From Mt Isa we continued east along the Flinders Highway (The Overlander Way), past a monument to the local Kalkadoon Aboriginal people (who didn’t fare well at the hands of early settlers and their Native Police cohorts) and an obelisk at a spot where Burke and Wills travelled on their way north in January 1861. […]
The Big Lap – Part 8: Into The Great Beyond
Stocked up, fuelled up and psyched up, we were ready to launch up the Great Central Road (GCR), into the ‘Great Beyond’. Here’s how it unfolded. Day 1 (310km) out of Laverton wasn’t too bad, an unsealed road of fine gravel and soft, sandy corrugations, with a couple of attractions – the colourful Giles Breakaway […]
Cape Le Grand National Park
Location and Access Cape Le Grand National Park lies 50km east of Esperance, encompassing 31,800ha along Western Australia’s rugged south coast between Mount Le Grand and Cheyne Point. The park is easily accessed by a 30-minute scenic drive along good sealed roads from Esperance and is well signposted from Fisheries Road on the outskirts of […]
Kalbarri National Park
The picturesque seaside town of Kalbarri sits at the mouth of the Murchison River, 590km north of Perth. It lends its name to a national park that surrounds the town on the east and south – 186,000 hectares of dramatic inland gorges and magnificent coastal scenery that comprise an adventure playground for thousands of tourists […]
The Big Lap Part 5 – Chasing The Sun
We discover magnificent places as you cross the Nullarbor Plain While Tikay was in dry dock back at Port Augusta, we spent a couple of days enjoying the natural splendour of the Mount Remarkable National Park and the rustic charms of Wilmington and Melrose on the threshold of the Southern Flinders Ranges. With repairs effected, […]