Camping, photography and other ramblings
Twelve in a row, that’s how many years we’ve been going down to Augusta for our Christmas / New Years holiday break. Typically arriving Boxing Day, this year we tried something new and got down there on Christmas Day and Read More …
A short jaunt this trip, down to Molloy Island for two nights over a weekend to relax, share a beer with mates and do a little kayak fishing. However, my partner in crime, aka Jules, had other plans so it Read More …
As most locals and many foreigners know, W.A. typically puts on a spectacular wildflower show every July to September and this year is no exception. One reason for heading north to Sandstone from the Great Central Road was so that Read More …
To mix it up a bit, as is our want, rather than head straight home after finishing the Great Central Road, which ends at Laverton approximately 350kms north east of Kalgoorlie, we headed north a short stint to get to Read More …
Tjukayirla (pronounced chook-ker-la). Yep, that’s where we are, at the Tjukayirla Roadhouse, being the only building and stop between Warbuton 250km to the east and Laverton 307km to the west. Having said that, we like Tjukayirla and this’ll be our Read More …
From Yulara, the campground at Uluru (Ayers Rock), you drive west, out of the N.T. on the Lasseter Hwy to Tjukaruru Rd on our way to the W.A. border, on what can only be described as a pretty poor dirt Read More …
Uluru, or Ayers Rock for the older or less politically correct Aussies. Jules, my girls and I have been truly fortunate to travel to some amazing places across Australia, many of which are sacred to the local Aborigines, and have Read More …
To break up the fossicking days, we also did a couple of day trips. Trip 2, Monday 29/8, we headed out on a section of the Binns Track running between the Plenty Hwy and the Ross Hwy, coming out of Read More …
To break up the fossicking days, we also did a couple of day trips. 70km east, out to Harts Ranges and then a 15km 4wd track, the last 6km of which were pretty rough and slow going, to the base Read More …
Our previous visits to Gemtree had been for the Garnet fossicking, however this trip, we did the Zircon fossicking. For the unknowing, which was us until our first visit to Gemtree, Zircons are a naturally occurring gemstone which when cut Read More …
Gemtree, approximately 150kms north east of Alice Springs, on the Plenty Highway. This is our third visit and each time we love it a little bit more. It’s hard to say exactly what makes this a favourite of ours, it’s Read More …
A short post today to confirm, mainly for our loved ones, that we’ve safely made it to Alice Springs, some 1430kms away. As per our previous trip post, we decided to take the safe route south to Port Augusta and Read More …
One thing I love about photography, and probably life in general actually, is that you never stop learning. As previously posted on this blog, I changed cameras recently from a full frame dSLR, my Nikon D700, to a micro 4/3’rds Read More …
OK, so we had planned to drive the Oodnadatta Track from north of the Flinders Ranges, out to Coward Springs, then Oodnadatta, before making the Sturt Hwy just south of Marla and then north to Alice Springs. Well, whilst we Read More …
We’re in love with the Flinders Ranges, once we arrived that is. Jules was doing her best at navigating from Tanunda to Flinders Ranges however despite her best efforts we had to make four u-turns to get back on course… Read More …