Tag: quadbike

When on top of the sand dune near my camp at Andamooka Waterhole in outback South Australia, I noticed another waterhole, a kilometre or so further up Myall Creek, and just had to check it out with a view to getting some good arid region landscape photos.
Myall Creek comes from about 25 kilometres to the [...]

Willaroo Lagoon, not far from my camp at Andamooka Waterhole in outback South Australia, is a dry, salt lake, around three kilometres long and a couple of kilometres wide.
On the far side, I guess that would be north west, are slate cliffs, would be eight metres high. In times past, the slate has been open [...]

In 1858, John Mcdouall Stuart, the great Australian inland explorer, accompanied by George Forster and an unnamed Aboriginal guide, camped at Andamooka Waterhole which in these days is on Andamooka Station in outback South Australia.
Andamooka Waterhole was my introduction to John McDouall Stuart, my adventure hero, you could say, so this camping spot of [...]

I’ve camped in Yeltacowie Homestead a couple of times. My first visit to Yeltacowie coincided with a visit by two great old timers, Ernie Ash and John Barber.
Watching the Fire in the Metters Stove

You see, Yeltacowie homestead has been abandoned for several years and these two mates were making the trip for old time’s sake, [...]

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 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, [...]