Fuel Lights Galore

Jul 18, 2019 | Africa, Featured

The birds, clearly sick of the snoring wake us up. Do do dooooo, on repeat. Nice the first time, after a while, please leave my camp.  A light breakfast of toast and amarula coffee gets us running.  I get all the cameras back on charge and transfer photos as required....

Back To Work

Apr 5, 2017 | Australia

    The next morning I awake to find a spider has built a home between my swag and my car. interesting getting out of bed if you have ever seen a golden orb up close.  After a quick pack up I put on my hiking boots and head up up up. The view from the top...

Hot Water Shower

Jul 17, 2019 | Africa, Featured

  Today is the day, we wake up once the sun has allowed the temperature to climb a bit. No point in freezing. With a small fire started back up Asareh starts breakfast, omelet . I go about the important business of heating up water, this is where metal jugs are...

Yamprire Gorge

Apr 4, 2017 | Australia

The next day on my way out I swing through the old asbestos mine for a quick peek, you can see the massive tailing piles Weather has left nothing behind   The area sees a lot of rain, here is a piece of solid concrete it flipped as the rivers can rise very...

Elephants!! All Over!!

Jul 16, 2019 | Africa, Featured

    Start the car!!! Waking up we sit and enjoy our coffee, Normally we are the lazy campers leaving at 10-11 but to day we have some serious miles to cover, and its soft soft sand. We get rolling and head further north, the sun climbs higher and higher and...

Wittenoom

Apr 1, 2017 | Australia

The Asbestos capital, no longer mining and mostly abandoned this town only houses a few last remaining people. power has been cut and the mail route shut down years ago. I start the day following the well worn track out of the valley and onto Wittenoom for a peak...

Abandoned Tracks

Mar 31, 2017 | Australia

The next day was one hell of an adventure, starting with a bath in Hamersley Gorge, which I had to myself. A lovely place to start the day. The water was cool and the rocks slippery so at one point I didn’t have a choice on getting wet. You cant beat these...

Supply Run

Mar 30, 2017 | Australia

I had a great night out under the stars, went swimming and just enjoyed the area. Since I was nearing my time limit for ice and cold beer and food in general as I was only packing for 4 days at a time I ran into Tom Price to restock, hammering down the road at 130 I...

Millstream NP

Mar 29, 2017 | Australia

Waking up on day 4 to a stunning sunrise and a cup of coffee I began heading to Paniwonica hoping the rain hadn’t closed the roads, I had some flooding to deal with but nothing to major for the wagon. Just stay in the middle and you will be fine We were good and I...

Bogged

Mar 28, 2017 | Australia

A good nights sleep on some grass and a warm shower had me on route and heading to Nanutara due to road closures from rain. Either way it was gravel so I was happy. Found an old grader on the way   And an old water tank   Quickly reached my destination.....

Just Stay On The Roads

Mar 27, 2017 | Australia

A solid sleep and away we go for day 3. A trip planned to reach Mt. Agustus about 200kms to the east, but of course on route I go hunting for old mines, which lead to a field of quartz but no old pits sadly, and an old shearing shed on cobra station. Making my way the...

Pilbara Bound

Mar 26, 2017 | Australia

Where shall we begin, Basically it starts with me sitting having a few beers on a Saturday night with my mate Simon, who made the comment that 40L of diesel wont be enough for my trip, well will be cutting it close. Next thing I know I’m at his place loading up a 100L...

Just Relax…

Jul 15, 2019 | Africa, Featured

Sand….deep sand,   It so bloody soft. We rise and make an amazing breakfast, avo’s and all. Heading north we start hitting this soft sand we were warned about, I drop down to about 10/12 PSI and we carry on, fuel consumption sitting around 25-30L per 100 im...

Central Kalahari

Jul 14, 2019 | Africa, Featured

Fuel Calculations   We pull up to the gates of the CKGR and prepare ourselves. We are beyond excited. Proper off road time.  We talk to a local who runs the private camps sites about fuel consumption. I’m not liking the numbers. I sit and crunch numbers while...

Ding… dingding…DING

Jul 13, 2019 | Africa, Featured

Needs More Cowbell    We wake the next morning and make our way to the watering hole on foot but there is nothing there, a bit of exercise never hurt though. Packing up we motor into town for a restock, as we have new plans. I don’t even know why we make plans...

Botswana Baby

Jul 12, 2019 | Africa, Featured

Welcome To Botswana We are up early as its freezing, 2c outside. Coffee never tasted so good. With Amarula that is. Packed up we motor for the border but of course take the back roads because why not. Most of this trip will end up being dirt roads. No one was keen to...

Day 1

Jul 11, 2019 | Africa, Featured

The Trip Starts   With an early morning exit we make quick miles out of town headed for Pilanesburg National Park,   PNP for short.  We get a bit lost at sun city as you cant enter from that side, so a quick back track finds us at the gate. Our first taste...

Commit

Jul 10, 2019 | Africa, Featured

The Big Pack The decision has been made to fully pack the house and commit to Africa.  I head back to Perth and pack up the house, the workshop and pack everything we want to keep away into permanent storage.  During this time I have chosen to get a heap of work...

The GPS Said It Was A Road

Apr 4, 2019 | Africa, Featured

Where we’re going we don’t need roads… Working our way out to the main highway   We pack up and leave the campsite, with plans from the owners to take the new ring road around the the SA boarder, a nice easy drive. It had rained so the drive out...

#SpeedingFines

Apr 2, 2019 | Africa, Featured

#BeachLife  #SpeedingFines   We hit the road north around 10am, and exit the park, no elephants today. At the exit gate I attempt to refill the tyres. Apparently at 8 years old my ARB fill hose has had enough and promptly explodes. A quick fix and shorter hose...