Birdsville the Modern Big Smoke

"Your great Outback escape awaits you. Deep in the heart of wild and isolated country you will find the frontier town of Birdsville. Situated between the eastern edge of the Simpson Desert, the vast gibber plains of the Sturt Stony Desert to the south and rich in Channel Country to the north. It was once … Continue reading Birdsville the Modern Big Smoke

Big Bad Red

Chris was keen to do the run up Big Red. He took an easy track to drop me off at the top, so I could take pics. He lowered tyre pressure even more and went back down. View of the road heading towards Birdsville. View back the way we had come over the Simpson Desert. … Continue reading Big Bad Red

Poeppel Corner

Another one of the markers showing distance, with someone's added creation. We did the slight detour into Poeppel Corner, that's the three corners for us now, great view over the lake. Poepple Corner marks the junction of three states. We popped back onto the small section of French Line to finish it all before hooking onto … Continue reading Poeppel Corner

An Adventure of a lifetime

It's "S Day" we woke feeling a little excited but knew we had a few things to do before we could head down the Birdsville Track to start our Simmo adventure. We spent the morning letting the canvas on the trailer fully dry and moving things between the 2 vehicles that we either didn't need … Continue reading An Adventure of a lifetime

Birdsville

It is 385 km from Windorah to Birdsville and according to our Bossy Betsy GPS it takes 4 1/2hrs. The road for the first 100 odd kms Is a single lane bumpy rough bitumen road. You travel through some very flat treeless landscape with a few sand dunes. 266km from Birdsville you hit the dirt/gravel. For … Continue reading Birdsville

Birdsville and the Birdsville Track

Tues 10th - We woke to a wet foggy morning, we could hear the drip drip drip coming off the branches above us, dripping onto the canvas. Don't think there has been any rain just very heavy fog, at 9.30 it still hasn't lifted. As we don't have the annex up we have retreated into … Continue reading Birdsville and the Birdsville Track