John and Bill checked out the burnt out car wreck for bolts and no go…so to improvise they took some off the camper jockey wheel….that did the trick along with some spacers from both John and Dave plus the old rubbers from the old shockers John put in after changing them before the trip…I said a lot of prayers Thank you Lord for once again getting us out of a difficult situation…
    Some of the car wreck …the heat was so intense so much of it was melted into each other….unreal…to me it looks like it had been a rollover first before the fire that destroyed it totally…
    On the road again we went 10 or so kl's up the track to a shady tree where we all had lunch…it had been so, so hot back while fixing the Shockey's I was feeling very run down…Sheryl had walked up and down on track looking for delights to take photos of…
    Next was a Caravan wreck it really was a wreck….you could see why it didn’t survive…very flimsy…
    Dave called us to tell us that there were 2 cars heading our way we eventually met them at the Plane wreck which was our next port of call….
    Once we made it in, there were a couple of issues not being in 4x4 John chopped it up a bit…much to others issues…we spent some time at the wreck getting pics….the lot Dave told us about… turns out the husband and wife part of the group of 4 which were 2 women in one car 2 from Agnes Waters…and 2 from Perth but travelling together…had a bit of a chat….. then trying to call Dave and Sheryl which we couldn’t we decided to head out….then onto our next campsite…10ks up the track…
    When we arrived Bill was chatting to another couple from Germany that comes to Aust 3 times a year to do outback travel…

    We pulled up set up got the fire 🔥 going… at our camp…Sheryl and Dave arrived after 5pm…the sunset wasn’t as good as yesterday...Full moon tonight getting cooler after dark…sat around the fire relaxing and retelling our adventures of the day…😃
    Dinner was crumbed chicken with salad...really too cold for salad but it was still nice..    Leer más

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    HEADING TO THE ROAD HOUSE

    5 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    DAY: 13
    Heading to the Road House
    Today is Craig’s birthday I hope I can get onto him at the Road house up the road that it has reception….
    A rotten nights sleep again I think I need to go back onto my Melatonin for a bit I keep waking around 1 am takes forever to get back to sleep….up to 3 hrs..
    Sheryl went to visit the German couple this morning...then as they were about to leave the German couple came to visit them…Apparently they are Police and come to Aust a couple of times a year to go adventuring outback….
    As we were leaving the mob from yesterday we’re pulled up making brekky near the shed as we departed this campsite, this one had a loo and a tank like the last place we stayed...Saw 3 cars parked up in a big camp area at about 28ks…also saw heaps of dingo tracks along the road as we drive…Always heaps of camel 🐫 prints but no sights for awhile…..

    Stop 1 was Ilkurlka roadhouse wow was I impressed with the setup of this place...very Modern buildings so well setup with a art studio that doubles as accommodation...the other building was the main house…a young guy was running it for the manager who lives there and has for the 12 yrs…the young guy as a child used to come to the aboriginal community each year…he had rung Bill as he needed some experience for his Uni course…Bill arranged for him to look after roadhouse for 6 weeks while he had leave….Eli had only 2 weeks left…we bought at shirt for John $35, bread $6 and $420 and x $10, total $480….The steak and kidney tin pie was $16.50, camp pie was $12.50…
    The stunning aboriginal paints weren’t too bad a price…one about 60cm x40cm was $420 not a bad price all in all considering it’s in the outback….

    As we were filling up another 2 guys come along lined up after Bill…we headed over to get have our shower which John had to start the donkey…I had first shower which silly me should have realised it was cold...but still got to wash my hair and felt clean…the guys that filled up then rolled in for their shower…got a bit on edge waiting for his shower…next the farmer or guy from Agnes pulled up with the girls in the Ranger to have their shower….

    Guys behind us…told me about the big lake that has water in it…. Sounds a must see…
    I did my photos caught up on Polos, got the news Jeanettes little baby boy had died at 23weeks….and she had to have a Caesar….so very sad…And things weren’t that good for Chris’s Neuro feedback…very sad…
    I called dad he was good, I called Craig for his Birthday and then we called Vic….and I left mgs for the girls on Marco…
    Then off we set down the road…we had been warned the road gets worse and we would be passing 10 cars with trailers…
    As we headed off the road definitely got narrower and rougher….the corrugation got really, really bad then the next thing we know the Antenna was nearly broken, so John improvised and taped his welding Rod to it to stabilise it as long as we can….
    We had a stop at the Small Salt lakes it was very big….not so small…looked like the farmer and his wives were camped further up along at the eastern end of the lake….

    We made it to our camp spot where Sheryl and Dave were.
    Once at our spot John found more issues with the car the bash plate has come loose….
    Sheryl and the boys had a meeting to plan the next part of the trip…while I pickled my frozen cucumbers rather than waste them….
    This Anne Beadell 3 campsite….
    I ended up very sick from having nachos mix extremely upset gut…vomiting and in the end my body ended up with the twitch’s…I had to have 60 mg of Nexium and 1/4 sleeper to settle everything down….    Leer más

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    THE MISSING ROCKHOLE

    6 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    DAY: 14
    Another day on the Anne Beadell
    Up later even though I woke up earlier I must have gone back to sleep..
    All packed up and off we set…such thick thick vegetation for most of the trip..in between big heavily covered sand dunes….

