Don’t eat freshly purchased BBQ Chicken while in the car park of the Pink Roadhouse in Oodnadatta. I dare you to try it, suffice to say you may lose a finger to a ‘chicken’ hawk in the process. If taking a 4×4 Ute across the desert, ensure heavy items are carried over or in front […]
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Heading off from Poeppel Corner meant heading north again, roughly following the NT/QLD border. This track follows alongside the salt flat mentioned previously. It seems to stretch on for miles. Along the way, we dipped on and off the salt flat as it was just quicker to travel on the flat that on the track.
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Waking up at Purni Bore knowing that we were heading into the desert proper today meant that we made good use of the facilities. From here on in there won’t be any services other than what we have with us. It’s a nice feeling, that sense of excitement mixed with trepidation. It’s a feeling
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Here is a quick video of some footage captured from our drive from Mt Dare to Purni Bore. It was a long slow day mainly as a result of the corrugations along the way.
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After a good rest at the last bastion of hospitality we’ll see for a few days, we packed up and headed towards the desert. Navigating our way out of Mt Dare was simpler than navigating our way in and after clearing all the lake roads, we embarked upon the most corrugated road we’ve come across
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Departing Hamilton Station and heading towards the kick-off point of our Simpson Desert crossing was exciting for all concerned. We knew that we had one more night of being surrounded by some level of amenity before we were really and truly on our own for a few nights in one of the most remote places in
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The new drone has arrived which is smaller and more portable than the previous one. We’re looking forward to making use of this technique more often simply due to this portability. Some footage taken during the inaugural flight at Paradise Point below.
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Highlights from our drone footage taken while travelling to and across the Simpson Desert. Click Read More to check out the footage.
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Heading off from Arckaringa saw us travelling back east towards home. It’s sad in a way, heading back east. It was a bit like when we reached the tip of Cape York. To know that you aren’t travelling any further away, and you’re essentially on you way back home is a strange feeling. Unlike
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Waking up the morning after seeing Lake Eyre from the sky to hear the patter of rain drops on our cabin roof made for an uneasy start to the day. Knowing that it only takes a wayward incontinent dingo to close a track in these parts, we were worried that we’d be stuck at William
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Winter 2016 was a great year to head to the Simpson Desert. While some people experienced road closures, as we did for part of our trip, we were lucky enough that we were able to get out into the centre and were able to witness what can only be described as a once in a
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Today we start our trek west again onto the Oodnadatta track arriving at William Creek tonight for a two night stay where ,in the morning, we will take a flight over Lake Eyre. The drive to William Creek is one of the better stretches of the overall track however aside from this there is actually quite
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While spending 3 nights at Arkaroola was nice, we had to move on. Unfortunately our travelling companion Dave decided to leave us at this point, so from here on, there is just the 4 vehicles. Our next stop was at Marree, which is the start of the Oodnadatta track. However we have a bit to
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We booked in for the Ridge Top Tour run by the team at Arkaroola. This trip is highly recommended by many people in reviews so it would be a shame to miss out. We weren’t really sure what to expect, although the video’s online give you a bit of an idea. The trip is held
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After a major change to our itinerary, we have arrived at Arkaroola as per our schedule. Originally we planned to head west to Innamincka, and then down to Arkaroola, however the weather had other ideas and we ended up having to head South from St George, and then west via Broken Hill, up through the
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We departed our accommodation, Warrawong, just east of Wilcannia on our way to South Australia, but not before Dave caught some fresh water lobbies in the creek for breakfast!! We’re not entirely sure where we will end up tonight, but again, that’s all a part of the adventure. After a quick fuel stop in Wilcannia,
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Who we’re finally heading west after our long detour to the south. Leaving Warren at 8am, we headed towards Broken Hill on a chilling 1 degree morning. We stopped in Nyngan for some fuel and dad managed to pick up some gluten free snacks. He also had to remove a bird from the roof rack
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As mentioned previously, I wanted to post a video of the drive from Coonamble to Warren. This was the most wonderful drive with wildlife to see along the way as well as water crossings and amazing plains that go on for miles. Check out a quick video here: Cheers, Kent.
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With the roads closed both in and out of Innamincka, the tough call was made to head south instead of west with a plan to head to Broken Hill and then in to Arkaroola from the south instead of the north. We departed St George just after 8am and again it was drizzling. We headed
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And we’re off again! Today was departure day, which started out drizzly and ended up drizzly. We had a good run through Toowoomba and Dalby, then stopped at Moonie for lunch. We’ve seen a lot of wild life already roo’s, pigs, emu’s, foxes and even a feral cat! We made it to our first stop
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