A tiny white SUV towed a sweet, grey box trailer across a vast red desert. Named MUXI-Anne, her owner coaxed her gently. She was his beloved ride, and she hauled precious cargo. A big fast motorbike named ENZO. A stash of computer and camera equipment representing his life. And his little Victorian girlfriend, who sat […]
Aahh Karijini. 627,444 hectares – the second-largest park in Western Australia. The destination that had eluded us in our travels thus far. But the destination that we continued to dream about visiting. Our first night was a stopover at Peace Gorge, Meekatharra. Recommended to us by a friend who was once stationed there as a […]
We had loosely scripted a three-week circuit, taking in Kennedy Ranges, Karijini, Tom Price, Broome and Exmouth. For the first night, our sights were set on a little riverside campsite south of Murchison Settlement. We’d seen it around 3-4 weeks prior and were HOPING it still had water. Yes!! Luck was in store! It was […]
Are you planning your travel holiday in Outback Australia ? Here are some of the things I’m finding supremely handy as Wags and I venture on our unscripted Outback journeys. Our only vehicle is a medium-sized 4WD SUV. We’re not towing a campervan, nor a caravan. We’re not staying in hotels or B&Bs. We don’t […]
The Journey Aint Boring! An Australian Outback Driving Lyric The journey is BOring, the landscape SO bleak! Our map reveals rivers. It’s water we seek…. please ! relief from the heat! Damn another dry creek 🙁 The road is a hue prism…red, white then brown.Creates conversation as distance goes down.Not much else to […]
Before visiting Mellenbye, I had no real practical clue about what a Cattle Station is, and how it might be different from a farm. So, to have the privilege of visiting and filming a real live station was both educating and rewarding. Mellenbye is a relatively small 250,000 acre station. Is that small?! Well yes, […]
It’s wildflower season here in Western Australia! Wags and I were given permission to camp on a private bush block, fronting the massive Mongers Lake. Mongers lake is 180km in length, absolutely huge. This bush block itself is about 500 acres in size – and it’s all non-arable land which means it cannot be cropped. […]
With a couple of sunny days forecast before the drenching rain so craved by the local farmers, we decided to head out and camp a night on a friend’s pastoral lease land. We’d seen him at the Pub a few nights earlier and he gave us the thumbs up to use his property. Lucky us!! […]
Western Australia is such a huge state. It’s nothing to drive 200km without seeing anyone else. This was supposed to be a 3-4 day drive around Murchison region, but it ended up taking 8 days.Why??? Because there’s just SO much to see out here …… well, if you’re slightly inquisitive, that is. And importantly, if […]
