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well 18 months later we did it again.

 

 headed north to escape the shitty winter that seemed to go for ever this year.

figured I'd bump my old travel thread.

 

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actually on a plane how long has it been?

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tried to catch a road train for you guys this one was 4 trailers. but other pics too blurry.

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welcome to Darwin City

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tiny bit of graff

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peaky bird watching me with big eyes.

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then beers and pool

 

next morning hit the park before it got too hot

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memorial to the United States navy ship that was sunk by Japanese Bombers in their attack on Darwin

the US Peary that went down with the loss of 92 sailors

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the gun points to the final resting place of the ship but i couldn't see where it was

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after this we kicked it to the wave pool but didn't take a camera with us.

 

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little fella caught first fish of the day

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sweet lip for @LUGR

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schnitzel's fish wasn't much chop

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charter guy removing a very snappy barracuda

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 at end we  headed back in past the navy docks

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 at the wharf they had a restaurant that would fry up your fillets etc for a small fee so we ate the fish we caught.

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more to come

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took ourselves to Crocodylus park which is like a little zoo. 

The untold part is that it's attached to a crocodile farm. Leather and meat.

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Was so hot and humid I was absolutely dying

 

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dingo

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 Went down to the beach. looks beautiful but at end of dry season it's not advisable\

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These are why it's not advisable - get a good sting from these you're fucking toast.

at least you can see these there are tiny ones called Irukanji that are about 1 inch long.

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went to Darwin Museum.

 sweetheart the crocodile who used to hassle people fishing.

They tried to relocate him but accidentally drowned him in the process.

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contemporary indigenous art

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Australian equivalent of totem pole

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Cyclone tracy happened  4 am Christmas day 1974 and essentially destroyed Darwin completely

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 bit of graff and dance

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2 hours ago, Boris The Butcher said:

Niggas rockin beekeeper hats for all them flies 

yeah that was in the outback last year

 

luckily up in the tropics not so many flies

 

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mad cunts in a boat that small - there are estimated to be 10,000 salties in this river alone. we were on a big cruising type boat

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they weren't super big but they were big enough talking 9-10 ft long. scray fuckers just appearing with barely a ripple.

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osprey

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i think all the ducks hang out on the waterholes with no crocs there were thousands.

 

 

stopped at a pub for a beer/lunch

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best news paper in australia

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back on road to kakadu was only dirt for the next 15 seconds or so but looks outback.

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cockatoos in kakadu

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Bumping this back up because once again Schnitzel went north.

 For those new to the thread.

 

 in the first stage I went 1600km's north to Alice Springs.

The second phase was me going 3200 km's north to Darwin.

 

 This time only 800km's north to Coober Pedy.

 

 sat in traffic

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finally got to the expressway to GTFO

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first port of call north is Port wakefield and I always get a chiko roll.

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fucking delicious once a year

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but also fucking disgusting when you look closely.

 

 

dog needed to get out so quick walk for a pee

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Police doing a welfare check on a camper. You can see the person's dog through the trees - it was going mad IMG_0289.jpg.83ce8bedde7e71b7a13760a911d824a7.jpg

 

 

the next stop was Lochiel but after 30k's of roadworks it seemed more important to crack the fuck on.

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Anways after that had to move onIMG_0314.jpg.ed9f676bbbec5ec05f892ebd94f0e910.jpg

 

Solar farm not active today. if it was that dark bit at the top would be blazing white from being heated.

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Got to PA in time for golden hour

took dog for walk to freight yard

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Kitty had a shit day

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More to come

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Always a good moment when you somewhere you've never been before - every previous time I go left here. (If I went left then after a while made a right then drove 3000 km I could go see @Mauler5150)

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Stopped in Woomera

A town built around and ADF base and rocket testing Range

would be fucking miserable to live out here

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Remains of a US rocket launched decades ago and retrieved by an australian team in Simpson desert.IMG_0324.jpg.22bfef1efd6582db49b3084ea584beff.jpg

 

these little bastards were everywhere

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Emu lurking

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Road train rolling by

 

 

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Leaving Woomera I needed a comfort stop.

Schnitzel's wife taking a pic of schnitzel taking a pic

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what I was taking a pic of 

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took a stop at Lake Hart which is a big salt lake

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had lunch in the shade of this sign.

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Wedge tailed eagles eating roadkill

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then hours more driving in which time my wife hit (by accident)

1 lizard

1 magpie

 and possibly one other little bird

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 More tomorrow.

