Category: Camping

I camped one night in the tent, near the sheep yards and crutching shed at Beda.

A couple of sheets of iron over the bike kept it fairly dry.

The morning dawned overcast, so apart from a few photographs as the sun rose over the horizon, and below the cloud cover, it wasn’t much good for my […]

Well, I’m home from my trip to outback South Australia.

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My place in Bega New South Wales

My sleeping bag was filthy and smelly from many nights sleeping pretty rough. It was rather dirty from the red dust of the outback. Dirty inside and dusty outside. It was also rather smelly from the many warm […]

I camped on Pernatty Station in the Northern Pastoral District of South Australia in the Australian Outback.

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Salt waterholes and the delta where Elizabeth Creek flows into Pernatty Lagoon in outback South Australia.

Camping in the shade of a densely foliated myall tree would have been nice, but the prickly bushes everywhere took the edge […]

It was about 1.00am and between Renmark and Morgan that I pulled into a truck parking bay for the remainder of the night.

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I camped east of Overland Corner, between Renmark and Morgan.

Plenty of space, with only one semi trailer there, I parked the ute near the edge of the graveled area, spreading out […]

In my time camping and traveling in the Australian bush and desert, I’ve cooked a few feeds.

Sprinkle coarse, brown sugar on the loaf, just before placing in the oven.
While some of them have been a bit rougher than others, among the many camping meals I’ve prepared have been some pretty good looking and wholesome feeds. […]

Well, G’day.
You’ll understand that everything doesn’t go as planned on these ATV camping trips and I’ve had to make some adjustments, taking into account problems with the camping gear trailer toward the end of the trip.

South Eliza Hut, abandoned for many years.
I tried to return to Arcoona homestead from Pernatty homestead, via South Eliza Hut, […]

This trip on the ATV (four wheel motorbike) took place on Andamooka station in the north of South Australia.

It’s sheep and cattle grazing country where homesteads are typically 50km to 100km apart.

Some of the country is sand with sand ridges up to nine metres high while other parts are very rocky. Water is scarse and […]

A camping place for two nights, the old stockmen’s hut at Wirrda.

Filled and surrounded with history, giving rise to many untold stories of the men who lived and worked here, Wirrda Hut must have been a grand sight in it’s day.

Constructed of native pine logs, plentiful in the area, with a slate floor, perhaps […]

Camping gear boxes mounted on the ATV trailer for a trial run.
Wilderness photography trip to outback South Australia is getting closer and the preparations are coming together.
The boxes are finished and mounted on the ATV trailer for a practice. The next step will be to load up the camping gear boxes for a practice at […]

Painting the camping boxes ready for desert travel
A pleasent, sunny, winter afternoon here in Bega. The camping boxes are finished apart fron a coat of paint.

Painting the ATV camping boxes Roxby red.
Mind you, it’s hardly the best colour in the event that someone has to come looking for a lost outback photographer. At Roxby Downs […]