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Esperance to Cocklebiddy via the Telegraph Track

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In early January 2014 Pete and Ali had a family gathering to attend in Hobart to celebrate the 160th anniversary of Pete's great-great grandmother's arrival in Australia from

Created: 17 Feb 2014 18:25 Views: 22570

Gunbarrel, Tanami and CSR - in three weeks

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In July 2013 Pete and Ali had a small window of opportunity to get out and explore a bit more of Australia. They decided to take on the Gunbarrel Highway, Tanami Track and <a cl

Created: 17 Feb 2014 18:35 Views: 14632

Victoria - Grampians and High Country

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In early January 2014 Pete and Ali had a family gathering to attend in Hobart to celebrate the 160th anniversary of Pete's great-great grandmother's arrival in Australia from

Created: 09 Mar 2014 13:15 Views: 14003

The Anne Beadell Highway

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The Anne Beadell Highway is not really a highway, it’s just a track that connects Laverton in Wes

Created: 17 Feb 2014 18:40 Views: 13486

Bringing Henry Home - Carnarvon to Geraldton to Home

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Heading south the air has suddenly become much cooler. Henry is happy - cooler days means cool air on his radiator and no need for air conditioning for Pete and Ali. Leaving Ca

Created: 24 Jun 2017 10:00 Views: 7925

Bringing Henry Home - Cloncurry to Tennant Creek

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Monday 12 June 2017 Another early morning and another long day of driving but Henry is now happily parked at the Bluestone Motel Tennant Creek and Pete and Ali are fir

Created: 12 Jun 2017 10:00 Views: 7694

Bringing Henry Home - Port Hedland to Karratha

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A short trip today from the impressive town of Port Hedland to the pretty town of Karratha. Eve

Created: 22 Jun 2017 10:00 Views: 7379

Cape York via Simpson Desert 9 July 2015 – Day 37

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Sadly this is the end of the 4WD part of this trip for Pete. It ended in Broome for Ali because of work commitments and in Paraburdoo for Pete because he broke the unbreakable

Created: 09 Jul 2015 20:41 Views: 7067

Bringing Henry Home - Kununurra to Fitzroy Crossing

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Another delightful drive today through the beautiful Kimberley landscape. The road from Kununurra

Created: 18 Jun 2017 18:00 Views: 7015

Bringing Henry Home - Broome to Port Hedland

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A much appreciated rest day in Broome yesterday - Henry did not move from the car park, Pete and Ali opt

Created: 21 Jun 2017 10:00 Views: 6953

Cape York via Simpson Desert 6 June 2015 – Day 5

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We are unexpectedly in Alice Springs. Our chance visit is the result of a steering failure that could have been catastrophic, but fortunately wasn't. We had a great ni

Created: 07 Jun 2015 18:29 Views: 6899

Cape York via Simpson Desert 21 June 2015 – Day 20

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A torrential downpour for Cooktown overnight and this morning. The forecast of 90 per cent chance of rain was very accurate. Pete stared gloomily at the <a class="tt_keyword

Created: 22 Jun 2015 17:14 Views: 6800

Cape York via Simpson Desert 7 - 9 June 2015 – Days 6, 7 and 8

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A very big thank you to Ashley at Country Diesel in Alice Springs, whose magic with a drill and a set of Easy-Outs and his knowledge of where to get parts means we will b

Created: 09 Jun 2015 16:18 Views: 6687

Cape York via Simpson Desert 5 June 2015 – Day 4

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We had an astronomical treat last night after dinner. The moon rose above the rocks to the east in a blaze of orange, looking impossibly big on the horizon. From inky black w

Created: 07 Jun 2015 00:46 Views: 6673

Bringing Henry Home - Karrratha to Carnarvon

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Today was a day of wrestling Henry the 600 or so kilometres from Karratha to Carnarvon. It is amaz

Created: 23 Jun 2017 10:00 Views: 6631

S***tbox 2016 – Narrabri to Maleny to Rockhampton

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Rockhampton for the Beardies tonight, staying at the old Criterion Hotel on the banks

Created: 04 May 2016 00:28 Views: 6542

S***tbox Rally 2016 – Eucla to Streaky Bay

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Pete and Paul are in Streaky Bay SA staying overnight at the historic Streaky Bay Hotel direct

Created: 28 Apr 2016 19:05 Views: 6281

Cape York via Simpson Desert 27 June 2015 – Day 26

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We have found Lorella Springs Station and, as the sign on the <a class="tt_keyword lb"

Created: 30 Jun 2015 22:48 Views: 6191

Bringing Henry Home - Fitzroy Crossing to Broome

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Only a relatively short trip today - 400 km from Fitzroy Crossing to Broome – hence a short re

Created: 20 Jun 2017 02:00 Views: 6177

Cape York via Simpson Desert 3 June 2015 – Day 2

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Southern Cross is a very nice, friendly town. We had a very comfortable night at the Souther

Created: 03 Jun 2015 21:30 Views: 6154

S***tbox 2016 –Broken Hill to Narrabri

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Tonight Pete and Paul are in Narrabri in northern NSW. It was quite a long haul from Broken Hill today – nearly 1,000 km – but the boys are pleased to report that the fif

Created: 30 Apr 2016 23:32 Views: 6054

Cape York via Simpson Desert 8 July 2015 – Day 36

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Pete’s replacement for Ali is a bit spindly. The back-answering has stopped but Pete misses that, especially to important questions like “can you check the map and see how far it is to … “ or “if ...

Created: 08 Jul 2015 23:58 Views: 5994

Cape York via Simpson Desert 2 June 2015 – Day 1

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Grey skies and showers over Perth lifted our spirits this morning as we headed up the Great Eastern Highway. Th

Created: 02 Jun 2015 20:02 Views: 5932

Bringing Henry Home - Darwin to Katherine

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16 June 2017 Leaving the tropical paradise of Darwin - this week a city gripped in the racing fuelled excitement of a V8 Supercar round - Pete and Ali filled up Henry (with f

Created: 16 Jun 2017 22:40 Views: 5903

Bringing Henry Home - Cairns to Townsville

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Saturday 10 June 2017 Henry is a 1985 XF Ford Falcon, and he is a shitbox. That’s not a pejorative term. Henry bears the tag with pride – it’s even written all over him....

Created: 10 Jun 2017 10:00 Views: 5859

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