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Apr 12

by Julie in Around Australia 4WDing, Karijini 2012 0 comments

Yunta to Elleston to near the Western Australian border.

The drive from Yunta was quite varied on the way to a spectacular camp on the coast near Elleston

Dec 06

by Julie in Around Australia 4WDing, Earth and Sea 2 comments

cameron corner to the bitumen

We kept running from the storms and rain and headed home with the wind as I had a health problem in my tummy which we were very concerned about. We aimed for the bitumen and towns with a hospital. We arrived home safely and time now for my healing. Come and travel with me by looking at my images from cameron corner – home with the wind You can come with me on our whole trip by going to my travels page to view the galleries.

Dec 06

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merty merty to cameron corner

The storms were building all around and we were running the gauntlet to get out of there -

Dec 06

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arkaroola to mt hopeless

There is still a lot of water around and the road was pretty boggy at times. We were faced

Dec 06

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Wabma kadarbu toward Arkaroola

The flat landscape transforms as we pass through the North Flinders Ranges toward Arkaroola.

Dec 05

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Wabma Kadarbu – natural artesian springs

Natural springs have been flowing for hundreds of years. This is a quick clip of “The Bubbler”. It was really windy – hence the background noise. Come and travel with me by looking at my images from Wabma Kadarbu Conservation Park – natural springs You can come with me on our whole trip by going to my travels page to view the galleries.

Dec 05

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William Creek to Wabma Kadarbu Conservation Park

There were lots of waterholes with an abundance of life surrounding them. Saltpans

Dec 05

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coober pedy to william creek

The expanse sever seems to end.

Dec 05

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nearly at coober pedy – gypsum fields and gibber plains

Glistening shards of gypsum flashed on waves of folding rolling mounds of gibber stones.

Dec 05

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the painted desert toward coober pedy

Stunning sandstone cliffs rise above expansive gibber plains - round rocks and stones

Dec 04

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oodnadatta into the painted desert

Rising above hundreds of kilometers of gibber plains are the magnificent sandstone formations in the Painted Desert.

Dec 04

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hamilton to oodnadatta – green covered gibber plains

The gibber plains are covered with a mass of small green clumps. We came across

Dec 04

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mt dare to oodnadatta via hamilton – perdika desert

We've picked up the camper and with sunny skies we head off south to Oodnadatta

Dec 04

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nearly back to mt dare to pick up the camper

Looks like we'll be able to pick up the camper! Sunny skies and a few days

Dec 04

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north of Apatula – Finke to north of Mt Dare

The storm front had passed and blue skies and sun began to appear.

Dec 04

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north of kulgera to near apatula – finke

Clouds puddles and blooms. We were hoping

Dec 03

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storms hit again – rainbow valley to north of kulgera

We were woken at 11.45 with wind, thunder and lightning. Neither of us had our tent fly on

Dec 03

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alice springs to rainbow valley

Spectacular formations surrounded by beautiful flowers ...and still more storms rumbling around.

Dec 03

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around alice springs

Heat, flowers and more storms building.

Dec 03

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toward Mt Isa – storms and pelting rain

Slow moving storms with pelting rain caused flash flooding around Mt Isa.

Dec 03

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birdsville, boulia toward mt isa

The storms are building and it looks like the rain is coming! We are both a bit concerned

Dec 03

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last bit across the Simpson desert to Birdsville

Nearly back to Birdsville. The desert crossing was an amazing experience. We have

Dec 03

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closer to birdsville there is more sand and more water

Come and travel with me by looking at my images from

Dec 02

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the dunes get higher and the claypans wider

After thinking that we had managed to navigate sucessfully through or around all the claypans,

Dec 02

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into the clay pans

We were advised to "stay to the tracks!"... and I did. I looked for the most recent track

Dec 02

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flowers blooming and clouds building

Blooms covered the dunes while the heat made the moisture in the sand rise

Dec 01

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the desert garden

As the dunes started, the flowers covered the undulating vista. Every time I

Nov 30

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starting across the simpson desert

We were both excited and a little bit scared to be undertaking this adventure so spontaneously. We were also

Nov 30

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the flowers are blooming and the roads getting worse!

From Kalgera to Mt Dare we saw beautiful fields of wildflowers, puddles and swathes of water along the quickly deteriorating roads.

Nov 30

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the storms are coming!

The humidity was high all afternoon and as we prepared dinner we could see the storms building in the west. They were hungry

Nov 30

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birdsville to alice springs

We decided to traverse the Simpson Desert from west to east, so decided to go north from Birdsville

Nov 29

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to the green centre!

Max and I have just returned after spending a few weeks in the green centre of Australia. We decided

Sep 18

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it’s wet out west!

I had a short window to travel out west by myself recently....and I didn't quite get there

Jul 29

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rain is here

Rain is here

Jul 29

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rain on its way

Rain on its way

Jul 29

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standing – waiting

Waiting for rain

Jul 01

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water everywhere in the outback

Water everywhere in the outback

Jul 01

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tyre pressures for the outback

Max and I headed off for a little break away together. We thought we were going to head north

Oct 20

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allure of the gibber plains

I find once again the sense of space is alluring - this time the gibber plains just south of Oodnadatta.

Oct 19

by Julie in Around Australia 4WDing, Earth and Sea 0 comments

allure of the ocean

I was going through some images of our trip to the Kimberley

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