ExplorOz - David & Michelle

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Gulf Country Day 58 - Kurumba to Lawn Hill

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We left Escott at 9.30am bound for Lawn Hill. I suggested we needed to stock up with more supplies so we made a slight detour of only 3kms or so into Burketown again. We bought a case of beer,...

Created: 19 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5117

Gulf Country Day 57 - Kurumba to Lawn Hill

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When we arrived at Escott we met up with some of the same guys who were drinking in the Burketown pub - they were workers for the Pasminco project. Escott was fully equipped with its own bar,...

Created: 18 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5107

Gulf Country Day 56 - Kurumba to Lawn Hill

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The drive from Karumba to Burketown proved quite interesting. Mel and Gill had warned us about M Creek crossing which, when they crossed it a few weeks earlier,...

Created: 17 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5437

Gulf Country - Cairns to Kurumba

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This morning I wrote 6 postcards and sent the 2 letters I had written at Dorunda. Later in the day I did a load of washing, swam in the pool and read my book by Rodney Liddell - when will I ever ...

Created: 16 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5131

Gulf Country Day 54 - Cairns to Kurumba

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The last two days in Karumba have been quite busy - you have to be to keep out of the heat! On Monday we took advantage of a price-war between the airlines and took a ½ hour scenic flight with ...

Created: 15 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5125

Gulf Country Day 52 - Cairns to Kurumba

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Yesterday was almost unbearably hot and again the fish are not biting. We've decided to pack up, try to get some of these bush stories out of the brothers and head off to Karumba....

Created: 13 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5496

Gulf Country Day 51 - Cairns to Kurumba

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This morning we fished for a while but nothing was biting. We cooked bacon and eggs on muffins, washed some clothes in a bucket of river water, washed Sharky,...

Created: 12 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5017

Gulf Country Day 48 - Cairns to Kurumba

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Cairns has been raining every night for a few weeks now and although the sun shines during the day and temperatures reach mid 30s we were ready to move on....

Created: 09 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 6955

Cape York Day 33 - Seisa to Cairns

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(Day 22 TLCC Cape York Trip - Thelma and Jeff Webster) The Development Road from the small town of Laura to Lakeland was in very good condition....

Created: 25 Aug 1998 17:35 Views: 8562

Cape York Day 32 - Seisa to Cairns

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(Day 21 TLCC Cape York Trip - Jan and Dave Marsh) We departed Laura at 8.15am but after approximately ½ hour Jeff and Thelma had to return to Laura. They had a shock absorber problem,...

Created: 24 Aug 1998 17:35 Views: 6409

Cape York Day 31 - Seisa to Cairns

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(Day 20 TLCC Cape York Trip - Michelle Jacka & David Martin) Our trip today was to be a little adventurous with Collyn leading us along tracks he had not previously traveled....

Created: 23 Aug 1998 17:33 Views: 5819

Cape York Day 30 - Seisa to Cairns

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(Day 19 TLCC Cape York Trip) Today’s events were recorded by Michelle, as Dave (alone) Darke chose not to write his report. We planned to leave the Archer River Roadhouse around 9....

Created: 22 Aug 1998 17:31 Views: 5328

Cape York Day 29 - Seisa to Cairns

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(Day 18 TLCC Cape York Trip - Jan and Dave Marsh) Chili Beach was beautiful however the rubbish scattered along the beach is disappointing....

Created: 21 Aug 1998 17:29 Views: 5816

Cape York Day 28 - Seisa to Cairns

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(Day 17 TLCC Cape York Trip - Thelma and Jeff) It was a cloudy morning as we left Captain Billy’s Landing. Tony’s (Na- Na’s) vehicle was made road worthy but he was apprehensive about the trip ...

Created: 20 Aug 1998 17:19 Views: 4702

Cape York Day 27 - Seisa to Cairns

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(Day 16 TLCC Cape York Trip - Josephine and Trevor) All up at 6.00am to leave camp at 7.45am. Our first stop was the Bakehaus in Bamaga....

Created: 19 Aug 1998 17:17 Views: 4921

Cape York Day 26 - Seisa to Cairns

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(Day 15 TLCC Cape York Trip - Iris & Donald) Today’s the day we go to "The Tip" We all woke early ready to leave at 8.00am to go to the Tip of Australia....

Created: 18 Aug 1998 17:13 Views: 5693

Cape York Day 25 - Weipa to Seisa

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Rest Day – day’s events covered by Michelle A rest day in Seisa can mean many things to many people. Our group covered just about all the possibilities available in the area....

Created: 17 Aug 1998 16:48 Views: 5207

Cape York Day 24 - Weipa to Seisa

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(Bill & Neil) We departed Eliot Falls about 7.30am along the Northern end of the Telegraph Track, on of the better 4WD locations on the Cape....

Created: 16 Aug 1998 16:46 Views: 5068

Cape York Day 23 - Weipa to Seisa

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Rest day at Eliot Falls – day’s events covered by Michelle After a good night of entertainment around the campfire we had the day to ourselves to visit and swim the many rockpools and rapids ...

Created: 15 Aug 1998 16:46 Views: 5962

Cape York Day 22 - Weipa to Seisa

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Gunshot Day (Michelle & David) The day started with light rain just as we lifted camp. We all knew today was "Gunshot Day" and there was some excitement brewing at the prospect of a wet mud ...

Created: 14 Aug 1998 16:45 Views: 4748

Cape York Day 21 - Weipa to Seisa

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Trip notes were not written by the assigned driver today who was David Darke so were compiled by Michelle (he was fined). Leaving Stones Crossing was quite exciting because the first challenge ...

Created: 13 Aug 1998 16:40 Views: 5938

Cape York Day 20 - Weipa to Seisa

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(Jan and Dave Marsh) We left the Weipa camping ground reasonably early at 8.30am bound for Pennefather. After a lengthy beach run along white sand and tropical aqua waters we came to a ...

Created: 12 Aug 1998 16:37 Views: 5190

Cape York Day 19 - Weipa to Seisa

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(Lay day in Weipa – day’s events covered by Michelle Jacka) It was suggested that whilst we were in Weipa we should take a tour of the area including the mine sites....

Created: 11 Aug 1998 16:36 Views: 4802

Cape York Day 18 - Cairns to Weipa

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(Thelma and Jeff Webster) We left Kalpower station on time travelling along Lakefield Road and were able to travel at 80km per hour because the road conditions were good....

Created: 10 Aug 1998 15:45 Views: 4459

Cape York Day 17 - Cairns to Weipa

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(Oliver & Tony) Our convoy departed Bathurst Bay at 8.30am after meeting at the garbage tip. After proceeding through a salt lake and creek we came upon a lake to the right which we hadn’t ...

Created: 09 Aug 1998 15:45 Views: 4562

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