2013-08-02 Day 20, Burra to Horsham 8:30 a.m. saw four Foresters depart the Burra show grounds, two heading east, and two heading south (including Jan and I)....

Created: 02 Aug 2013 21:11 Views: 5491

Simpson Day 4

Member: Dalez

Day 4, Wednesday – Tibooburra to Innaminka An earlier rise today, we made it into town by 9 – to grab a coffee before leaving. At least that was the plan, until Les locked his keys into his car....

Created: 20 Jul 2013 14:37 Views: 5139

Simpson Day 3

Member: Dalez

Day 3 Broken Hill, clocks half an hour back for local time, refuel, some of us needed to purchase our Desert Passes for our passages into South Australian parks....

Created: 16 Jul 2013 21:13 Views: 4475

Simpson Day 8 (updated)

Member: Dalez

"She's buggered, mate.", says the mechanic, so it's Total Care to the rescue. The vehicle is to be left here at the RACQ centre waiting trucking back to Melbourne....

Created: 21 Jul 2013 10:10 Views: 4430

Simpson Days 9 - 14

Member: Dalez

Day 9, Monday – Somewhere on the QAA Line to Lindsay Junction An easy, uneventful, day. Slow travelling – around 20 km/h average. Lunch at Poeppel Corner with the obligatory group photo at the ...

Created: 28 Jul 2013 18:54 Views: 4274

Simpson Day 5

Member: Dalez

Day 5, Thursday – Innaminka to Haddon Corner Last night at the Outaminka Beer garden (that is it what it is called) there was a big outdoor screen set up for the State of Origin match....

Created: 20 Jul 2013 21:32 Views: 4122

Simpson Day 7

Member: Dalez

Day 7, Saturday – Rest Day Recently Jan an I changed our phone plan to Aldi pre-paid – because it utilised the Telstra network and was much cheaper than Telstra from Telstra – but there is a ...

Created: 20 Jul 2013 23:03 Views: 4041

Simpson Day 2

Member: Dalez

Day 2 Martin and Bev arriver around 7:30 pm last night and had their tents up just before the heavens opened up. Half an hour later it was gone, not to be seen again. Damian arrived around 9 pm....

Created: 15 Jul 2013 23:15 Views: 3977

An early start, then breakfast at the Pink Roadhouse, followed by a look around the place including the Ghan railway museum. I was surprised to see (but perhaps I shouldn't be) that Oodnadatta has ...

Created: 28 Jul 2013 22:41 Views: 3926

Simpson Day 17

Member: Dalez

2013-07-30 Day 17, Coober Pedy to Muloorina (Marree) 9 am departure. We bid Les farewell for a few days. He is sticking to the black top and dropping in to Woomera on the way south....

Created: 01 Aug 2013 21:40 Views: 3868

Simpson Day 6

Member: Dalez

Day 6, Friday – Haddon Corner - Birdsville A worrying amount of rain overnight but not much surface water this morning, although there is much thunder, lightning and rain to the north-west....

Created: 20 Jul 2013 22:11 Views: 3826

Simpson Day 16

Member: Dalez

2013-07-29 Day 16, Monday, Coober Pedy—Rest Day A very quiet morning. Jan slept most of the morning, Martin has ditched the tent and taken a bunk with Bev and Stephen (for a variety of reasons)....

Created: 29 Jul 2013 22:13 Views: 3771

Simpson Day 18

Member: Dalez

2013-07-31 Day 18, Muloorina to Flinders Ranges via Lake Eyre North Corrugations, and more corrugations, on the road to Lake Eyre North....

Created: 01 Aug 2013 21:44 Views: 3742

Simpson Day 19

Member: Dalez

2013-08-01 Day 19, Flinders Ranges to Burra This morning we followed the Geological Trail across the Flinders Ranges, then down to Wilpena Pound....

Created: 01 Aug 2013 21:46 Views: 3656

Simpson Day 1

Member: Dalez

Day 1 Bendigo to Hattah Lakes A wet night, a wet morning. A straight forward trip up the highway. Lunch at Sea Lake, sunshine from Sea Lake on. 3 pm arrival at the camp site....

Created: 14 Jul 2013 17:18 Views: 3627

Simpson Day 0

Member: Dalez

This evening I explored blogging for the first time. On this site the first line of the introductory help text read "Congratulations!...

Created: 13 Jul 2013 22:00 Views: 3262

Simpson Day 21 - We're home, it's all over

Member: Dalez

2013-08-03 Day 21, Horsham to Home We chose the Comfort Inn Capital Horsham because they had been very helpful to Peter and Jean on a previous occasion when most places were booked out....

Created: 03 Aug 2013 20:47 Views: 2644