    Our stop for M/Tea was an old campsite where someone had left some cut wood…our bonus…….then marching across the road in a long line were a group of itchy grubs so quick them little grubs…..certainly kept us amused watching them….

    As we drove along I rested on and off tummy a bit upset today having quick trips to the loos where there is one…

    Found our Campsite Anne Beadell Campsite No 4…we drove to have a look for a Rockhole and only found a nearly dry waterhole, with a big puddle of water in it so drove back to set up for the night…wait for the Vans to appear which they did…Bill had put up his drone and we could see a massive Salt Lake...,.we all had lunch then Sheryl wanted to find Len Beadell’s Rockhole he had his grandson baptised in 1993 in the middle of nowhere…. And a look at the salt lake…as we headed down there the Vans spotted a herd of camle's…a bull and 7 of his harem….we took heals of shots I got video they were as curios of us as we were of them…..anyway the track hit more difficult so Dave stayed back..Bill and I knocked a tree out if the way then off we set to find both of the sites…Sheryl was on foot and determined to find it….we found a huge pile of rocks with a small hole in it…but don’t feel it’s it…I walked down to the magnificent salt lake some water in its top end….but what a site I am happy with this but Sheryl wants so bad to find this rock hole called a nana hole
    Well she sure found it...turns out it was the waterhole we drove past but due to the water levels being higher you can’t actually see the hole 🕳️….but there was a smaller one on the edge of the dam area..

    As the border is only just up the road the our time zone is going to change again, back an 1 1/2 so it got dark very early…and very cold…I had prepared dinner early tonight which turned out a blessing far to cold for this little old duck…not long after dinner 🥘 I headed to bed…I couldn’t get my left foot warm and it was quite painful full due to being so cold…    Leer más

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    THE BOARDER CROSSING WA-SA

    7 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    DAY: 15
    Heading for the Boarder
    With the time about to change the sun is not up as early today….
    Fixed the the camper solar panel holder with a bake bean tin…..let’s pray it lasts the distance..
    Once this was done we headed down to look at the waterhole for the Namahole where Len Beadell had his grandson baptised in 1993….well looking at it with the amount of water in it at present you could be mistaken for another area completely…but on looking at the postcard pic I took looking at the trees in the area we decided yes it could be the spot…but very difficult to truly discern…..
    So off we we. Miles down the track we stopped for wreaked trailer solid as silly to bring that across this track….
    Next site was we saw our first dingo. Track is getting tighter now causing issues as we navigate the track….then our 2nd Kangaroo on the whole track…. My pics only captured him as he dove into the grass…..
    We laughed at Dave heading bush each time he had to dodge a low tree but for him it must have a real pain in the arse…. then a cub camper wreaked completely but Bill and John tried to get bits off the camper…John got a bit of the camper just in case he needs to do repairs…which is becoming ongoing…

    We arrived at The border with plagues and signs everywhere, a visitors book to sign like at Neal’s Crn…then we heard from Sheryl and Dave sadly they had spent an hour or more waiting for us to get to the border…we didn't realise they were doing that with Bill and John fixing our broken solar panel holder….
    Next was the Serpentine Lakes-with water in them…we decided to have had M/Tea here fortunately we met up with Sheryl and Dave…
    As we went along a jolly Stick under our car with oil over it apparently only damaged a cover that covers the 4x4 shaft….
    We headed off the track was a bit boring as in similar scenery along the way…I must admit I fell asleep for some it so didn’t get to take it how difficult it was being so snug and tight making it hard for our side mirrors….but we managed to keep them in one piece for the day…
    We pulled up at a roadside camp spot to have a wait for the Vans had a cuppa waiting the lunch they were a good 2 hrs behind us….so we all decided once they arrived we would camp in the area…John had found a spot 200m up on the left so that’s where we headed for the night….the next 50ks we can’t camp as restricted area and we didn’t want to end up in that tonight….
    I spent the arvo trying to sort my pics on the computer … then Sheryl needed to do that with her pics to download so she could make room on her over full phone….
    The boys sat around an early fire…the cold weather had really hit us now with an awful wind blowing and making life just a bit too inconvenient….
    To be honest it actually ended up a relaxing day….
    John did some minor repairs to the cover over transfer shaft to get us further along….every day it ends up a major drama with our set up….

    John is very keen on the Vans set up but honestly where do you stop,….

    We had left overs for dinner 🥘 a great fire set up again. decided again we should do a damper but that’s as far as they get…see what happens in the next place…    Leer más

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    FIRST CAMP IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    8 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C

    DAY: 16
    ONWARD IN SA
    Our clocks are now an hour an a half ahead.so in fact at 8pm last night when we headed to Bed it was only 6.30 🤔🤔🤔🤔 from where we had just come….the next time change we do won’t be as big thank goodness..
    John snored something shocking last night keeping me awake most of the night. x 2 1/4 sleeping tabs at a different time during the night before I must have finally feel into a good sleep….
    Today is going to be a slow long day…again Lord I pray no breakages on our gear…
    I dreamt Judy and Pete arrived from Canada 🇨🇦 to stay with us for a short couple of weeks…and every man and his dog was at our place, coming through for different reasons…I felt overwhelmed not being a good host and showing them the sights I had hoped.

    Dark until after 7am today so it was a slower start than normal….

