The French Line is the shortest, most used and most difficult track across the Simpson. The French Line was name after a French Petroleum Company who put the line in, in the 1960's. It stretches over 1100 sand dunes to Poeppel Corner. We were told the French Line was chopped up and it certainly was. … Continue reading French Line
Back across the Simmo
Picture this, after a refreshing night sleep, you wake to a brisk cool morning. You don the swimmers, take a brisk walk to the hot springs before breakfast. You dip into the warm waters with steam rising above the surface and little welcome swallows darting about just above the water looking for their breaky. You … Continue reading Back across the Simmo
Old Andado Station
We were told by a traveller at Dalhousie that the road up to Old Andado was really good and they had gone at 70-80kms an hour but you could go even faster. There are two ways to Old Andado, one is up the Binns Track, the other is via Charlotte Waters and New Crown. One … Continue reading Old Andado Station
Mt Dare Hotel
The word had obviously spread that coming the way we did was the better road to Mt Dare as there was a bit of traffic on it going both ways. The road was pretty good, apart from the last 10km to Mt Dare. We filled up both tanks at Mt Dare, the guy had a … Continue reading Mt Dare Hotel
Blood Creek and Federal Station
We have been up to watch every sunrise since we have been in the desert. My friend would be proud, just don't tell her it rises later over here 😛 We had a big day ahead of us and wanted the option of being able to camp on route so we packed everything up and … Continue reading Blood Creek and Federal Station
Oasis in the desert
It was a very quiet night apart from the dingoes howling. Yummy pancakes for breakfast while we discussed our plans for the next few days. First up was secure the tent as we had some serious soaking to do. A soak in the hot spring before we had morning tea. Then we did a walk … Continue reading Oasis in the desert
Dalhousie
We were up early and on the road by 9am wanting to be at Dalhousie for lunch. The small section of the French Line we went on had much smaller sandhills than we had been on the day before but they were far more chopped up. Some big holes in the dunes. We made Purni … Continue reading Dalhousie
Back on the Rig
The Rig was also pretty corrugated to start with. We came across James and Trinity from Bulldust and Backroads who we had been chatting to via the MySwag forum, it was nice to meet face to face and see that they were safe and enjoying their own adventure on the Simmo. Approx 6km further up the … Continue reading Back on the Rig
Knolls Track, WAA Line & Erabena Track
Chris decided he liked the idea of doing a slight detour off the Rig Road and take the Knolls Track up to the WAA Line across to the Erabena Track and then back onto the Rig. The Knolls Track runs from the Rig Road to the French Line. It is sandy in the southern end … Continue reading Knolls Track, WAA Line & Erabena Track
Simpson Desert – Rig Road
The Rig Road was originally constructed by the petroleum companies to support semi-trailers carrying heavy oil rig equipment. The road was clay capped to make it easier, now the road is badly eroded in some parts. The Rig crosses the southern part of the Simpson Desert. On the Warburton we were driving along the swales, … Continue reading Simpson Desert – Rig Road