A Recce trip to Mount Etna

MOUNT ETNA NATIONAL PARK – 24 July – 4 August 2022
I was hoping for a few weeks in a better climate than what I’d left behind on the Central Coast.  Surely it would be warmer up around Rockhampton, right?  Wrong, once again I was unprepared for unseasonably cold weather. At least this time I was in a cabin with heating and a doonah! Continue reading →

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The Road Closed Road Trip

CENTRAL COAST – MT ETNA – 20 – 24 July 2022
I guess after my great road trip from Alice Springs to Kununurra it was too much to ask for a trip where everything went according to plan.  Not that anything disastrous happened, just a lot of unexpected adventures.  It didn’t help that we did almost the entire trip during yet another “rain event”. Continue reading →

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Outback Road Trip

ALICE SPRINGS – KUNUNURRA – DARWIN – 21 June to 12 July
My first foray into the Outback was the memorable Thelma and Louise trip with Wendy ,,, three weeks Sydney, Ceduna/Nulabour/Sydney.  We were mostly on tarred surfaces, but there were a couple of days when we were In The Middle of Nowhere.  Ten years later, I’m on another road trip into the wilderness, right through the Middle!   Continue reading →

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