    First up I have lost my little red brush I have had as a travel brush for yrs… I am very
    upset about it…I looked all through my carry basket…the kitchen….I walked back to the spot we sat at yesterday waiting for the Vans…I remember walking all wound our campsite yesterday. Darned if I know where it could be….

    The Vans left early so they could get a good start with being slower…
    Then Bill discovered his battery was dead… so John had to figure away to bring his car around with the trailer to give him a start…this was achieved so off we set
    The scenery is lush and ever changing….

    Our M/Tea stop had these tiny mounds with fresh holes being dug…not sure what they were...waited for the Vans…
    We discovered that the green markers were for flora and horticultural plants along the track…marked on Sheryl’s map…No 4 was Currajong trees...after we saw this we started to see them quite a bit….
    Then the Unreal washed outs started wow were they challenging the roads ever changing in conditions and scenery…

    We were all a bit tired today with the challenging roads and the changing scenes…
    Sheryl and Dave have decided to do more kl's today as their time is running out as they have not like us at the beginning on a time line….

    We finally found a camp spot they were getting few and far between…being between the dunes there wasn’t a lot of flat land…
    John tried to fix the hot water system but no luck…so still bucket baths….
    Sheryl and Dave not here sound like they are quite a distance from us..,
    They turned up around 6pm 🕕 both seemed fine even though a tough day, chatted around the fire about the days venture …..they saw the camel's we did also…
    Steak and veg for dinner…the nights getting colder and colder…    Leer más

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    VOAKES HILL

    9 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C

    DAY: 17
    So, so cold today and ice everywhere on our camper...Bills pop-top, his solos panels and all our windscreens...Hard for us all to get going…we keep having to keep going to the fire to warm our fingers which were frozen…
    It was very dark until after 7am…the Vans left at 7.15 am today to get up the road before we caught up to them…
    We all made it to the turn off to Voakes Hill Dave had to turn back to closed in for the big beast to come any further…Sheryl jumped in with Bill…..I have to admit the actual Hill was a disappointment…but I found some unreal twists and turns of trees…..the narley wood is unreal…living in desert conditions it becomes like an old man filled with heaps of character….
    We headed back to have hot water ready for our M/tea at the turn off…..
    About to leave saw people with the a Hilux and motorhome set up…very neat little number….They were from Perth heading on a 4 month trip….sounds like they were our type of people…she was telling us about the trees in the area were Marble Gum or desert gum…the multi limbed hairy bark trees…
    Stopped at Voakes Hill Crn to find The Rare Christmas trees pretty sure they were dead...Took pics of dead sticks that resembled a Christmas tree shape…Couldn’t find the Rock Hole apparently at the crn…….Signed the visitors book…..
    Another couple could coming from the east with a very unusual camper...They lost 200 l of the water the welds on their water tank gave way…,
    Lunch about 10ks from Voakes Crn…..By our late lunch time we had done 80ks
    Saw one snake and had an unusual head..John spotted him on the road …..
    We continued on the scene of the trees 🌳 were unreal so many rounded trees that blew me away…..
    We made our campsite 🏕️ in Maralinga land…… very soft red sand….dingo tracks around…..
    Sheryl and Dave made it dead on 6pm well done guys…..
    Got the fire going….got dinner ready early….
    Another night of all chatting about the day…
    Early nights for us all with this really cold weather…    Leer más

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    THE SETTLEMENT OF EMU

    10 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C

    DAY: 18
    EMU here we come
    Another cold morning, but thankfully. It isn't as bad as yesterdays with ice everywhere..…
    We are slow getting up at present with the sun making its entrance late..
    Last night as in the Maralinga Area it wasn’t to bad…just very soft red sand…the Vans turned up dead on 6pm
    I am a bit slower getting going must be an age thing I think…
    Once we got going we crossed the BMR line...lit come from south to north east but apparently not meant to go on it…then we crossed into Army Prohibited territory…we do have permits for the area…..
    We had a stop at Anne’s crn and a look around…Bill the Bower bird found some unusual, chilli shaped red flowers on a very spikey bush….
    Had our cuppa the Vans joined us…then we set off only to find another Caravan wreak a older style Jayco pop top. While there a Nissan Patrol pulled up another couple by themselves…we have come across so many doing it alone…that why Sheryl and Dave like to do their own trips…no hassle…no one to think of come and go at their own pace...this couple were only allowing themselves 7 days...and after they had come across the Vans they said it took them 2 full days to get across all the corrugations…. After this their plan was head to the Canning then another sand track that runs parcel to the Tanamai track…very remote…..Good on them…but making it through here in 7 days is industrious…
    We also had another massive Camel sighting…,seeing their and dingo footprints everywhere but hardly any sightings.,,
    Also saw 2 birds nests today something we have't seen any of…
    Then another one at the Campsite area of Emu..,.
    We ambled onto the Emu which is the Woomera Range where the Airstrip and hush, hush English setup to do Atomic Testing for WW11…
    We had lunch at the shelter shed amongst the most fascinating trees that look like we are in Africa?….they started kilometre s back just amazing…so much different vegetation today from before yet again…
    From the look of the old campsite it looks massive…the Massive airstrip still in great condition as set right in the middle of a clay pan...I had truly forgotten just how much I do love a clay pan...I wish we could have camped on it tonight…there was so much for us to see along the airstrip including massive big old scales…old drums…etc but due to not wanting to hold up Sheryl and Dave we didn’t look…so wanted to spend an afternoon looking but not to be…especially as we spent quite a bit of time looking at the old campsite….lots of great old artefacts…Near the sign for Voakes Hill was a dried up stream…that had once had a windmill set up on it…. crossing all over the area was old water pipes…miles of it strewn around...along with old shattered glass louvers bringing back memories of cleaning the darn things when we grew up in Tiamby street…
    As we left just before hitting the corrugations a group of 4 cars came alone...first lot from Qld..
    They told Bill about 2 car loads of scientists staying at the Totem area camped there doing stuff…
    We left the Vans behind to explore so wanted to spend more time there…but not to be…we made our way to stay near the observation point for the atomic blast…
    All so interesting and spy type stuff…
    The flies have been horrendous all of a sudden…
    We keep hearing buggies but no luck in seeing them…
    Very upsetting with the Vans not getting where we were to camp tonight…John said he told Dave but again he must tell Sheryl as well…
    So they we thought headed on up the track
    Sat around with Bill cooked my vegan San Chow Bow….I did the last of the steaks, mash that was left and made onion gravy…    Leer más

