Jul 19 2019
There is a sadness in riding the Winton Road, also known as the Kennedy Development Road, from Boulia into Winton. Strewn across miles and miles of the road are hundreds of bodies of kangaroos, slammed into by heavy metal vehicles speeding across the flat landscape. Every single kilometer (notice that I am using the word …
Jul 19 2019
A twinge of sadness came over me as I crossed the Burke River on the edge of the town of Boulia and started heading toward Winton. For I knew that crossing that river marked the beginning of the end. Winton is 230 miles from Boulia. Reaching Winton means that my outback ride is over. Ruefully, …
Jul 19 2019
Having come to the end of the Birdsville Track, I enter the town of Birdsville. This would be the first of 3 B’s in a straight line going northward. Later I would enter Bedourie, and then Boulia. These are all towns in what is called Channel Country. (There is also Betoota, but I didn’t go …
Jul 14 2019
On the way from Birdsville to Bedourie, around noon I decided to stop at a river crossing called Cuttaburra Crossing for lunch. Having crossed dry creek after dry creek through the whole ride, it was a refreshing surprise to see a wide, wet creek! The Eyre Creek crossing was a beautiful spot, a full stream …
Jul 13 2019
After riding the traffic-laden Stuart Highway in early June, I was anxious to get back on a dirt road, where I knew the traffic would be much less. That would be the 383-mile Oodnadatta Track and the 321-mile Birdsville Track, which I rode in the latter half of June. Out of the 700 miles, there …