Travel The Outback

[Gough]

When I was a kid, every September my old man would pack us in the back of a four wheel drive and drive me and my brother two days north. We used to travel up the Strezlecki track to Innaminka and then go up to the dig tree or Coongie Lakes, one year we crossed the Simpson Desert. At the time, I was in my mid teens, I hated it; the middle of nowhere sucks hard at that age. Looking back on it I realise how lucky I was to have seen parts of Australia that not too many get a chance to see and to have seen it before it was touched by mainstream tourism.
Who else has travelled much in the outback, where have you been and what were your impressions?​

 

[Geelong Dynasty]

Caro Wilson is pretty bloody baron.

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

My grandfather once owned a pub on Melville island. Did a fair bit of fishing in the mangrove channels, motorbiking around the island. The people there were fantastic, but I remember seeing all of the half burnt housing that had been built for them and wondering what they were doing.

The pub had a big metal fence over the bar, with just a little window to pass the beer through.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Would rather go to Bali.

 

[Silent Alarm]

To be honest, I've never actually heard an Australian call it "the Outback."

 

[quin_stick]

The family are more beach/fishing people so we generally stuck to the coast on holidays. There's still some awesome gorges and what not in and around Kalbarri, Exmouth etc though, always loved just walking around exploring.

Going camping with a group of 7 or 8 to Karijini NP in the upcoming uni holidays for a week or so. Looking at Google images now and I can't wait. Always love going on road trips and what not, but summer's all about fishing/beach/4x4 type stuff and in winter nothing ever usually happens, glad someone had this idea.

 

[Gough]

Worst thing about for me is that it was the mid to late 80's and instead of watching Hawthorn win flags with my mates I got to listen to them on crackling AM radios in the middle of nowhere.

 

[Poseidon]

To be honest, I've never actually heard an Australian call it "the Outback."

What the hell else is it called?

 

[Jimmy1992]

How is the mongering in the outback?

 

[Smoooothy]

whose this flog thats never heard it called the outback??

needs to spend more time in the country..

same as the OP though, hated it when i was a kid. used to do regular trips to leigh creek, which sucked in the back seat of a commodore. now, i'm planning my first 4wding expedition which will hopefully encompass the birdsville, strezlecki and oodnadata tracks. would also love to do canning stock route

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Going camping with a group of 7 or 8 to Karijini NP in the upcoming uni holidays for a week or so. Looking at Google images now and I can't wait. Always love going on road trips and what not, but summer's all about fishing/beach/4x4 type stuff and in winter nothing ever usually happens, glad someone had this idea.

Karijini is brilliant. Hancock Gorge, make sure you go all the way down to Kermit's Pool (which means getting wet along the way). Fern Pool also, isn't really shown on the maps for some reason but its only a short distance (5 min walk) upstream from Fortescue Falls.

While you're up there get around to Wittenoom for a look, then you can contribute to the Abandoned Places thread when you get back.

 

[JuddsABlue]

I ****ing hate sitting in cars so the idea of having to spend a full day in one just to get away from cell phone reception scares the hell out of me

dont mind flying though

Give me citys any day

Used to go to Echuca every weekend which as outback as it got for me. Its enjoyable but I'm over it.

 

[Caesar]

Got a Falcon bogged by the side of the road halfway between Wentworth and Broken Hill. That's about as outback as I've been.

 

[Geelong Dynasty]

Has anyone travelled north to Wallan?

 

[Gough]

How is the mongering in the outback?

I got my bum groped by a drunk women in the old Lyndhurst Hotel, that was as close to any mongering I got up to. Also, unlike some posters who used tread these boards, I wouldn't be comfortable doing that sort of thing in the company of my father.

 

[MarcusP2]

Most outback I've been is to Lake Mary just outside of Roxby, sleeping in sand-filled sleeping bag by a fire.

Was fun at that time but I'm a city boy through and through.

 

[Jimmy1992]

I got my bum groped by a drunk women in the old Lyndhurst Hotel.

You've won me over.

 

[Fire Storm]

Bah....city boys.


Perhaps not middle of the 'outback'. But have driven from Cairns to the tip of Australia. Amazing. More then worth it. Getting coated in rest dust even when INSIDE the vehicle is an adventure!


Feel sorry for you city boys who only go 'off-road' when you pull your vehicle up on the front lawn to wash it. Don't like to be too far from your hand cream and facial moisturiser in the bathroom?

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I've done a few outback trips. Enjoyed them. Nice for something different and generally pretty cheap and relaxed. Just drive and make it up as you go.

Reckon it's worth doing a few times.

Just quietly... tis a ****in big country we live in.

 

[Gough]

I've done a few outback trips. Enjoyed them. Nice for something different and generally pretty cheap and relaxed. Just drive and make it up as you go.

Reckon it's worth doing a few times.

Just quietly... tis a ****in big country we live in.

Lying in a swag under the stars in the bush. It's the best way in the world to realise how utterly inconsequential we are in the big scheme of things.