After a rest day and a good cleanup (ourselves,clothes,bikes and truck) in Alice, I have had time to sit and savour my special memories of the Simpson Crossing. After an uneventful first 120km, which included the deviation around the flooded Eyre Creek, we were getting into the

Woke to clear skies and a chill in the air. Town quiet with very little traffic and flights in/out. All roads to Birdsville closed – from North, South, East and West. Might be a few days before we see Rudi and Andy with the truck, as they are stuck in Marree, 510km down the

Rose to another magnificent sunrise. However, more cloudy skies with the occasional drops of rain. Becoming quite ominous towards mid day. Rumours of the Birdsville Track closed because of rain – no comms with Rudi and Andy supposedly on the way up here via the Birdsville

At first light on Sunday morning with Paul and I decided to ride the 100km to Eyre Creek and check out the options to cross the flooded creek. A perfect morning, not too cold, no other vehicles on the track and only the flight of wild cockatoos to accompany us around the flooded

She hadn’t been running clean since we left on our 5 day trip, so on Saturday Paul and I pulled her to bits – cleaned the tank and all filters in the tank, the carbie was taken apart and every piece cleaned. She still wouldn’t go. Last thought was to replace the

Today, Monday, we were to help Morgan’s mates at Pandi Pandi Station do a bit of a cattle round-up. What a fantastic station of 1.6million acres – airstrip and the lot – my mind drifted back to the Game Ranch in the Kalahari as I rode down to the homestead in

Not in the last 30 years has the outback region of Queensland flooded as it has over the last 60 days. Approximately a week ago the watrers of Eyre Creek and Coopers Creek started flowing into Lake Eyre and the greater Eyre Basin. On only a handful of occasions has the ferry over

Thank you to Matthew Phillpot from Barkbusters and others for your generous donations to the Charity. Good on ya !!

Having fun with this computor – 3rd attempt at uploading to blog now. Adding to my “Birdsville Experiences” after being bitten by Barnsey’s guard dog, a Huntsman Spider the size of my palm, yesterday, as I was checking the size of the tyres he had ordered

Spent the day unpacking the truck in preparation for it’s transport to Adelaide. Rudi and Andy eventually had enough and loaded the 400 and 450 with sleeping bags and a tin of food each to head out for a chilly night on Big Red ! waiting for their return – sure that