by Andrea Rowe | Sep 3, 2014
It’s a new day…we’ve been serenaded by Barking Owls and watched over by a flirtatious peacock, we’ve rinsed off the red dust in a donkey system shower and we’ve pulled off the last of the shockers. We are on a mission to get out of here – we hold our...
by Andrea Rowe | Sep 2, 2014
Right then. This post goes down in the chapter of our trip as recounting the WORST ROAD EVER. While the road from Calvert Crossing to Borroloola was rather bumpy and dusty, and littered with broken down cars it was NOTHING compared to what was coming our way as we...
by Andrea Rowe | Aug 31, 2014
From Adels Grove we drive through stations and mustering action, dust whipped into a frenzy by restless cows as stockhands loaded them onto road trains. Dust, and fires and dry, parched soil. Today we are going straight to lucifer’s patch. Hell’s...
by Andrea Rowe | Aug 30, 2014
Using Adels Grove as our base we head into Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park its World Heritage Listed Riversleigh treasure chest of fossils. They are two jewels in Australia’s outback crown. Beaut Boodjamulla National Park A trip into the national park...
by Andrea Rowe | Aug 28, 2014
Adels Grove – it’s an oasis in the middle of the outback. It’s got outback spunk. And hanging with its residents was quite inspiring. It’s also got a bedrock of resilience. When you go into labour months earlier than expected, and you are...