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    GROUND ZERO TODAY

    11 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C

    Sheryl and Dave rolled in around 7.30 am…apparently they weren’t too far from our campsite they headed here to have a look at Totem which was ground Zero which in all our area the Observation Deck had nothing to look at..,

    I am getting slower and slower in the mornings I am sure….even did my readings around the fire today to make up time and still slow...I made toast to eat on the way…then we did a 12k round trip to the Totem’s Ground Zero area to do our own looking…was worth it even if for the historic significance….looking at the crn plates that held the Atomic Bomb had massive nuts and bolts twisted from the impact…
    Two big Totems approx. 3-4 km apart which now represents the Atomic Bomb Sites from 1953….70yrs ago… the vegetation around the blast sites are still very very sparse…compared about 10k circumference before you start to see the trees regrowing...low salt bushes and other low bushes cover the area, but markedly different than further back…very interesting…the area was littered with cement blocks used to hold things down when the blast occurred…old drums...and a pipe in the ground we assume the pipe had some sort of electrical lead in it...we could see this every so often on the road as we drove along..,

    The road all in all considering we had been told it is horrendous wasn’t too bad…challenging yes…but the corrugations were no worse than some other areas we have been at….a few times they shook us to pieces…l we made good head way thinking it was going be a really slow trip…even the Vans are making good headway….

    Stop for lunch in a peaceful spot with lots of birds cheeping…Sheryl and Dave arrived just after 1 pm we arrived dead on 12….we had had toasted sandwich's wuth that awful bread we bought at the 1/2 way point….
    So many birds…unreal…
    The road after lunch became very difficult very corrugated

    Made a damper

    Ended having some of Sheryl’s stew tomato base so both needed gaviscon..
    Late night waiting for the damper to cook but as I made it so moist it took forever…    Leer más

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    THE FINAL RUN

    12 de mayo de 2023, Australia

    Gosh we slept in a late night ha ha 9pm slept in until 7am….rare for us…very cold night…really didn’t want to venture out of bed so cold...but did around 3amish….out of routine at present…coffee after packing up my brain 🧠 can’t cope…I need that coffee before eating…
    Decided to pack what we could in case this was our last day on the track and it turned out that’s what it was….😢
    So once all the dirt stiff packed in the car got cloths out for next 2 days….mind you about to wash my cloths so won’t need these but something different to wear….
    Then cooked a full brekky…Bacon Eggs and toast...I had defrost the Bacon 🥓 in the Vans microwave but once done all good to go….Brekky around the fire but the flies started to find us…they have been really bad since Woomera….flies and food do your head in…
    While sitting there having our brekky a huge shift in the weather you could feel a really cool breeze, because this morning was actually really warm…with the cool breeze was a Morning glory type rolled in of fog…but not enough to cause issues…still very different from other mornings…
    As we thought this could be our last night on the track I Changed the sheets which will be nice…but I bet they will do my head in with the fact I have sewn a crn into the top end to stop it slipping down the mattress….

    We packed for our last time so it turned out very sad it’s come to an end…we could quite easily have done another week on the track if more water and fuel….food wasn’t as always an issue...I always over cater….
    Sheryl and Dave headed off around 8.45am slower start for them as well….we headed off at 0915am… didn’t catch up to them until an hour and half later….
    We passed them then finally all met up at the Dog fence where we had our M/tea at then…once feed up on crunchy damper from bits of gravel getting into it. 🤔 Bill won’t drive down the section No Public Access….Sheryl and Dave headed there…I asked John to wait find out what they found…but impatient John headed south…he tried to back around and hooked the camper into the Dog Fence causing it to break a small section of the fence I couldn’t believe he did it….now at Coober Pedy we see it fractured a section of the cone again 😢😡. ….then I had to clear bush for him to turn around...when he heard they actually had found the windmill….it as supposed to have a stone layout like we found earlier in the trail which turned out to be 1,000 of yrs old…so where these…but all we actually found in the end as a great trough, windmill, well and an old car that Sheryl decided we should get a shot in together on self timer….. a bit of fun…there were a few relics in the area to check out but no 1,000 yr old stones that we could see like the other place we went to….
    John in his made rush took off leaving the Vans for dead…they poked along…we flew away like a crazy bird…didn’t see them again except for a quick pic as we passed them heading along the western side if the Dog fence we were on the Eastern side….
    From here we flew into the next section of road which was very corrugated until around Marble Stn where the road became graded…we pulled up for late lunch around 2pm in a creek bed that had recently had flooding in it you could see it around the tree stumps the level it had come through…Our lunch was not that not far from homestead so very mindful of the area we were in…Again The flies were awful …just before arriving there John d discovered the reserve radiator tank as cracked…Bill and John glued it up…that did seem to help us limp into Coober Pedy…
    We got some pics at the main turn off that takes you onto the track…even a Shelter Shed that had lots of info on the dos and don’ts of the track ahead….which we had just finished 🤔🤣!

