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Few things top rolling across the Sahara and Atlas Mountains in a pair of lovingly restored Defenders.
If you're heading to Birdsville to cross the Simpson desert, grab a camel pie, or cool down with an outback pint, this is the way there.
South Australia's Strzelecki Track crosses a vast landscape, and it's this vastness that is the biggest appeal of the track in itself.
When you arrive someplace like this, nothing beats unloading the canoe and gliding straight out on the water to explore.
Gateway to the QAA and Madigan lines; home to Big Red, an iconic pub and the Big Red Bash - Birdsville may be remote but it is far from dull.
A little more remote, and a lot less known than the Flinders Ranges - you'll want to head north and take in the tracks and sights of this stunning park.
The tracks and views might entice you to the Flinders Ranges - the walks, camping and relaxed vibes may make you want to stay!
Hema's maps have been a catalyst for many of our adventures, so we're excited to be working together to update a few tracks for their guidebooks, and to create digital tracks and imagery for the Hema Explorer Cloud. First up, Western Australia's Holland Track!
That tiny ice crystals, each and every one unique in shape, can fall from the sky in such quantity as to blanket the ground so perfectly as to smooth out all the imperfections in uniform velvety whiteness, will always be wondrous.
The bow nudged into the sand as Luke cut the outboard. The soft afternoon sun drenched the landscape and it was a moment that felt like like we were exactly where we should be.
To escape the winter crowds heading north, we turned our wheels in the opposite direction. Inspired by an image of the vast Bilbunya Dunes we hit the maps. We settled on an off-road route from Cocklebiddy, near the SA/WA border, west along the Great Australian Bight, through the Bilbunya Dunes and finally on to Esperance.
Crystal clear waters on the east, rugged cliffs on the west, a rich history, ambitious environmental goals and part of the Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Dirk Hartog Island is no doubt wild and unique.
Standing cold beside a frozen river was not the ideal start to a 1,200km canoe journey. Just as doubts set in Zogo, the driver, appeared with Vodka. After cup three Martin and Kerryn were warm and on their way, dragging their canoe behind them!
A mysterious foreign name, the proximity to the wild Southern Ocean, a promise of both forests and white uncrowded beaches alike - D’Entrecasteaux National Park in Australia’s South West was beckoning!
The Gibb River Road is a short-cut that connects the remote Kimberley towns of Derby and Kununurra. In the wet season, December to March, it is impassable. In the dry it is 660km of corrugated hell for the ill-prepared.
Weekenders are all about the here and now, about making the most of the time you DO have! With that in mind we loaded our packs and headed for Dwellingup, a short 1.5 hour drive from Perth.