Category Archives: Australia

Report 28 June By Benno en Thecla We are again for 540 kilometers dirt road to Chillagoe. So everything refueling and supplementing, because it will take us several days, and then we can go. Here too, the spontaneity of the … Continue reading →

Report 27 June By Benno en Thecla We leave Floraville Downs. First we drive over a huge plain, where many cows graze. On the small pieces of gravel we are regularly overtaken by roadtrains which, although the T-Ford does a … Continue reading →

Report 26 June By Benno en Thecla On the way to Burketown we have asphalt today. It seems like we are riding on an endless plateau with giant wheat fields, but what is ultimately a kind of grass. We regularly … Continue reading →

Report 25 June By Benno en Thecla Every evening it is a feast for the eyes when the sun goes down in the bush. In the morning we wake up abruptly when the morning sun awakes the animal life. Wallybees … Continue reading →

Report 24 June By Benno We are on our way again in good spirits; with a controlled confidence of the differential. The road is again hopeless corrigated, so we are 60 kilometers further after 2.5 hours. The bush is re-adorned … Continue reading →

Report 23 June By Benno Get up early to shoot some photos of the colorful birds, parrots to bee-eaters, kites, and variants of wagtail and magpie. We take the rear wheels off to better ventilate the brakes, which gradually leads … Continue reading →

Report 22 June By Thecla At the crack of the day risen and after breakfast the men start with tinkering. Build up with all kinds of improvised tools. Trudy’s world kitchen must also believe, as well as found buckets, cardboard … Continue reading →

Report 21 June By Thecla Dirk also starts this morning with his ritual to lubricate the T-Ford, check tire pressure and check everything carefully, after such a tough day like yesterday. But to his horror at the level plug of … Continue reading →

Report 20 juni By Thecla Benno takes a refreshing morning dive and then we can get back on the road again. We have a lot of bad parts, lots of loose and mul sand and lots of river crossings. Wonderful … Continue reading →

Report 19 June By Thecla This morning we have one last look at the river but we do not see crocodiles. Today the men drive in the T-Ford and the women in the Landrover. We are not even wondering from … Continue reading →