    The Scene coming into Coober Pedy was truly unreal. Mounds of white and cream, to beige coloured earth making it look like a lunar scape…un truly believable to see it….all of a sudden we got phone reception back and life in an instant changed to modern not remote…the pluses and the minuses of being back in civilisation is a bonus and negative…,very confused as to what’s the way forward..,,
    I rang Dad straight up…he had Sel and Jeff with him…..texted Jill…
    Sheryl and Dave made it here didn’t stay on the track as they thought they would..….
    Life changes in a blink of an eye…
    On book in to the motel The lady serving us had the largest boobies….no bra not a good look….
    The book in was a bit crazy ha ha…she never stopped talking about having had Covid…coughing and warding her mask in case…
    We ended up choosing to have Dinner with the Vans and Bill at the Outlander….Very nice meals and set up….

    The story of the Dingo Fence or Dog Fence is a pest-exclusion fence in Australia to keep dingoes out of the relatively fertile south-east part of the continent (where they have largely been exterminated) and protect the sheep flocks of southern Queensland. It is one of the longest structures in the world. It stretches 5,614 kilometres (3,488 mi)[1] from Jimbour on the Darling Downs near Dalby through thousands of kilometres of arid land ending west of Eyre peninsula on cliffs of the Nullarbor Plain[2] above the Great Australian Bight[3] near Nundroo.[4] It has been partly successful, though dingoes can still be found in parts of the southern states. Although the fence has helped reduce losses of sheep to predators, this has been countered by holes in fences found in the 1990s through which dingo offspring have passed[2] and by increased pasture competition from rabbits and kangaroos.    Leer más

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  • Rell01Anne Beddell Outback TrekRell01

    Coober Pedy

    13 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

    Bad night…slept in a bit….
    Got up started some washing…. then got a msg from Sheryl to say they were walking down for Brekky to the Crystal Cafe
    As we were walking in a lady asked. Could I take a pic for what they called the sevets with named TShirts….The Sisters on the Loose…..they looked like they were having a great time…good on them...it’s taken then off to Brekky with Vans and Bill at Crystal Cafe at the most expensive place in Town…Brekky pretty good…even though long wait…

    We said our goodbyes then proceeded back to our motel room to get the Washing done…which took me all day in the end…they have a drying room…but in this weather the drying takes days…in summer it would be nearly instant….but at present it’s an all day job….in the end I ended up putting most through the drier….earlier in the day as I was leaving the drying room the toothless manager came out…I thought he was a worker not the manager….both he and his wife who are friendly enough look a bit like they are from the back streets….anyway looks are deserving aren’t they 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔anyway I mentioned how the cloths came out saturated…he thought it was out of order…but later did it was out of balance …John had taken it out he wouldn’t have been aware of things like that as he very rarely wash’s….. anyway I ended up having to use that machine again…all up 5 machines and 2 lots of drying….but took all day in the end..
    John had been trying to buy parts for car, an antenna no luck on any front…couldn’t get a gas cylinder for our gas heater either…
    I ended up making lunch here at the backpacker motel kitchen of Gyzos….nothing fancy but food….
    The couple next door with the baby...he looks so very young…always outside smoking…coming and going all day with his car….never saw the mother…but he had the baby at one stage….
    Before lunch we had headed to get some shopping at IGA where funny enough we ran into Bill.
    After lunch in between the washing I set about trying to sort out my pics on the hard drives, upload the camera memory card to the phone before taking them off….what a jolly mess it all ended up…still haven’t got it sorted yet not having set up the folders pre the trip has lead to me downloading into multiple folders unnamed and it all has copies of copies and a huge mess and computer.
    I hit the wall a bit this arvo we just Go, go go no rest always doing and being, never just stopping enjoying and resting…..Both very tired…

    John ended up giving a call to Mazda in Port Augusta now we are having to go to Port Augusta to see Mazda about our ABS and ECL engine lights being on constantly which isn’t good…so need to have a look what’s wrong before we make a decision on where we go from there….Bill had hoped to do the Gawla Rangers….
    All the cloths folded and sorted as best as we could we headed to Dinner with Bill at Oliver's across the road...meal great…serves great and the Rose really good….best I have ever had….
    I couldn’t eat all my meal my tummy hit the wall so asked for a takeaway...while waiting a local indigenous man wandered in wanting free food from the staff… I asked was he hungry he nodded…I gave him my meal which he wanted look at…then he wanted me to give him grog as well 🤔😢😟…I said no only food no grog….
    We said good night to Bill headed home...while watching movies I did get some posting done on FB and instagram…
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  • Rell01Anne Beddell Outback TrekRell01

