Day 30 140 days to go. Distance: today 154km total 2937km. It’s 8.15pm Sunday 5/8/12 Banka Banka campground. Ive just come back from a campfire where a bunch of the folk staying here are gathered round playing the guitar and generally having an awesome time together. What an amazing day it’s been and that isContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 29 Banka Banka”
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Theaussiechallenge Post # 28 41 Mile Bore Rest Area
Day 29 141 days to go. Distance: today 122km total 2783km. It’s 7.30pm Saturday 4/8/12 41 mile bore rest area. I’m sitting by our campfire in a cool tucked away camp spot and happy happy day and evening. The sunset was exquisite and now the stars are bold and growing by the numbers as theContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 28 41 Mile Bore Rest Area”
Theaussiechallenge Post # 27 Barkley Homestead
Day 28 142 days to go. Distance: today 131km total 2661km. It’s 7.30pm Friday 3/8/12 Barkley Homestead. I was just reading over last night’s blog with a big giggle. I love that it started off with ‘marsupial mice’ but ended in ‘for #uck’s sake #uck off’ to the plague of rats they turned out toContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 27 Barkley Homestead”
Theaussiechallenge Post # 26 Soudan
Day 27 143 days to go. Distance: today 140km total 2530km. It’s 7.30pm Thursday 2/8/12 Soudan Rest Area. There are these marsupial mice visiting our campsite and they’re so brazen one just came right up under my leg. Cheeky little critters. Lets just say i’ll make sure everything is tightly sealed so hopefully they won’tContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 26 Soudan”
Theaussiechallenge Post # 25 Camooweal
Day 26 144 days to go. Distance: today 147 total 2390km. It’s 5.30pm Wednesday 1/8/12 Camooweal Rest Area. All I can say is Tim and Stephen were spot on in their choice of spots. Deary me…… ‘Once shecyclesolo camped by a billabong under he shade of a Coolabah tree and she sang as she watchedContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 25 Camooweal”
Theaussiechallenge Post # 24 WW2 Rest Area
Day 25 145 days to go. Distance: today 60km total 2243km. It’s 7.45pm Tuesday 31/7/12 WW2 Rest Area. It’s such a clear light night with the moon a few days off full. It’s a really lovely rest area with a handful of vanners also enjoying the spot. There’s no water but I have managed toContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 24 WW2 Rest Area”
Theaussiechallenge Post # 23 Gallery so far – Part B
Theaussiechallenge Post # 23 Gallery so far – Part B 3.20pm and all uploaded pheweeeee!!! I still got 50km to do this arv so off now to christen Rube’s newbie tyres and see how the girl goes. Talk soon x
Theaussiechallenge Post # 23 Gallery so far – Part A
Day 25 117 days to go to White Ribbon Day. Distance today (Still to do) Total 2183km+tbc. It’s 11.15am Tuesday 31/7/2012 Mt Isa. I finally found an internet café yayayayayayaya. It’s been a very social start to the day amongst the trick of finding internet access that takes a USB and doesn’t block wordpress. There’sContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 23 Gallery so far – Part A”
Theaussiechallenge Post # 22 Mt Isa
Day 24 146 days to go. Distance: today 65km total 2183km. It’s 9pm Monday 30/7/12 Mt Isa. As you can see I’m still in Mt Isa and only just stopped now after doing my ‘have-to’s’ and having a great talk to the folks yay phone reception. Rube is looking pretty dam shmick and she knowsContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 22 Mt Isa”
Theaussiechallenge Post # 21 65km outside Mt Isa
. Our first break today was at a the Burke and Wills memorial where an obelisk has been erected by the Cloncurry Shire Council to commemorate the expedition of Burke and Wills who crossed at the site on the 22/1/1861 on their journey across the Australian continent. It was pretty incredible to stop and considerContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 21 65km outside Mt Isa”
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