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Big Barra Caught! Also Merry Christmas.
Fishing from the McArthur River at Borroloola saw a new record sized barra caught: 76cm, 5 kg. It was heavy and pulled hard. Very satisfying to land it. We’re now in Longreach, Queensland, celebrating...
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Savannah Way – Mataranka to Roper Bar
Our Savannah Way expedition kicked off with the first segment heading east from Stuart Highway – taking the Roper Highway from Mataranka to Roper Bar. This section is mostly sealed road and had not...
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Savannah Way – Nathan River Road
Leaving Roper Bar, the Savannah Way heads into some pretty remote country, through Limmen River National Park and towards the Gulf of Carpentaria on Nathan River Road. This road is all dirt and with...
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Towns River to Lost City, Limmen River National Park
After an overnight at Towns River, we continued our journey on Savannah Way south on Nathan River Road. This part of the trip got interesting, with some areas having received heavy rainfall making the...
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Borroloola – Barra Time
Borroloola saw the end of our dream to conquer the Savannah Way through the gulf country to Queensland. Continuing was not possible due to heavy rainfall. Nathan River Road was exciting for its mud...
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Tablelands Hwy, Northern Territory
Leaving Borroloola, we back tracked to Cape Crawford then headed south on Tablelands Hwy – a single lane sealed road that runs for about 500km, joining up with the Barkley Hwy which is the main...
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Mount Isa, Cloncurry and Walkabout Creek
After a week or so of bush camping on the Savannah Way, we crossed the border into Queensland on the Barkley Hwy and rolled into Mount Isa for some much needed shopping, showering and general clean up....
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Uluru and Kata Tjuta
We we’re a bit rushed last time we visted Uluru so we had to have another look. This time, with a baby in tow, we decided against the steep, treacherous and sometimes deadly climb to the top and...
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Kings Canyon, Palm Valley and Hermansburg
Kings Canyon is a gorge a few hundred kilometers from Uluru that we didn’t get to see last time we traveled through. Actually we missed a whole chunk of spots in the area. This time we left Uluru and...
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West MacDonnell Ranges to Alice Springs
After Hermansburg we headed back west to loop around through the West MacDonnell Ranges. We stayed at Redbank Gorge camping area for a couple of days, checking out Redbank Gorge on one day and climbing...
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