    ON OUR WAY TO PORT AUGUSTA

    14 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Another awful nights sleep….today is Mothers day so I had a call from the kids…Kristian didn’t seem happy…..said he was exhausted….. Breakfast had before we left.
    Headed to Oliver’s for brekky after packing the gear into the car..
    Off we set on the lunar scale landscape as we drive to Port Augusta….
    Very sparse arid countryside…. Looked like ground zero….
    We stopped for morning tea at a tiny place called Glendambo….the pub there looked great 2 big servos…John bought fuel @ $1.97.09 there….we had fruit cake and I had cheese and biscuits….
    Then off we set off….
    I took pics of wedge tail eagles….and more dead Roos and Emus on the road than we have seen all trip…
    We suddenly came across a massive salt lake….Lake Hart…wow what a huge bonus seeing this truly magnificent site...great reflections….the Ghan train line running right along the lake…as we walked to the lake was a massive mound we thought was limestone but turned out to be huge mounds of salt dumped when this was obviously a mined lake…..had old wooden posts in the low waters across the lake….while there a freight train came along looking awesome as reflection…..then John headed back to get drone shots while Bill and I went up the sand dune next to the lake to get other shots…Bill met a young family doing the loop for a year….heaps of vans etc parked in the area….after that we decided to make lunch which Bill had gratefully heated our chicken chippies so I made a salad last of the lettuce 🥬….and we had the rolls I bought yesterday….
    Lunch had ours taken…then off we speed down the Hwy to see more lakes, both clay pan and salt…massive rolling hills…with little but a bit of green cover over them…then there would be huge stances of my fluffy African trees….just loved this…
    Stopped at the Island View lake for a quick pic…unreal view again…
    Then last stopped at Ranges View lookout…seeing the Finders Rangers…..
    It’s been a long haul today…heard from Anne-Maree listened to me cherished Christian friends from Sarah and do wonder if it’s made me feel so down…as I feel really depressed and tired tonight…
    The G/Day caravan park we arrived at just before 5pm is very depressing…supposed to be Shoreline….it’s not the best but we are here…..
    I opened up to John and Bill how I felt I think it helped…too bad if they couldn’t cope…

    Bad day all round yesterday…
    Vomiting after dinner…
    Not sure why I had it hoped some of our food wasn’t off…didn’t taste it but who knows…    Leer más

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  • Rell01Anne Beddell Outback TrekRell01

    Port Augusta

    15 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

    Our day of rest…
    Staying at the Shoreline Caravan and Cabin park…
    It is really big….even has some individual amenities to slide your Van up to….plus lots of cabins…
    Awake far too early
    Packed cloths, did fridges. Down loaded pics also doing my head in crazy mess at present….
    If I didn’t post on FB or Instagram all would be great…..does my head in with its different date of creation after editing pics…
    I took some pics with the good camera down by the water front….then at the wharf near Woolies….finally some buildings around the town as we drove to and from Woolies…
    Went to info centre on the way home…
    John got charged $200 just to check the light situation, then they washed it not good either…as John said a $200 car wash….

    Bought the Groceries Bill walked across town we felt sorry for him offered to take him home

    After getting back from town he checked it and everything they said was wrong…it was a broken wire going into ABS speed sensor.
    I took about an Hour putting the Groceries away..
    John elated with finding the broken wire otherwise we were looking at $500 to fix and that wasn’t a guarantee it was the problem as it turns out it wasn’t the problem…
    Bill off to bake another fruit cake I’ll make San Chow Bow tomorrow night have to cook the roast tonight….
    Off to buy our grog, fill up jerry cans and get last few items of food I forgot….
    We did the extra shopping, John fuelled all the Jerry Cans up, I had to buy some stuff I forgot earlier…sugar to make Jam, mushrooms, vinegar, and bits for San Chow Bow….
    The guy at BWS where I tried to buy some Rose was extremely helpful, but sadly they stock it but have none….so a few bottles of bubbly and off back to bake my Pork Roast on the stove top….
    It actually worked out brilliantly and tasted pretty good as well…
    We headed over to the camp kitchen, where it was a buzz with people everywhere.….
    Even a lady with a Renaware saucepan could believe it. We ended up have a conversation about good old renaware…
    Bill managed to bearly set his fry pan handle on fire and the smell through the kitchen was unreal…like an electrical fire smell….took awhile for that to right itself…
    Ph calls to dad last few days all good with him…apparently Sally Moller has offered to take him up to see Mum on Fridays because her dad is in Sunset right as well…but as I explained to dad he needs to make her aware how difficult it is for him to be transported..
    Anyway we will see…

    Bill chatting to all the travellers at the camp kitchen, very different to him being home.
    The men discussed our travel plans from here and have a bit of a plan sorted…see how we go…
    I noticed as we drive around here so many wonderful old buildings….Port Augusta actually looks lively…but they doing huge works here and most of the old stuff like the old bridge, old wharf and other old buildings are barracked off as unsafe…shame they magnificent structures shame you can't still use them….they have built a massive new bridge across the river here as well and even some of it is barracked off…..
    The campsite we are in is dusty but roomy and all in all the stay has been good…needed one more day of rest thought…    Leer más

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  • Rell01Anne Beddell Outback TrekRell01

    Port Augusta

    16 de mayo de 2023, Australia

    Left Port Augusta but before heading off Bill needed fuel, we needed a swap and go gas bottle for the stove..I went to see if Woolies after already 2 visits had my Pana Di Casa bread….and yep they did…
    So off we set saying farewell to Port Augusta which we actually really enjoyed..,
    Off we set on the Hwy To see Wind and Solar farms hugging the scene both side of the Hwy…to the left we could see the magnificent flinders rangers…we stopped partway at the Horrocks Pass a huge Range look over the huge natural inlet….
    Then a turn to head up quite a few k's to Hancock lookout which was magnetic overlooking the inlet and ranges from afar but wow worth it….

