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Month: August 2018

Trip 20, part 6 – Millaa Millaa, Aboriginal for ‘plenty water’

Posted on2018-08-282018-08-28Authoradmin4 Comments

Let me start this post by giving a shout out to my mate Brendan who strongly recommended we spend some time in Millaa Millaa.  Whilst planning our trip, I’d seen it on the map and knew that it had some Read More …

CategoriesCamping spots, Caravan, Photography, Travels

Trip 20, part 5 – Fortunes won and lost, well mostly lost…

Posted on2018-08-26Authoradmin4 Comments

Queensland, and much of the East Coast, is covered in gem bearing areas and we took the opportunity to avail ourselves of the local Lava Plains field to fossick for Sapphires and the Mt Gibson field to fossick for Topaz.  Read More …

Categories4wd'ing, Photography, Random Musing, Travels

Trip 20, part 4 – Pinnarendi Station and the Undara Lava Tubes

Posted on2018-08-23Authoradmin5 Comments

A planned experience for our trip was a tour of the Undara Lava Tubes.  By recommendation of Nadine at Pinnarendi, we opted for the full day tour with Bedrock Tours, where we got to do the Kalkani Volcano Crater Rim Read More …

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Trip 20, part 3 – Boulia to Porcupine Gorge

Posted on2018-08-212018-08-23Authoradmin2 Comments

Another 650kms today (21st Aug), this time Boulia to Porcupine National Park.  At least all of today’s driving was on sealed roads, albeit single lane sealed roads, which mean every time another car approaches both cars have to peel off Read More …

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Trip 20, part 2 – Feels like coming home. @Gemtree

Posted on2018-08-192018-08-20Authoradmin4 Comments

Gemtree, a small caravan park literally in the middle of Australia!  From Alice Springs, head north up the Stuart Highway to the Plenty Highway, turn right towards Queensland and Gemtree is on your right, a bit down the road, approximately Read More …

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Trip 20, post 1 – 3rd day blues :-(

Posted on2018-08-132018-08-16Authoradmin4 Comments

You might ask why we’re feeling blue…. Is it because something has gone wrong?  No. Is it because we’re travelling with Rod?  No. Is it because we’re missing the girls?  No. Nah, it’s because we’ve seen nothing but clear blue Read More …

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Anticipation for Trip 20 rising…

Posted on2018-08-01Authoradmin2 Comments

Trip 20 is going to be a doozy.  Over 58 days, we’ll drive more than 14,000 km, crossing five of our nation’s states and territories, through desert and rain forest, with a side trip to the worlds largest coral reef.  Read More …

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