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Anne Beadell Highway 2010

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Anne Beadell Highway Trip 10th – 16th August 2010 After 6 Days on the road since leaving our home in Clare SA, it was time to start our next part of our trip and head back to South Australia ...

Created: 13 Nov 2010 01:00 Views: 69688

Birdsville Track – Cooper Creek Crossing Trip June Long Weekend 2010

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Brief Pre Trip Events Since early in 2010 I had been following with great interest the massive rains that deluged outback Queensland. With my local contacts at Etadunna Station,...

Created: 10 Jun 2010 00:00 Views: 50559

Roxby Downs Sturt Desert Pea display 23rd – 24th October 2010

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

The first European to see a Sturt Desert Pea in flower was English Explorer and Navigator, William Dampier, when on the on 22 August 1699 on Rosemary Island in the Dampier Archipelago he collected ...

Created: 25 Oct 2010 22:32 Views: 49066

Birdsville Track – What is there to See Along the Way?

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

One of Australia’s important Stock Routes was to become a legendary track and today nearly 150 years later since it was first opened, is as important now as it was then....

Created: 03 Sep 2011 14:40 Views: 47749

Kangaroo Island Wildflowers – October 2011

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Believing that mid spring would be a very good time to revisit Kangaroo Island to see the local display of Wildflowers, we went with an open mind on what would be available and how many ...

Created: 18 Nov 2011 21:19 Views: 47701

Spring Gully Conservation Park & Eucalyptus macrorhyncha - Red Stringybark

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Following through on the posts that Val has started on the Forum, Wildflowers, Photos… I wish to post this follow u

Created: 01 Dec 2010 15:39 Views: 46361

True remote Simpson Desert Travel - Simpson Geo Expedition ‘06

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Having been bitten by the Simpson Desert bug many years previous, the time had now come to look for a new challenge and to test my skills in true remote outback travel....

Created: 05 Feb 2011 18:05 Views: 45363

Shackle Road Drive - Kangaroo Island

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Kangaroo Island is Australia’s third largest Island and is very unique in both terms of Fauna and Flora with many species found no where else living or growing naturally in the world....

Created: 25 Nov 2012 15:22 Views: 43813

Wildflowers of the Birdsville Track and Simpson Desert

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Depending on what time of the year you visit this normally parched desert landscape of South Australia and Queensland, one would be forgiven to think that wildflowers can exist there and ...

Created: 30 Sep 2011 21:04 Views: 43552

Mistletoe – ‘Box Mistletoe’

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Mistletoes are parasites. This diverse group of plants has over 1500 species found throughout the world. 91 species have been found in Australia and experts believe that there are more out ...

Created: 16 Apr 2011 14:22 Views: 42631

Murraylands Drive January 2011

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

The words on everyone lips, both here on the forum and on all news services right around Australia was the unseasonal rainfall that was devastating many parts of Mainland Australia....

Created: 09 Jan 2011 13:40 Views: 42064

Kangaroo Island – October 2011 - A Perfect Family Holiday Destination

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Back in March Fiona and I spent 10 fun filled days over on Kangaroo Island and it was a great disappointment to have to leave the Island,...

Created: 10 Dec 2011 16:26 Views: 39134

Final Cooper Creek Ferry Details

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

For those that have been following my rantings and ravings for the past eleven months, you will be aware with my obsession with the Cooper Creek Ferry....

Created: 15 Feb 2011 22:45 Views: 38264

The Quandong – The Blog

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Back in late January of this year while taking a drive over to Moonta, we stopped to check out some local Quandong trees that we have driven past countless times over the years,...

Created: 18 Jun 2011 17:56 Views: 37734

Kangaroo Island - South Australia’s Forgotten Destination

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Back in March of this year, Fiona and I spent nine memorable days over on Kangaroo Island and enjoyed our stay that much, that we are heading back for another two weeks in October,...

Created: 02 Jul 2011 19:46 Views: 36768

Kangaroo Island Wildflowers - March 2011

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Back in January when we had a few days of 40° C plus in temperature, it was time to think about a short little break and immediately thought of Kangaroo Island (KI as it is known locally here in ...

Created: 09 Apr 2011 11:12 Views: 36362

Maralinga and back to the Anne Beadell Highway

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Back in late 2011 I received an email from a fellow EO Member asking me some information about one of the places that he would like to visit during his March 2012 Desert wanderings....

Created: 21 Sep 2012 21:18 Views: 35701

Acacia peuce - Waddy Wood

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Nationally listed as vulnerable, and classified as endangered in the Northern Territory, Acacia peuce can only be found in a few remote desert locations in Australia,...

Created: 23 Jan 2012 23:34 Views: 35501

Spring Gully Conservation Park - Wildflowers October 2011

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

The now 398 ha Conservation Park was first gazetted as a Wildlife Reserve in 1962. The original Reserve was only just fifteen acres in size and over time the Wildlife Reserve was extended to ...

Created: 10 Oct 2011 19:04 Views: 35341

Kayaking in the Simpson Desert.

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

High on the list of most four-wheel drivers “to do list” would be a Simpson Desert crossing. Those that do the crossing will either fall into one of two categories and we have come across ...

Created: 26 Aug 2011 19:57 Views: 34619

Our Return to the Cooper - It just gets better August 2011

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

After our first visit to the Cooper Creek Ferry site in June 2010, it was one Outback destination that we had to return to. Those that have camped there will know why and will have similar ...

Created: 21 Aug 2011 00:21 Views: 34029

Farina – The forgotten Town of the Outback

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

The next time you are passing the old Farina ruins, either heading north or south from Marree, drop in on this little piece of South Australian history and take the time to explore the ...

Created: 26 Jun 2011 18:04 Views: 33016

Acacia pickardii - Mount Gason Wattle

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

The Birdsville Track reveals many treasures to the observant traveller. One such treasure is a little known wattle, only discovered 40 years ago....

Created: 02 Jan 2012 13:14 Views: 32152

Photo Comp 2010

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

During the recording of my many Trek Notes for ExplorOz, only the photos that relate to waypoint are used. Here are some that were taken from various trips, in relation to recording New Trek Notes....

Created: 13 Apr 2010 18:57 Views: 31323

Danggali Conservation Park Drive - Heading for another Confluence

Member: Stephen L (Clare) SA 

Sunday 1st April 2012 was to be a special day for a couple of very good reasons. Firstly if the days outing was successful, it would mark Fiona’s and I 50th successful Degree Confluence visit ...

Created: 14 Apr 2012 23:55 Views: 30493

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