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On the road again 2009: Experiencing outback Central Queensland’s country towns
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On the road again 2009. This follows on from Helen and Ian’s first blog about their 2008 Tour of the left and top parts of Australia. Friday, August 28, 2009. Experiencing outback Central Queensland’s country towns. 23 to 28 August. This was the start of an. Interesting week without plans, and we began by setting off for a little village we had been told a. Called Ilfracombe, east, just the other side of Longreach. Its "Great. Machinery Mile" of tr. To Mascot, fly. N UK, before becoming properly interna.
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On the road again 2009: Channel Country and towards the Diamantina NP
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On the road again 2009. This follows on from Helen and Ian’s first blog about their 2008 Tour of the left and top parts of Australia. Wednesday, August 19, 2009. Channel Country and towards the Diamantina NP. Leaving Birdsville the next day (18 August) we set course together northwards along the Eyre Developmental Hwy, or more delightfully named “Bilby Way”, towards Bedourie and the Diamantina National Park. Just out of Birdsville and before you reach Sir Sidney Kid. Ross the whole continent and was.
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On the road at last: Coral Coast : Exmouth and Ningaloo
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On the road at last. Thursday, July 17, 2008. Coral Coast : Exmouth and Ningaloo. Nanutarra Roadhouse couldn’t tempt us to buy diesel at $2.35, and as we had filled up at Tom Price at $1.93 we were content to cruise our way gently out of the Pilbara and through the Giralia Range, towards Exmouth, home of the Defence forces and a new resort in the making that reminded me of th. E Costa Brava in the 1960’s. Thank you Novotel and o. Thers It will make a big difference to the local e. Lies, the imprint of co...
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On the road at last: May 2008
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On the road at last. Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Last night we sat here and wondered at the unmistakable cry of a very young crocodile somewhere in the park behind us (we’ve both watched enough Attenborough to remember that), and pondered on the whereabo. Uts of its mother! The receptionist assured us it must have been a Butcher bird imitating a young crocodile. Oh yes, at 11pm? We were in A. Quolls, Bilbies, D. Unnarts, Spinifex Hopping Mice, and some wondrous lizards and snakes. These are the challenges.
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On the road at last: June 2008
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On the road at last. Monday, June 30, 2008. The caravan park at Derby was filling fast on 21 June, and we joined a queue o. F patient nomads desperate to unhook and get into the laundry. Tony had prepared them for our arrival, so we set u. P next to e. Ach other and we at least made a show by washing the accumulation of Kimberley dust and mud off. We headed to the wharf where we made a booking at the restaurant, in hopes of finding some good barramundi. T. Boot polish. With the ti. Pearling industry and ...
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On the road at last: Derby
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On the road at last. Monday, June 30, 2008. The caravan park at Derby was filling fast on 21 June, and we joined a queue o. F patient nomads desperate to unhook and get into the laundry. Tony had prepared them for our arrival, so we set u. P next to e. Ach other and we at least made a show by washing the accumulation of Kimberley dust and mud off. We headed to the wharf where we made a booking at the restaurant, in hopes of finding some good barramundi. T. Boot polish. With the ti. Pearling industry and ...
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On the road at last: The Dampier Peninsula and to Broome
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On the road at last. Saturday, July 5, 2008. The Dampier Peninsula and to Broome. For the best part of two weeks we fell into an enforced rest exploring the peninsula waiting on the Toyota dealer in Broome to sort things on July 3. This was so good. We visited the beautiful mission church at Beagle Bay (after Charles Darwin), decorated with mother of pearl, ex. Plored the old mission at Lombar. No luck yet. Cape Leveq. Ue is one of the much talked of places to visit, further up the. Dampier Peninsula....
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On the road at last: Broome
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On the road at last. Saturday, July 12, 2008. It was the 2. And obviously, bird observing facilities. One morning we were blessed with fog that rolled in across the shallow turquoise bay, a. Nd hung around well into the morning. Broome is a most interesting and dynamic community that is expanding very fast. Don’. T ask about house prices; like everywhere in WA they are enormous. The old town – Chinatown, is really charming, tuc. Mity to the now almost international airport. Basically they land in the...
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On the road at last: From Coober Pedy south to Port Augusta
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On the road at last. Sunday, August 31, 2008. From Coober Pedy south to Port Augusta. The corrugations wouldn’t let up until we had left Mabel Creek Station, leaving us with just 46kms to do to Co. Ober Pedy, on good. Gravel. The landscape, becoming gradually more and more harsh, gave up all pretence. Getation and turned into a stony desert NASA might have familiarised its astronauts in. How refreshing it was though, to rediscover our vertebrae, one b. We felt duty bound to spend. Ugusta. The Stuart ...
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On the road again 2009: September 2009
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On the road again 2009. This follows on from Helen and Ian’s first blog about their 2008 Tour of the left and top parts of Australia. Sunday, September 20, 2009. The long road home. From St George we chose a route south w. Est along the Castlereagh Highway, across the. Border into New South Wales, parallel with t. Ributaries of the Darling. That come together forty or so kilometers north east of Bourke. We too. Detour to visit the opal mining town of Lightning Ridge (a gentle rise. D trail at Br. Res tha...
