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OCT
14
2010

12 Deserts Crossed

Arriving home and reflecting on our adventure, it has been a wonderful experience.  Whilst it has been very demanding it has been extremely rewarding.  In total we cross 12 deserts (see below), 2 more that what we had hoped but 2 less than what we had planned. We would thank
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OCT
14
2010

Back home

We have finally arrived back home on the Sunshine. I have a number of photos to upload over the next couple of days. All in all we crossed 12 deserts and unfortunately missed the Great Victorian and Moon Deserts due to road closures.
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OCT
14
2010

The way home – Coober Pedy to Birdsville

From Coober Pedy we headed North East to Oodnadatta in so as to transverse the Oodnadatta track and in doing so cross the Painted & Pedirka Deserts. Our plan from there was to cut across the Mount Dare and cross the Rig Line through the southern part of the Simpson Desert.
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OCT
14
2010

The way home – The Googs Track to Coober Pedy

From Ceduna the trip dramatically improved as we were now able to tackle the Googs track just north of Ceduna.  Goog’s Track is a single track that traverses through Yumbarra Conservation Park and Yellabinna Regional Reserve. The trek covers in excess of 300 sand dunes across
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OCT
14
2010

The way home – Margaret River to Ceduna

The way home from Margaret River proved quite challenging, not due to the riding condition but due to what tracks and deserts were open due to rain. From Margaret River we hugged coastal roads until Esperance. The riding was extremely cold, wet and windy.  After a ride along the
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SEP
17
2010

Riding East

After 10 days in Margaret River we have now moved onto our next stage ie – section 9- Margaret River to Israelite Bay to Cockelbiddy Roadhouse. During this 1700km section we will hug the southern coastline from Denmark through to Cockelbiddy. We rode down the Denmark
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SEP
16
2010

9 Deserts crossed

With the completion of the Canning Stock Route we have now crossed 9 deserts. The latest 3 deserts being the Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert and Gibson Desert.  The Canning Stock Route has definitely been the most challenging so far. From extremely rutted river/creek
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AUG
18
2010

Update & shift change

We are in Kununurra and heading for the Canning Stock Route tomorrow. The riding in the Kimberleys has been a mixture rocky roads, water crossing, big corrugations, sand and dust.  The landscape is truly breathtaking, stunning mountain ranges, dramatic gorges, cascading
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JUL
28
2010

6 Deserts Crossed

We have now crossed 6 deserts recently including Simpson Desert, Central Desert (Around Alice Springs) and Tanami Desert.  The Simpson Desert has been by far the most challenging to date but what shock me what how beautiful it is. We are in Broome and are all tried from riding so
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JUL
14
2010

3 Deserts crossed – The Strzelecki, Tirari and Sturt Stony Deserts

We are in Birdsville waiting for our support vehicle to return after getting its gear-box replaced.  With some recent heavy rain many of the roads are closed and the vehicle is trapped in Maree.  To date we have crossed the Strzelecki, Tirari and Sturt Stony Deserts. The riding
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