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…
read moreBirdsville, 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…
read moreDay 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…
read moreDay 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)…
read moreDay 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…
read moreDay 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…
read moreDay 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…
read moreDay 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…
read moreAbout 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…
read moreA 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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