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The Great Victoria Desert – Our Return Visit August 2014 Part 4

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After looking through and signing the Visitors Book again at Voakes Hill Corner, we all departed and travelled south on the Cook Road....

Created: 07 Oct 2014 20:54 Views: 11803

The Great Victoria Desert – Our Return Visit August 2014 Part 3

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With all vehicles refuelled for the next leg of the trip and stocked up with food from the very well appointed store, it was time to leave Tjuntjuntjarra and head further west and head ...

Created: 26 Sep 2014 19:54 Views: 14053

The Great Victoria Desert – Our Return Visit August 2014 Part 2

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Due to unexpected events, Robin was unable to travel with us, so we said our farewells and Robin handed over the front security gate key and we headed out of Maralinga,...

Created: 22 Sep 2014 22:45 Views: 14613

The Great Victoria Desert – Our Return Visit August 2014 Part 1

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My planned route that I had worked on for our return visit to Australia’s largest desert, The Great Victoria Desert, was very specific, and if I was not able to do just one section,...

Created: 12 Sep 2014 20:38 Views: 12383

The Legacy of Mining and Oil Exploration Tracks in Australia

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Many of Australia’s major Outback Tracks have been put in place either through the quest of linking many remote locations,...

Created: 13 Oct 2013 20:04 Views: 16808

Protect your Vehicles Paintwork

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Hi Everyone As promised, I have followed up today on where you can get Auto Skin or the like. I contacted every place that I was given leads to follow up and can report on the following....

Created: 08 Oct 2013 20:02 Views: 11777

Innes National Park

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From rugged coastlines that have claimed many sailing vessels over the years, to the ruins at Inneston that was once an important Gypsum Mining venture,...

Created: 19 Sep 2013 19:15 Views: 17875

Maralinga Mystery Tour 2013

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During August 2013, we ventured out into the very heart of the Great Victoria Desert with the help of my great friend, Robin Matthews from Maralinga....

Created: 08 Sep 2013 18:15 Views: 18531

Our Forced Retreat to The Flinders Ranges

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Like any trip that I plan, the weather will play a very important factor in the successful outcome of the trip. For the months leading up to our proposed trip to visit friends on the ...

Created: 24 Jun 2013 20:10 Views: 16752

Four Great Days on the Yorke Peninsula

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The weeks leading up to the January 2013 Australia Day Long Weekend were nothing but tortious, with the temperature topping 49° C for a few days in a row here in Clare,...

Created: 08 Feb 2013 20:40 Views: 25769

The Recovery of Burke and Wills Remains - Clare’s link.

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Here is a very brief overview of the events that lead to the recovery of the remains of Burke and Wills from the Cooper Creek in the far north east of South Australia in 1862 and how my home ...

Created: 08 Dec 2012 21:29 Views: 22378

Shackle Road Drive - Kangaroo Island

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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

Maralinga Trip Wildflowers - August 2012

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Australian Deserts are very unique and may be Deserts in name, but given the right conditions will burst into life with displays of vivid colours with some very special wildflowers that ...

Created: 02 Nov 2012 20:35 Views: 25293

Maralinga and back to the Anne Beadell Highway

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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

Cairns and Tropical Far North Queensland

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June 2012 Back in February when we were putting the final destinations for our holidays for the year together, we were looking at some old photos of some of our past Queensland trips....

Created: 01 Aug 2012 21:37 Views: 29690

Stone Cairns and Trig Points - What are they?

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Over the years with our travels around this great country of ours, there has been one type of special landmark feature that gets my attention and for a special reason and these features are ...

Created: 25 Apr 2012 11:55 Views: 28915

Danggali Conservation Park Drive - Heading for another Confluence

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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

Burra Heritage Trail

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Being only a few weeks away from Easter, we did not have anything planned for the March 2012 Adelaide Cup Long weekend and decided that it would be an easy 3 day brake,...

Created: 13 Mar 2012 00:08 Views: 25401

Australia Day 2012 at Moonta

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Seeing that we only had the Australia Day Public Holiday off of work, we decided to make the most of this special day and perfect weather conditions and made an early start and headed over to ...

Created: 05 Feb 2012 20:24 Views: 29489

Make Your Blog Stand Out

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You have taken the time and effort to compose your Blog, so make it stand out with images that you have taken during your travels or holidays. If you are like me,...

Created: 29 Jan 2012 16:13 Views: 21798

Acacia peuce - Waddy Wood

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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

Acacia pickardii - Mount Gason Wattle

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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

Kangaroo Island – October 2011 - A Perfect Family Holiday Destination

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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

Kangaroo Island Wildflowers – October 2011

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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 - Wildflowers October 2011

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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

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