    Next onto Alligator Gorge and morning tea….here before some short walks to lookouts…Bill did the bigger walk of 2 k's down into the gorges…we looked at both lookouts finding some interesting plants and flowers…
    Then off down the huge very steep drive back as it was up,...I was very scared but the car and John took it like champs….I did find some gorgeous red flowers on tiny bushes as we walked that was my highlight…the gorge from one spot wasn’t too impressive the other much better view looking down the length of the gorge….

    We left Bill doing his walk making our way down the steep range…I saw on the way up a fantastic spot with old machinery and a falling dawn old shed….what a bonus seeing these…..In the background was an old stone cottage what was left of it….we pulled up and had Lunch at Wilmington….
    Then once feed we headed out see Hammond old ghost town what’s left is all closed up and desolate…many have private residences do not enter even the old church…the pub looked awesome but same same no admittance private residence….😢😢😢 they would have been unreal to go through….the church I would so loved to have explored but not game if people were watching….so sadly no looking inside…we headed down the roads here I spotted an old cemetery ohh my goodness as it worth the stop…it had been completely refurbished….the graves in immaculate condition some brand new ones that people were buried elsewhere but huge graves here to them….all the old graves done up neat tidy and so interesting to see….there were heals of white crosses with neat piles of rocks but no names on them…fascinating places to visit with a huge mountain range as it’s back drop…
    We drive past Coonatto Homestead and ruins….which looked again amazing would be so interspersed to see…the had a huge ruins that were old quarters not sure what fi4 but looked amazing…lots of Old brick homes in paddocks that were from a long time gone….
    We headed to a Carrietion to stay a a cheap caravan park with grass…turns out to be the old school…the town sadly like all these out of the way places is dying…the pub only opens Thurs, Fri, Sat….apparently had a few owners that had tried to make a go of it...but like down the road I fear it’s only a matter of time before it’s defunct….
    The progress society is trying to keep it up and running and as long as grey nomads like us can keep it ticking over it might help…

    John and I set off to explore the Old Church up on the hill overlooking the town…it had a great old thunder box loo with 2 seats…still in good condition not sure if it’s still being used…
    Walk past the pub looks great the local kids look like they did the Muriel’s on the wall opposite the pub…the guy running the caravan park will be leaving soon...heading north…not sure what will happen once he goes…
    A few other campers arrived...A girl that comes from Mafra near Bill and also turns out she works where he did…but since he left...another couple from Brisbane in a campervan…it’s going to be a really cold night…
    We met the local ladies were in the shed come office when we arrived to sit by the potbelly stove…so wish we could sleep in here tonight so warm…I made pea and ham and vegetable soup…hope it tastes ok….
    Need something to warm us outside of this shed...it’s freezing…
    We are the only ones in the shed getting warm…the other travellers who we thought would join us are doing their own thing….
    The boys planned our trip for tomorrow then found itchy boots to watch while the soup cooks away…
    Had our soup and yep hit the spot…Ann and Alex our co campers from Brisbane were very chatty….been to Darwin for a wedding and decided to do a trip home via South Australia….Good on them…they did love a chat so no quite time had….John had an early shower very anti social….not wanting to talk at all…    Leer más

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  • Rell01Anne Beddell Outback TrekRell01

    Carrieton

    17 de mayo de 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    Up early but very dark….killed time doing our readings and then getting all organised to head off…I had John’s muesli soaked for days made into porridge….yuk, yuk, yuk…really set my gut for the day…
    We packed up then took pics of me for the kids showing them bunny at the school which was our van park….then we took bunny to a huge Bug Red Gum at Orroroo unreal it’s size….
    Before we left Carrieton we were heading to support the local store but it did t open util 0900am so we checked out all the amazing old buildings they were so interesting…even an old church up for sale…old homes with the most amazing steel fencing…the swimming pool….an unreal tiled wall art that depicts the area…so well done…old halls…old shops some not fairing so well..
    We headed out of town after 9 ish to a very well wire done Bull and clown depicting their rodeos that keeps the town going…they need another draw card to get the grey nomads coming enough to keep everything pumping…the park manager will b gin soon then they will be in the hunt for another…not easy these days…

