Atherton to Cooktown via the Tip 4 – 14 October 4/10/16 Entroopy Log Day 152 Atherton to Mt Molloy, 103 kms All good expeditions begin with a (re)supply mission, and so it was for our trip up the Cape York Peninsula. Stops at Super Cheap Auto, Atherton Gas, the supermarket, service station and the Read More …
26 – Savannah Way aka Breakdown Way
Daly Waters – Atherton 25 September – 3 October To head over to Qld and Cape York we decided to take the ‘Savannah Way’ a route which a number of people that we had crossed during our travels had mentioned as being particularly scenic. We thought that we would be able to get across Read More …
25 – The Top End
Litchfield NP – Darwin 20 – 24 September To continue our trip around the Top End we headed across to Litchfield NP. Five years ago when we passed through this area we didn’t have time to include Litchfield so were looking forward to finally getting there this time. On the way in we Read More …
24 – Kakadu
NT Border to Kakadu National Park 15 – 19 September 2016 The crossing the border of Western Australia into the Northern Territory was interesting. On one side of the road, a big shed which everyone heading west must stop and declare just about everything they are carrying, and for the people east; nothing but Read More …
23 – The Last of WA
Kununurra – Bungle Bungles – Wolf Creek – Lake Argyle 9 – 15 September With the Gibb River Road behind us it was time to finish off our WA tour with some highlights of the East Kimberly. First stop Kununurra where we were able to pick up a new replacement tyre and bushes for Read More …
22 – The Gibb River Road
Derby to Kununurra 28 August – 9 September Entroopy Log, Day 116 Derby to Windjana Gorge We left today on our much anticipated trip along the famous, if not a little infamous, Gibb River Road – a road which was constructed by Pastoralists last century to give access to their homesteads. These days Read More …
21 – Broome and the Dampier Peninsula
Broome – Dampier Peninsula 25 – 28 August It is 606km from Port Hedland up to Broome, so we settled down for a long drive, we wanted to get as far down the road as we could so set our sights on a 24hr rest stop ~400km along the way. After leaving Port Headland Read More …
20 – On the Iron Ore Trail
Tom Price to Port Hedland 20 – 25 August The closest town to Karijini National Park is a town called Tom Price, named after the mountain, which in turn was named after the chairman of an American steel company. The town came into being in the 60’s when the Iron ore mine there was Read More …
19 – Into the Pilbara (Karijini National Park)
Exmouth to Karijini National Park 15 – 20 August Ever since spending a year in Karratha, but not actually getting out of Karratha and seeing any of the rest of the Pilbara region, I was excited to go exploring. On the top of the list of places to go was Karijini National park, inland Read More …
18 – Ningaloo
Coral Bay – Exmouth 8 – 14 August We continued our trip north with a long day of driving up to Coral Bay (~550kms). We stopped off in the town of Canarvon for lunch and checked out some of the local sites including the old jetty at the mouth of the Gascoyne River, and Read More …