Alice to Alice

Day 20 – The Birdsville Track Journey Begins

Day 20 – The Birdsville Track Journey Begins 736 1000 Alanna Schultz

Day 20 – The Birdsville Track Journey Begins If you spend three or more days in this desert region sleeping on the side of the road you will find your…

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Days 18 to 19 – Birdsville and the Big Red visit

Days 18 to 19 – Birdsville and the Big Red visit 1000 662 Alanna Schultz

Birdsville, famous for the September Horse Races and the Big Red sand dune, the first (or last, depending on which way you’re travelling on the Simpson Desert), is 35 kilometres…

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Days 16 to 17 – Bedourie to Birdsville

Days 16 to 17 – Bedourie to Birdsville 1000 662 Alanna Schultz

Day 16: Off to Bedourie this morning. The wide red desert has patches of green and yellow springing up from the recent floods in the region. The channel country at…

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Days 13 to 15 – Boulia QLD

Days 13 to 15 – Boulia QLD 830 1000 Alanna Schultz

Day 13 to 15 – Boulia QLD Was it possible to find a small town in the Outback that has so much history.  Prehistoric and recent (Aboriginal and White Man)…

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Days 11 to 12 – Alice Springs to Boulia via Atitjere and Tobermorey Station

Days 11 to 12 – Alice Springs to Boulia via Atitjere and Tobermorey Station 750 1000 Alanna Schultz

Day 11: My aim on day 11 is to make camp at Tobermorey station tonight and continue onto Boulia the next day.  I left Alice at 6:30am, had a straight…

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Day 10 – Planning and repacking day Alice Springs

Day 10 – Planning and repacking day Alice Springs 1000 750 Alanna Schultz

Day 10 – Planning and repacking day Alice Springs I woke this morning with my new plan at hand, like I said yesterday I am not going to let this…

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Days 8 to 9 – Two days ride from Gemtree to Alice Springs

Days 8 to 9 – Two days ride from Gemtree to Alice Springs 1000 488 Alanna Schultz

Day 8: With the condition that I was in, I knew I had to get back to Alice Springs and work out a new plan. Thinking about the new plan…

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Days 6 cont… to Day 7 – Atitjere Store to Gemtree

Days 6 cont… to Day 7 – Atitjere Store to Gemtree 750 1000 Alanna Schultz

Day 6 Continued….  Atitjere to Gemtree It was very busy at the Atitjere shop this morning and gave me an opportunity to ask if anyone would be kind enough to…

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Day 5 cont.. to Day 6 – The Plenty Highway to Atitjere Store

Day 5 cont.. to Day 6 – The Plenty Highway to Atitjere Store 1000 750 Alanna Schultz

About 6:00 pm, lying down felt so good, if only on a small ¾ size blow up mattress. I took some pain relief and when they started to work I…

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Days 4 to 5 – Rest Day and Atitjere

Days 4 to 5 – Rest Day and Atitjere 1000 750 Alanna Schultz

A REST DAY I remember when I did my first trek in the Himalayan Mountains, we would walk for three days and then the fourth day would be marked ‘Rest…

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