Matt & Gaz Tag Along Tours (2024)

27/04/2024

Lime Bay state reserve Tassie. Easy 1.5hr drive from Hobart and plenty of space. 2WD access checkout the state parks website for more information.

15/07/2023

What a great day out.

15/07/2023

Playing at Henty sand dunes on the West Coast of Tassie. Will be back here for sure.

15/12/2021

Starting to think about 2022 trips? Here is what is on our mind.... Where would like to go in 2022?

24/11/2021

It might be a long post but this will give you an idea of the sorts of things we like to do on our trips. Big thanks to Mike Ludwig for his in depth account of the last trip to the . Hopefully might start you thinking of where you want your next trip to be.

Day 1: Sat 26/66 Brekky wrap and coffee at Gaz and Tanya's then Tvl to Winton + onite 150km east of Boulia. (Burgers)

Day 2: Sun 27/6 Gazz makes Kailua Coffee for Bfast with Matt’s Bacon egg and cheese wraps. Outstanding!! Drive to Birdsville o’nite SOO Football (Lamb shank on mash) Pies from the bakery for breakfast ($8 per pie but very nice)

Day 3: Mon 28/6 Birdsville to NT Border 145km on the QAA track (o’nite 3km short of the border. FLIES (Chicken Fajitas) Night 1 in the desert. Averaging 110km per day /h.

Day 4: Tues 29/6 3km to the NT border then South on the K1 track. Salt pan and then turn onto French line to the Knolls. FLIES Then Knoll Track south to WAA line. Onite 8km along the WAA line. FLIES Great stars and used Gaz’s Starwatch App. Night 2 in the desert. Ham Steaks for dinner. Cool but not really cold.

Day 5: Wed 30/6. 52 km along WAA line with (Mike driving (sand bog up a dune - winched out by Gaz and Matt). Lunch then onto the Rig Road. Tracked a dingo’s prints west on the track for 2-3 km before we caught up with him. Wonder if we’ll get a visit tonight? Onite on the Rigg Road 15km west of Coulson R. Intersection (and 330km west of Birdsville). FLIES Pork roast tonight yummo. Special desert herbs and spices added by ‘Cinders’ Wuersching. Night 3 in the desert. Outstanding!

Day 6: Thurs 01/7. Brekky wraps, coffee (best yet) & Kailua. Drive to Purni Bore for lunch (on the edge of the desert) and then onto Dalhousie (Hot Springs) overnite. 143km and 4hrs 26min today. Hot Springs fantastic. Snacks and 14yo Glenfidich reserve release. Dinner was Tuna Mornay prepared by ‘Scratchem Up Gazza’. Choc Mint ice-cream for dessert.

Day 7: Fri 02/7. Early morning pre-breakfast swim in the hot springs. Brekky wrap and coffee and underway 0940. Travel 70km west to Mt Dare for fuel, water, lunch, coffees, takeaway Chivas, snacks and souvenirs. Fuel @ $2.27/L. Rissoles Wraps near dead trees @ New Crown Station. Onto Old Andado Station for the night. Fantastic historic old homestead (Molly Clark). (Photos). FLIES Dinner was steak and pasta with Wirra Wirra Shiraz. Stargazing while sipping Shiraz port.

Day 8: Sat 03/07 Early up with porridge and coffee. Drive 38km north towards Alice then turn east (heading for home) onto the Mac Clark track which merges onto the Madigan Line (surveyed in 1939). Gibber desert with nothing as far as the eye can see for quite a while then running parallel to red dunes. back to soft dirt and then onto grassland - strange in a desert. Lunch at Camp 6 on the Madigan Line. Mike drove 48km in 2 hr 10 min to Camp 8 for the night. FLIES Chicken stir fry for dinner. Night 4 in the desert.

Day 9: Sun 04/07 Much colder morning - frost on then ground and frozen condensation on the outside of the swags. Brekky wrap and coffee. Slow to very slow going today with the soft track pretty chopped up on the western side of the dunes. Came across a herd of about 30 camels. Fantastic!! Only 64km in 4 hrs until lunchtime at Camp 12. Gaz in 4H 2nd gear (Automatic) and using diff lock on the up slopes. Rissoles wraps for lunch. Matt in 4L 2/3 gear. 107km for the day. Fewer flies in the light breeze. Gaz cooked an awesome beef casserole in the camp oven supplemented with red wine. Night 5 in the desert.

Day 10: Mon 05/7. Bit of cloud cover and slightly warmer this morning but the NE breeze kept if fresh. Got up for am comfort metoprolol at 5.30am and noticed a Min Min light low on the horizon to the east. I chose to walk west. Another sensational brekky bacon, egg and cheese wrap with BBQ Sauce and camp coffee. On the road/track 9.25am Qld Time. Much easier driving right from the get go today. Met up with other travellers at Camp 16 The Blaze Tree. 3 more camels sighted but they didn’t really like the drone following them. Picking up some ABC radio reception. O’nite between camps 19 and 20. 115km for the day. Built a fire and enjoyed 4sies (cheese/olives/pickles and biscuits. Chicken mini-roasts in camp oven and ice-cream for dessert. Stayed up and read by the fire for a bit. Night 6 in the desert.

Day 11: Tues 06/7 Clear skies and the usual enjoyable ritual for breakfast. Packed up and on the road at 0912. Easy driving - a few dunes and onto salt pans and then through and beside Eyre creek (Kuddarre Waterhole) down past Camp 20 to The Ruins of Annandale Station. FLIES!! Quite a few head of very healthy Poll Hereford cattle on this section. Smoko of damper and coffee and at 1134 Xavier finally declared “I’m full!” Onto the intersection with the QAA line onite. 124km in 2 hr 24 min driving time today. Early finish today at 1307 in a small creek just east of Eyre Creek proper. Xavi has smashed the wood chopping target for today. Very impressive. Steak and Pasta and a great campfire. Night 7 in the desert.

Day 12: Wed 07/7 Overnite camp a bit dusty but not cold all good. Brekky and then underway at 0835. QAA track very chopped up on the dunes but onto onto Big Red (dozens of people on top from the Big Red Bash). Onto Little Red (the official end of the desert) , reinflate tyres and desert flags off. Into Birdsville. The Birdsville to Birdsville loop was (1300+ km) kept going to Bedourie in for late - smoko Kahlua and coffee damper with honey and a coffee. Into Boulia and then east and camped overnite in a dry creek at a point of interest with the Min Min sign. 544km all up for today topped off by Matty’s Spaghetti Bol.

Day 13: Thurs 08/7. Earlier start today so we can push through to Winton and then home mild to late afternoon. 7.50am depart. Long day with 841 km Home to Kirwan safely.

Trip Stats:
3925km
Ford Ranger Av 13.5 L/100.
105 Series Landcruiser 20L/100km
Ford Ranger 432L diesel
105 Series Landcruiser 785L diesel
79 hrs driving time

19/10/2021

Welcome to Matt & Gaz Tag Along Tours. This is about sharing some awesome adventures with everyone in the hope it will encourage you to get out and explore this great country. Over the next few weeks we will start to share our stories, trips completed and future plans. Any open trips we are doing we will happily advise and invite you to for the next ultimate adventure.

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