Ron & Viv Moon's Remote Australia

08/02/2025

Planning a trip along the GRR ....

07/02/2025

Pretty handy way to carry water. And you can easily remove it when you don't need it. Pak Offroad

An easy and convenient water-carrying solution for your next off-road trip

05/02/2025

In our extensive travels in Australia over the last 40 years or more there are few places that can rival Dirk Hartog Island as a destination. Whether you are arriving by boat, plane or by barge with your 4WD, staying at the lodge or camping along its wild pristine coast you'll never forget your stay here.

Attention all eco-tourists and adventurers! Welcome to Dirk Hartog Island, a unique island oasis off the coast of Sharks Bay. Western Australia.

04/02/2025

Our yarn on following Ludwig Leichhardt's 1844 expedition is in the latest issue of R.M.Williams OUTBACK magazine.
Better get onto it! Its always a great magazine.

03/02/2025

Following Leichhardt ..... a podcast with R.M.Williams OUTBACK magazine

Ron Moon is one of the bigest names in the Australian 4-wheel-drive community, having led hundreds of expeditions and written a list of guidebooks. Recently he followed the course of explorer Ludwig Leichhardt’s first big expedition, from the Darling Downs to Port Essington on the NT coast. Ron re...

02/02/2025

Bit of water moving around in north Qld. The Burdekin has cut the highway and looking to go higher! Its a mighty stream!!!

02/02/2025

Bit sad this festival has been cancelled for 2025

Thousands of tourists attend the Laura Quinkan Dance Festival, but this year's event won't go ahead as organisers grapple with "excessive" costs and management delays.

01/02/2025

The 500th issue. Well done Matt for having the wherewithal for the mag to survive in this not-so-friendly mag environment. Great to see - very few mags make it this far!

OUR 500TH ISSUE IS OUT NOW: A monster magazine to celebrate a MASSIVE milestone | whichcar.com.au/news/special-february-2025-issue-of-4x4-australia-is-out-now 🎉🎉

01/02/2025

Follow the camel racing circuit for a lot of fun this year.

01/02/2025

If you get bogged .... have plenty of cash!
Best idea for not getting bogged - lower tyre pressures.

👍42 Mile Crossing beach access legends take note👊
Also tip if ya take walking track wear jeans lots of snake🐍 s been crossing track don't go alone it's a 2km walk from camp to beach
🛑🛑Key points lower tyre pressure 🛑🛑
Otherwise if ya bogged take plenty of cash
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29/01/2025

Been driving with these for a while now ... pretty impressed. Check out the link below to find out a lot more. Lazer Lamps - Aus/NZ Outback4WD

29/01/2025

One of our favourite drives in western NSW. Take your time and enjoy .....

The Darling River Run spans 952km through the outback, all the way from Walgett in Outback New South Wales to Wentworth, the Victorian border and the river’s confluence with the Murray River. It’s up to you if you want to tackle the whole track (a week min.) or just parts of it. Keep reading to ...

28/01/2025

Be great to see:

One day of heavy rain has been enough to leave the popular Kimberley tourist attraction overflowing at its earliest point in the season on record.

27/01/2025

The popular Little Desert Nature Lodge has been destroyed by a raging bushfire ...

An accommodation and wedding venue in Victoria's west has been destroyed by a bushfire. The blaze has burnt through 65,000 hectares of land.

24/01/2025

Happy Australia Day everyone.
Enjoy the weekend wherever you are.

24/01/2025

Australia's Largest Mass Grave .... & a Great Drive, Dive and Camp
Taking up the back corner of the Edithburgh cemetery, as if the Australian government officials of the time didn't know what to do with the 31 bodies of the drowned seamen, is the largest mass grave in Australia ... or is it?
Interned here, these Asian sailors, commonly known as 'Lascars' in those days, made up the bulk of the crew of the SS Clan Ranald, a two-decked, 355-foot long steam ship that sunk off Troubridge Hill on the south coast of Yorke Peninsula in January, 1909. Of the crew of 64, 40 were drowned and in all 36 bodies were recovered. The other five bodies, white British officers of the ship, were buried in individual graves in the main section of the cemetery.
The 24 survivors, which included 20 Lascar seamen, were jailed as 'Illegal immigrants' under the White Australia Policy. But there was such an outcry over their treatment and deportation that a number of amendments were made to the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901.
Today, the shipwreck is part of the Yorke Peninsula Shipwreck Trail that leads people from Edithburgh along the south coast of the peninsula to the 'toe' at Cape Spencer and north to West Cape in the spectacular Innes NP. In all there are over 20 wreck sites along this short section of coast, testimony to how dangerous this coast was before better ships and improved navigation gear.
Also found in Edithburgh is the ship's anchor, now in its full glory after a 15 year restoration project. From the town the trail leads to Troubridge Hill and its spectacular red-brick lighthouse, one of the last to be built in Australia in 1980. Overlooking the scene of the wreck, the ship's remains can be found in 20 metres of water less than 1km offshore. It is protected under the Historic Shipwrecks Act and makes a great dive with some good bush camping nearby. For more info on the bush camping sites on Yorke peninsula go to: https://yorke.sa.gov.au/discover/things-to-do/bush-camping/.

24/01/2025

Lonely graves ......
Some people like wandering old cemeteries, I for one.

Wandering around cemeteries isn’t creepy, is it?

23/01/2025

Get ready for Speed Week …..