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Day Twenty Six - GCR Yarla Kitjarra (WA) to Laverton (WA)
Day 26 of the Leopard Hunt and our last day on the GCR. Woke early at Yarla Kutjarra, and had a proper look around as it was a bit dark...

Ian Sampson
May 16, 20241 min read


Day Twenty Five - GCR Curtin Springs Station to Yarla Kitjarra Campsite (WA)
Day 25 of our Leopard Hunt and Day 5 of the GCR - Today Curtin Springs to Yarla Kitjarra. We decamped from Curtin Springs and made our...

Ian Sampson
May 15, 20241 min read


Day Twenty Four - GCR Alice Springs to Curtin Springs Station
Day 24 of the Leopard Hunt and day 3 of the Great Central Road ( GCR ). Alice Springs to Uluru....or is it? My geography is shocking...I...

Ian Sampson
May 15, 20241 min read


Day Twenty Three - GCR Tobermorey Station to Alice Springs
We packed up camp at Tobermorey and back on the dusty road heading for Alice Springs. Prior to Ayers Rock we came upon Curtin Springs...

Ian Sampson
May 13, 20241 min read


Day Twenty Two - Australia's Longest Shortcut Winton to Tobermorey Station
Day 22 of the Leopard Hunt and day 1 of the Great Central Road ( GCR ) aka Australia's Longest Shortcut, or Outback Way. Well, we are in...

Ian Sampson
May 12, 20241 min read


Day Twenty One - Australian Age of Dinosaurs
Day 21 of the Leopard Hunt We spent the whole day in Winton today, and explored the Australian Age of Dinosaurs museum... If you are ever...

Ian Sampson
May 11, 20241 min read


Day Twenty - Wyper to Winton
We left Camp Wyper and headed back out the Capricorn Highway for our next stop. We passed through massive fields of sugarcane and cotton,...

Ian Sampson
May 10, 20241 min read


Day Nineteen - Epaprah to Wyper
Day 19, and it is time to start pointing our nose towards home. Packed up from Epaprah and decided we would head north to Bingera, and...

Ian Sampson
May 8, 20241 min read


Day Eighteen - Hunting Leopard Country
Day 18, and it is time to start pointing our nose towards home. Packed up from the Scout Camp at Epaprah and decided we would head north...

Ian Sampson
May 7, 20241 min read


Day Seventeen - North Stradbroke back to Leopard Country
Day 17 of our Leopard Hunt... time to pack up from Straddie and return to Leopard Country... and guess what? It's raining again! We...

Ian Sampson
May 5, 20241 min read


Day Sixteen - North Stradbroke Causeway
Day 16 of our hunt, and day 3 of North Stradbroke and today the Causeway! Perfect weather today at Straddie, so we took the opportunity...

Ian Sampson
May 3, 20241 min read


Day Fifteen - Flinders Beach - North Stradbroke Island
Day 15 of our Leopard hunt, and day 2 of our North Stradbroke Island break. Well after a VERY rainy night last night. And a forecast for...

Jennine Sampson
May 1, 20241 min read


Day Fourteen - Cleveland to North Stradbroke Island
Day 14 of our Leopard Hunt. It's a long weekend in Queensland, so we are taking a few days off with the rest of Queensland and headed...

Jennine Sampson
May 1, 20241 min read


Days Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen - Coomera & Manly (Leopard country)
Days 11, 12 & 13 of our Leopard Hunt. Wow - we are definitely in Leopard country now. Surrounded by these beautiful beasts and spoiled...

Jennine Sampson
Apr 30, 20241 min read


Day Ten - Balonne River to Coomera (Leopard country)
Day 10 of our Leopard hunt. Balonne River, Dirranbandi to Coomera... Leopard country!!!! Had a late start to our day today, it was just...

Ian Sampson
Apr 30, 20241 min read


Day Nine - Burren Junction to Balonne River
Day 9 of our Leopard Hunt - Burren Junction to Balonne River. Woke just before dawn to watch sunrise whilst soaking our weary bones in...

Ian Sampson
Apr 28, 20242 min read


Day Eight - Cobar to Burren Junction
Day 8 of Our Leopard Hunt - Cobar to Burren Junction. Not so many miles today as we travelled diagonally across the North West section of...

Jennine Sampson
Apr 28, 20241 min read


Day Seven - Horrocks Pass to Cobar
Day 7 of our Leopard Hunt - Horrocks Pass in South Australia to Cobar in New South Wales. An early start this morning from Horrocks, and...

Jennine Sampson
Apr 26, 20241 min read


Day Six - Cactus to Horrocks Pass
Day 6 of our Leopard Hunt - Cactus to Horrocks Pass. Left Cactus campsite and went out to Cactus' Caves surfbreak and sat on the point...

Jennine Sampson
Apr 26, 20241 min read


Day Five - ANZAC Day Cliffside camp to Cactus
ANZAC DAY "Lord God, help us this day to remember the sacrifice of the first ANZACs, Australian and New Zealander, and the generations of...

Ian Sampson
Apr 25, 20241 min read
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