    Next stop was the Rail line ghost town of Eurclia what a bonus...all the rail siding sheds, Station Masters box…homes, community halls…etc etc were the highlight of my day…
    Then onto memorial to a train Wreck of Wallowot…. sad story of a head in smash at 2.30am…
    So many amazing old ruins around this area….
    Next onto the huge big red Rail bridge….all around it were massive interesting Gums…. John and Bill climbed up to it getting different perspectives of the bridge….
    Next massive Red Gum at Orroroo apparently 500 yrs old…we drove into town from here and had a brief look around before having a lovely morning tea in a mixed business coffee shop….good service, good food and plenty to take in…
    From there Bill directed us to a picnic area to see some aboriginal Rock art an interesting park with a gorgeous setting amongst red river guns and an interesting gorge….what got me is flat massive rocks that lined the edge of the walk way….an interesting area indeed…they even had heaps of plants named…
    Onto our next point of interest the Rock Art Poem…done in 1901 by a Mr Anderson who went to America with his pump drive push bike, to try and make his fortune….nit sure he ever did…but before he left he engraved into Rock a poem…well done considering it’s like running writing…there was another done also in 1893 a smaller one above the long one….
    All these delights were in the Pekina reservoir…..
    We headed out of town towards our next destination of Jamestown but in the we had a number of sights to stop at….
    Next one was a metal statue of a man and his horse this was done out of corrugated iron and had the story of the Mr Goyder who come up with the theory if the Goyder’s Line (The monument commemorates 150 years of surveying and recognition of Goyder`s Line and also commemorates the pioneers who settled in the district.

    (The monument consists of four pillars with information signage and a man leading a horse depicting Goyder. The sculpture is keeping with the existing corrugated iron sculptures in Orroroo and made by artist Dudley Sivior of Renmark. The four pillars were built by local builder, Chet Cox and were unveiled by Chairman Kathie Bowman, Candy Brumpton, 2015 Citizen of the Year, Kate Williams and SA Regional Historian of the Year, John Mannion.
    In 1865 Goyder was directed to go north and from his own observations to lay down on the map `the line of demarcation between that portion of the country where the rainfall has extended, and that where the drought prevails`. With a small mounted party he went to Swan Reach on the River Murray and then north-west to Pekina, east to Melrose and returned through Crystal Brook to Adelaide.
    A map published in 1866 showed his line of travel with a wing sweeping east from the Murray to the Victorian border and another from Spencer Gulf far to the west. Goyder`s rainfall line was first used for the reassessment of leases and the relief of stricken pastoralists.)
    Then onto shoot some pics of the ruins of Pekina Homestead….or it could have been the Station...lots of old buildings here but in someone property so couldn’t go in just take pics from the Hwy… looking into its history the real Pekina Homestead was on the River this is nowhere near a river…
    Onto our next adventure was Magnetic Hill…this was freaky…the car rolling by it’s own accord in a Northey direction…then John let it go backwards by itself that was even more freaky…anyway it was worth a look…

    (Magnetic Hill is a well-known tourist attraction famous for its ability to make vehicles seemingly roll uphill. There are many differing opinions on this phenomenon, one being that is simply an optical illusion. Leave your car in neutral at the bottom of the hill and watch as it rolls back up hill.
    Needs to be experienced to be believed! Follow the signs out Price Maurice Road (past the Hospital) approx. 3km past the township of Pekina.)

    Onto a memorial for a train disaster Walloway Train Memorial
    (On 16th November 1901 a North bound train with an engine driver and fireman aboard, carrying flour and copper ore and a south bound train also with an engine driver and a fireman aboard, carrying 170 bullocks consigned by Sir Sidney Kidman, collided at Walloway. The firemen from both trains were killed and many cattle were also lost. A memorial now stands alongside the railway line at Walloway in memory of this disaster. The Monument is located approximately 10km out of Orroroo on RM Williams Way towards Hawker. Turn left at Chapman Road and follow the road until you come to the Monument.)
    Only a small amount if the railing is left here, but around the area are a few old ruined homes that I would so loved to explore…like all those churches from our stay at Carrieton….
    We tried to get close to a huge long rail bridge but again on someone property and unable to get through gates…so clicked away like I did with dozens of old stone ruins on route to Jamestown…fuel was cheap here so $179.9 so cold outside I decided to we should eat in at the newly built Ampol…Bill made his own sandwich 🥪 and joined us…only down side this lovely steak sandwich whatever was on it made me very very sick for the rest of the afternoon and all hours of the night..

    After late lunching we headed out to see a really old Cork Tree in the Bunderlee Forrest Reserve…John found it after a few false starts with Bill getting us lost…he isn’t very good at directions...while there we came across an interesting Forrest walk with lots to see but would take 1.5 hrs so didn’t do that but snapped some quirky sights…
    Then we discovered the first Forrest Office for the State of SA cute little stone building in very good condition compared to most in the area…
    Travelling through all theses towns the homes are just gorgeous…so old world..
    The scenery of the bare white rolling hills is so different from other areas we have been to…
    Travelling towards Barra we observed massive water pipes, old stone ruins and a huge beautiful rail bridge that lead into some obviously rich property owners as he had signs along the Hwy for his massive very modern home over looking the huge bridge and lands below..
    We made Barra at 4.45pm went to book into the Showgrounds…but no protection there and we knew the AM was going to be freezing. So through town which looks lovely to the Caravan park they charge us $30 for the lot of us only last 2 small sites left.,,
    I must admit I am truly over all the cold camping…once in bed it’s fine but these long walks to the loo in freezing conditions I am getting to old for…
    We had can Chicken soup for dinner thinking that might help my upset gut…but I had a shocking night…    Leer más

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