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Day 118 – Horsham-bound to the Rasmussen Ranch

6 Dec

Woke up to an awesome view across the valley and plains and water in the morning with the sunrise at Hancock’s Lookout. Smashing out the drive today – 722km on the clock today to get us to the Rasmussen villa … Read More »

landscape, mountain, south australia, victoria, view

Day 117 – Nullarbor: Bunda Cliffs to Hancocks Lookout

5 Dec

Last day on the Nullarbor! It was a lot quicker and less painful than we had anticipated, which was nice. Nullarbor translated means no trees, and the Nullarbor Plain is exactly that. Well lots of scrub. But definitely no trees. … Read More »

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Day 22 – South Australia to the Northern Territory

26 Aug

Today was a travelling day. We left (at a very leisurely pace) Marla in the morning and drove up the highway until we hit the SA-NT border where we stopped to look around. Sure enough the 130km per hour road … Read More »

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Day 21 – Coober Pedy

25 Aug

Zach cooked us a greek breakfast of eggs and feta and olives and a dash of grappa in omelette form, which was an amazing start to the day. We followed him in his 4WD out to Crocodile Harry’s dugout, which … Read More »

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Day 20 – Lake Eyre to Coober Pedy

24 Aug

A little hungover and very tired from the sun and dust from the bronco branding yesterday, it was a fair effort to get up and be ready to go at 9am for a scenic flight from the William Creek airstrip … Read More »

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Day 19 – William Creek Bronco Branding

23 Aug

The sun was already hot at about 8am when we had showered and breakfasted and we put on our Akubras and boots and went over to the yard and watched the start of the camp draft section. Both the horses … Read More »

animals, bronco, cattle, country, horse, south australia

Day 18 – The Oodnadatta Track to Lake Eyre

22 Aug

The WA Variety Bash crew were up at 7.30 for briefing and breakfast so we got up to walk around and check out the cars in the daylight and then waved goodbye before they all got on the road up … Read More »

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Day 17 – Wilpena Pound

21 Aug

        We started our day nice and early at the Wilpena Pound campground and walked along the St Mary’s Peak trail – a 7km or so one way track up to the top of the impressive St … Read More »

animals, hiking, kangaroos, south australia, trees

Day 16 – Barossa to Flinders Ranges

20 Aug

  We got on the road through the beautiful Clare Valley region and stopped in at a few places to break up the big drive to the Flinders Ranges today. We went and had a look around the church and … Read More »

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Day 15 – Barossa Valley

19 Aug

It was 2 degrees outside last night so we opted to test out the car sleeping arrangements at a nearby campground around Mylor in the Adelaide Hills – worked out wonderfully and we got a warm and good night’s sleep after … Read More »

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