After an obligatory photo at the Road Conditions sign, we were off. The famed Oodnadatta Track open before us. Progress was stilted. This track is, without a better word, littered with memorabilia. From the sentimental to the strange. Railway sidings held more mystery and romance than that of the scrapyard sculptures, but then we hadn’t […]
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Weekend: Border Run (Part 2)
Following the farmer’s instructions, we wound hither and thither across a mostly smooth, albeit bulldust slippery track. We engaged 4WD for some added stability. This kind of driving, enough to be interesting without distracting you too much from the surrounding country doesn’t get old, for either of us. Trying to identify birds through the windscreen, […]
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Memory Lane: Interior Motives (Part 2)
Having packed most of camp the night before, we were ready to break our Willow Springs camp fairly efficiently. Folding the Oztent under a swollen, threatening sky. Seeing the track we had taken into camp, to finish Skytrek, poking up into the clouds brought a smile, we had rambled down there in the dark, having […]
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Memory Lane: Interior Motives (Part 1)
Once upon a time, we packed the LandCruiser for a three week expedition to the Interior. A lasso rather than a lap. Our Expedition would take us into the ancient and stunning country of Central Australia. Since our outback baptism, we had learned a few things. About ourselves, and how we travel. A few changes […]
Trip Report: Hillclimbs and Huts (Finale)
In the low light of the thick canopy, we were inspecting the map, the time, and our sooty faces. We made a snap decision to check out Mansfield. Following the main road, we travelled fairly easy. This region was old, but seemed less wild. Finding a funny pagoda hut we realised we were in a […]
Trip Report: Hillclimbs and Huts (Part 4)
As we drove, we perused the Hema for our options. Our conundrum was simple, we didn’t want to backtrack, anywhere if possible. It felt like we were at the wrong end of Zeka Spur Track, but were still undecided when Howitt Hut appeared. Fenced off from vehicles but completely exposed to the wide open elements […]
Trip Report: Hillclimbs and Huts (Part 3)
Billy Goats Bluff, another famed track of the High Country, this one was ‘straight outta Dargo’. Other than that, I purposefully neglected to read too much into it. Mostly because I didn’t want to commit to any trails and secondly, because I didn’t want to excite my imagination with the details. So, on a thick, […]
YouTube: Hillclimbs and Huts Part 1
I have composed some of the footage, from our first couple of days in the Victorian High Country. The moody, smokey summit of Blue Rag Range and the nervous, day long descent of Basalt Knob Tracks. Essentially a visual to Parts I and II of the #hillclimbsandhuts trip reports! Check it out at rlhydn_overland on the […]
Trip Report: Hillclimbs and Huts (Part 2)
The warmth and brightness of the sun, is the most natural alarm clock you can’t buy. At our high altitude camp, our closest yet to the aforementioned sun, we were awake early. I resisted leaving the swag, due to the cold. The night had been one of our coldest. David had found the noise of […]
Trip Report: Hillclimbs & Huts (Part 1)
Eyes on the horizon, squinting to look further and further. We were beginning to feel hyperopic in a couple of ways. Earning the leave required for another remote trip means long hours behind the desk. After some weekend exploring closer to home, I realised the Mountains were calling. Some short hours drive away. I must go. […]