Camping, photography and other ramblings
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 …
20 years today, that’s how long Jules and I have been married. During this time, we’ve bought a house and raised two beautiful daughters, but most importantly we’ve had a lot fun and shared some great experiences. Like most relationships, Read More …
A relatively unremarkable journey from Mt Remarkable down to Hahndorf saw us competing with Adelaide CBD traffic whilst towing the van, but we made it through unscathed. Hahndorf (for the unknowing) is Australia’s oldest surviving German settlement, established in the Read More …
Twice, that’s how many times we’ve driven through Ceduna and both times we’ve ended up with a cracked windscreen requiring on the fly repairs.. This time it was on the road from Ceduna to Pt Lincoln and there were a couple of trucks Read More …
Wind…. Best friend or bane of existence??? It was strong and relentless, so at night it was our nemesis, our adversary; it blew hard enough to cause the van to hum and whistle with occasional gusts that sounded like trains Read More …
I don’t think there has been a trip when leaving home for an extended period where we felt a little “flat”. This is the first trip where we have left the girls behind. So after bidding farewell and making sure Read More …