Heading off from Arckaringa saw us travelling back east towards home. It’s sad in a way, heading back east. It was a bit like when we reached the tip of Cape York. To know that you aren’t travelling any further away, and you’re essentially on you way back home is a strange feeling. Unlike […]
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Waking up the morning after seeing Lake Eyre from the sky to hear the patter of rain drops on our cabin roof made for an uneasy start to the day. Knowing that it only takes a wayward incontinent dingo to close a track in these parts, we were worried that we’d be stuck at William
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Winter 2016 was a great year to head to the Simpson Desert. While some people experienced road closures, as we did for part of our trip, we were lucky enough that we were able to get out into the centre and were able to witness what can only be described as a once in a
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Today we start our trek west again onto the Oodnadatta track arriving at William Creek tonight for a two night stay where ,in the morning, we will take a flight over Lake Eyre. The drive to William Creek is one of the better stretches of the overall track however aside from this there is actually quite
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While spending 3 nights at Arkaroola was nice, we had to move on. Unfortunately our travelling companion Dave decided to leave us at this point, so from here on, there is just the 4 vehicles. Our next stop was at Marree, which is the start of the Oodnadatta track. However we have a bit to
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We booked in for the Ridge Top Tour run by the team at Arkaroola. This trip is highly recommended by many people in reviews so it would be a shame to miss out. We weren’t really sure what to expect, although the video’s online give you a bit of an idea. The trip is held
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After a major change to our itinerary, we have arrived at Arkaroola as per our schedule. Originally we planned to head west to Innamincka, and then down to Arkaroola, however the weather had other ideas and we ended up having to head South from St George, and then west via Broken Hill, up through the
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We departed our accommodation, Warrawong, just east of Wilcannia on our way to South Australia, but not before Dave caught some fresh water lobbies in the creek for breakfast!! We’re not entirely sure where we will end up tonight, but again, that’s all a part of the adventure. After a quick fuel stop in Wilcannia,
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Who we’re finally heading west after our long detour to the south. Leaving Warren at 8am, we headed towards Broken Hill on a chilling 1 degree morning. We stopped in Nyngan for some fuel and dad managed to pick up some gluten free snacks. He also had to remove a bird from the roof rack
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As mentioned previously, I wanted to post a video of the drive from Coonamble to Warren. This was the most wonderful drive with wildlife to see along the way as well as water crossings and amazing plains that go on for miles. Check out a quick video here: Cheers, Kent.
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With the roads closed both in and out of Innamincka, the tough call was made to head south instead of west with a plan to head to Broken Hill and then in to Arkaroola from the south instead of the north. We departed St George just after 8am and again it was drizzling. We headed
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And we’re off again! Today was departure day, which started out drizzly and ended up drizzly. We had a good run through Toowoomba and Dalby, then stopped at Moonie for lunch. We’ve seen a lot of wild life already roo’s, pigs, emu’s, foxes and even a feral cat! We made it to our first stop
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In 4 weeks Kath and I will be in the Jeep and headed west chasing the sun. As per 3 years ago when we went to Cape York, this will be another iconic Australian journey, that many Australian’s will never do, to see places and scenery that are beyond wonder. We’ll sadly miss some of
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As part of the pre-trip planning we spent Saturday night out at Spring Gully Stays, which is just outside of Canungra in South East Queensland. We had a few of the Simpson Desert crew with us and all up we had a wonderful time. The park is clean with lovely green grass that is nice
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As we edge nearer to departure date, we’ll need to keep a close eye on all the available updates, here’s a few: The latest Desert Parks Bulletin is attached or you can find the link here: http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_Park/Browse_by_region/flinders-ranges-outback/simpson-desert-conservation-park-regional-reserve QLD Parks Updates and Alerts: http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/simpson-desert/ NB: Simpson Desert National Park is now known as Munga-Thirri National Park.
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Hi All, This post is a few days late out of the box however better late than never! There is now less than 3 months to go until we depart on our epic journey and in true form, Mum has been creating Dilly Bag’s for all the the ladies emblazoned with SD 16 for obvious
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As we’re all aware, there are a number of tracks that traverse the Simpson Desert. The most popular track is the French Line. This track takes the most direct route across the desert and as a result is the shortest. Being the most popular track means it can also be the roughest due to more
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With the sort of outback travel we’re embarking upon, one relatively major issue is road/track conditions. It has been known for significant rain to fall in the desert and surrounding regions in July, albeit not that common. In any case we need to ensure we have some contingencies in place in the even of rain
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As you can probably imagine, we’ve been pouring over the itinerary to make sure we’re getting the most out of the trip. As it happened, we caught up with an old colleague of mine last weekend, who has traveled much of outback Australia. We took him through the itinerary we’ve sketched out and picked his
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Well, we couldn’t wait any longer and have purchased our Desert Parks Pass, and I must say it is well worth it. Along with your pass, you will receive a spiral bound 93-page booklet that is filled with very useful information such as travel times, safety tips, driving tips and a couple of quite detailed
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