Quick stop while travelling North on Stuart Highway at a pub in the Great Aussie Pub book – Barrow Creek. Typical outback pub filled with quirky bits and pieces. Time for a beer and […]
Barrow Creek
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a camping trip of ridiculous proportions
Ellery Creek Big Hole, West MacDonnell Ranges National Park, Northern Territory
It’s been 1600km since our last post! Been busy the last couple of weeks generally either bush camping or travelling. We are in Katherine now catching up on our blog. From Uluru […]
Uluru, Northern Territory
To top what was already one of the best days of our trip so far we stayed to watch the sun set over Uluru, AMAZING! The way the rock glows red in the sunlight is […]
Climbing Uluru
We drove an entire day to travel from Coober Pedy to our overnight camping spot Curtin Springs which is about 100km from Uluru. On the way we stopped by Kulgera, the ‘first and […]
Underground Bed and Breakfast, Coober Pedy, SA
In Coober Pedy we decided to spoil ourselves by experiencing the unique underground accommodation that the town is famous for. We stayed at Underground Bed and Breakfast which is dug into the side of a […]
Crocodile Harry’s Nest, Coober Pedy, South Australia
Crocodile Harry was an ex northern territory crocodile hunter who moved to Coober Pedy in the 1970s to fossick for opals. He was one of Coober Pedy’s most infamous characters and lived […]
Coober Pedy, South Australia
We arrived in Coober Pedy, the opal mining capital of the world on Tuesday staying at Stuart Range Caravan Park. Apart from opal mining, Coober Pedy is famous for its underground homes […]
Railway Ghost Towns
Googs Track terminated at the Transcontinental Railway Line at Malbooma, from here we took the track following the railway line east towards Stuart Highway. The track passed through the towns Tarcoola and Kingoonya, that […]
Googs Track, South Australia
Googs Track is a 200km 4WD track that runs along the eastern edge of the Great Victoria Desert in South Australia that covers more than 300 parallel sand dunes before meeting the Transcontinental Railway Line at Malbooma. We left […]
I think I’ve just climbed the wrong mountain…
I think I’ve just climbed the wrong mountain. I just scrambled to the top of what I thought was Mt Finke and look across to see an even bigger mountain with what […]
South Coast Chapter closed – reflections of a fisherman
Fish Count: 21 (under sized fish excluded) Rigs lost: 1 As we depart the coast I can’t help but reflect on the last two months of fishing. As you can see from […]
Murat Bay, Ceduna, South Australia
Another awesome evening tonight. Last few days in Ceduna have been sunny, warm and calm. At the moment we are watching the sun go down over the jetty and thought we’d whip out […]
Denial Bay, South Australia – success!
Today we stopped by the Denial Bay jetty to try our luck with more crab and squid fishing on our way back to Ceduna. It was the last opportunity for Joe to […]
Davenport Creek Beach, South Australia. Mulloway Conquered.
Yesterday we drove 20km from Ceduna and camped at Devonport Creek Beach (and got bogged driving on the beach and had to use the maxtrax to bail us out). This is the first […]
Spatulacraft
Check out the new article on Joe’s favourite hobby – spatulacraft. https://outbackjoe.com/macho-divertissement/spatulacraft/
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