Tag: Outback Travel

Nicky and I made the shearer’s quarters at Gum Woolshed on Pernatty Station, our base for a couple weeks of our April 2010 outback photography trip.
Les French and Col Greenfield – Former and New Owners of Pernatty Station
As it happened, Pernatty had been sold and the official handover was approaching. A harmonious arrangement between the [...]

Well, I’ve published photo stories before about baking bread in the Australian outback.
Generally, I use the camp oven (dutch oven), which is a cast iron pot with a cast iron lid, but this time I used a large aluminium pot. The reason? On this trip I took prepackaged bread mix that comes in 600gm packs, [...]

Well, I’ve gotta tell ya that Nicky, my grandson, was the best outback camping adventure mate you would hope for.

He hooked into the jobs such as setting up camp, getting the beds ready, collecting fire wood, packing up to move on in the morning, and he’s a pretty good one match fire lighter, too. Together, [...]

Well, I’ve got a few spare wheels and tyres ready for the coming outback Australia trip on the motorbikes: my Kawasaki Bayou KLF300B and Nicky’s Suzuki JR80.
Two spare wheels for the ute and one for the big trailer.
On my last trip I did a tyre on the ute on a rock on the road in [...]

We’re leaving in a week for our outback adventure trip. That is, my grandson Nicky will accompany me this time on his Suzuki JR80.
With good preparation, the things that may go wrong are kept to a minimum. A few new tools will give us good security.
A new tyre pump has made a difference already as [...]

Well, I’ve always been a bit worried about the ramps slipping during loading the ATV with just a small bit of timber screwed to the top underside to hold them in place.
So I did a rebuild; fairly common, huh!
Now I have a good, solid, non slip lip that won’t let me (or the quadbike) down, [...]

Well, the rebuild of the ATV trailer is coming along nicely. Here’s the trailer with a practice load.

With another outback trip coming up in April 2010, only four and a half months away, it’s time for a partial re-build of the trailer.

Pamamaroo Lake Sunrise
The sun rose over Pamamaroo Lake, part of the Menindee Lakes, as I guess it does every morning.
The air was clear and still, the stars having given way to the brilliance of a colourful dawn and the cresent moon, still quite visible, was an integral element of the landscape.
Lake Pamamaroo has been dry [...]

Late afternoon at Pamamaroo Lake put the sun low in the western sky with a great light on the dead trees, river redgums, of the dry lake bed.
The outer limits of the lake were once populated by thriving river redgums, perpetuated by the natural cycle of flood and dry, but now they’re all dead, the [...]