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29 minutes ago, Schnitzel said:

Port Pirie RSL had a little Museum built around a Huey helicopter so my son was anxious to see it.IMG_0310.jpg.fc58256b53a9e11a4a12bfc2c58accff.jpgIMG_0293.thumb.jpg.5ef7e9d596171d148af9b9a120383151.jpgIMG_0294.jpg.1f26f603c4231d149b9f17e7d7b55fe1.jpgIMG_0302.thumb.jpg.034af25275039ed451a9e3603d3acf49.jpgIMG_03012.jpg.dc6fe08a240ad0a869072f7074e37597.jpgIMG_0299.thumb.jpg.c6b2d5393e0fff3982e4d4e21a0532b6.jpgIMG_0296.thumb.jpg.3e44b285ec04a446d25fa2ea0f68b621.jpgIMG_0300.jpg.849ddd85fc5ae977a54e4370f27d08ff.jpgIMG_03032.thumb.jpg.0e33b58a5ff261e49bb5e6a739a595f7.jpgIMG_0304.jpg.f82d9ad0c8a4d0f44d1d194480f37c34.jpg

 

 

Thought this was cool

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Show your Son Airwolf and school him about My favourite TV show when I was a kid.

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20 minutes ago, Schnitzel said:

Always a good moment when you somewhere you've never been before - every previous time I go left here. (If I went left then after a while made a right then drove 3000 km I could go see @Mauler5150)

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Stopped in Woomera

A town built around and ADF base and rocket testing Range

would be fucking miserable to live out here

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Remains of a US rocket launched decades ago and retrieved by an australian team in Simpson desert.IMG_0324.jpg.22bfef1efd6582db49b3084ea584beff.jpg

 

these little bastards were everywhere

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Emu lurking

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Road train rolling by

 

 

If you ever come West happy to catch up for a beer somewhere and I promise to limit My consumption so My madness is obfuscated to where it would remain undetected by the wife and kids.

 

I would suggest either Frazers in Kings Park or somewhere in Elizabeth Quay as

the venues that are the most family appropriate from a locals perspective but since I am out of the going out to get pissed game for the most part I could still find a place close by to whatever metro suburb you could be in.

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1 hour ago, Mauler5150 said:

If you ever come West happy to catch up for a beer somewhere and I promise to limit My consumption so My madness is obfuscated to where it would remain undetected by the wife and kids.

 

I would suggest either Frazers in Kings Park or somewhere in Elizabeth Quay as

the venues that are the most family appropriate from a locals perspective but since I am out of the going out to get pissed game for the most part I could still find a place close by to whatever metro suburb you could be in.

 

 I promise I will look you up should I be in perth.

 

My boss is Perth based and I thought would be heading over there but nothing yet.

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I was going to catch up with @tango 24back in the day at the Hip e Club I posted yesterday in the pies (feet!?!?) thread.

 

Only oontzer I met was EBPH but have met a few people from other forums and tumblr at various locations around this planet. We had a great time as I am sure EBPH @*42could attest.

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despiote being miles from anywhere still pieces.

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Finally reached Coober Pedy

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Cobber pdy is a mistranslation of of an aboriginal phrase meaning "white Man in a hole"

 it's funny everybody now has to have their sticker for their road trip. even = one of my wife's contacts who is a Hospital CEO had a family sticker there.

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Coober Pedy is famous for Opals so it's a mining tyown

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Spaceship parked on Main street.

 from the movie Pitch Black that basically launched Vin Diesel's career

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mornign walks to try to convince the dog to take a dump.

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accomodations were pretty basic but they sure were cheap.IMG_0344.jpg.93fa2051e186bcf5953f9b1fad853258.jpg

 

 

 

you have to be careful where you walk there are thousands of mine shafts and ventilation shafts all over the place.

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went up to the highest point around - world and shake beat me here.

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since it's hot as a motherfucker here in summer lots of houses are underground

and shops and churches etc.

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spaceship again

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I'm standing on top of a big house shop in that pic.

ventialtion fans

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tunneling equipment

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Bailer had a piece up near the top so I walked up to take a pic.

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crazy old lesbian saw me up there and insisted I photo her dog

how did I know she was a lesbian? she introduced herself as the "crazy coober pedy lesbian"

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guy showing us how to shape and polish opals

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afternoon wears on and the locals begin to gather outside the grog shop(behind the gas station)ScreenShot2024-10-10at4_27_30pm.png.e8fae849793274fedaf0a136b5a33584.png

By sunset the steps across the road were mobbed

 

 

went down an opal mine

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temperature stays pretty stable underground

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 Then went out to Kanku National park to check out the Dingo fence and  the breakaways.

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whole lot of fuck all out there

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Looks like mars

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this pissed me off. surely we can take the fence down now

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