WHAT'S NEW
What's New
this page lists the main changes we've made since the website went live on 10 August 2020
We have begun deleting some of the older, no longer relevant posts
Date of change
What Changed
Details
17 Apr 24
Special offer: $1000 discount.
The notes now link to five videos showing different parts of the trip.
30 Mar 24
It remains a work in progress. The trip page now links to some new videos.
We haven't finalised the itinerary but we already have enough bookings to run the trip.
3 Feb 24
Our new web page now links to two reports written by one of the people on our 2023 trip. They are not short but they do give you an excellent view of what the trip is like.
Unless we get cancellations, the trip is now a definite departure. It will be possible to do the GR> 1 or G.R. 2 on its own.
20 Jan 24
10 Jan 24
It is surprisingly easy to get dehydrated when exercising. Even easier if your are over 50 because of things like the way your sense of thirst doesn't kick in as early as it does in younger people.
We have now added a short
Hydration Risks document to the list of things to read in step 3 on our booking page.
Our PDF trip list
shows which prices have been updated for 2024 as well as which are already definite departures.
3 Jan 24
It's a must for anyone interested in rock art.
1 Dec 23
29 Nov
23
$1200 Discount on either
No other discounts apply with these offers.
We haven't finalised the itinerary but we already have a booking.
Our PDF trip list shows which prices have been updated for 2024 as well as which are already definite departures.
More will follow.
We expect to offer another Namibia trip in 2024.
Air North now has competition on the Darwin to Kununurra route.
See the Nexus Airlines webs ite for info.
https://nexusairlines.com.au/
20 Sep
23
16 Aug 23
Our latest newsletter has just gone onto the website. Every remaining 2023 trip will be confirmed or cancelled by mid August so the sooner you get in, the better. Special info about possible 2024 trips, about holding our politicians to account, what's happening in China and much more.
Click now and see for yourself.
We have more
special offers on our Availability & Specials page.
Also our last family trip for the year.
We have had to make major changes to our program for the rest of 2023. For full details, see the All Trips By Date
page or the PDF trip list.
Where we know who will be leading a trip name of the guide or guides is shown on the trip page.
Names shown in blue now link to a brief biography of that particular guide.
See Drysdale 1 or 2, links below, for an example.
We have just published a new page describing the trip. It includes links to four new videos about the trip.
At
least one more video will be added at a later date.
It's a very small group, so small that we are now offering a $2000 discount to anyone who books. Bookings close 10 March.
On 3 March, we published a 2½ minute video
showing parts of the second week
We have had to make major changes to our 2023 program. For full details, see the All Trips By Date
page or the PDF trip list.
12 Jan
23
24 Dec
22
When we got permission to do a short overnight walk along lower Motorcar Creek, we hastily revised the itinerary to include it.
On 10 Dec we included a link to a video showing section 1. On 12 Dec, we added a link to a second video showing sec 2.
The prices, trip notes and trip pages of the
37
trips
with prices shown in blue on our
PDF trip list
have been updated for 2023.
The latest version explains why we have been unable to finalise some of the prices and itineraries.
The various trip list pages listed under 'Experiences' in the top menu have all been updated.
The West Macdonnells
trip is now 4-17 June.
8 Feb 22
It's looking more and more likely that Omicron has peaked in eastern Australia. Some people are making big money by spreading anti-vax propaganda. And more.
4 Feb 22
Omicron may have peaked in eastern Australia. Deaths are much higher in the USA than in similar countries. And more.
Some of the photos on the Kakadu and Top End, Red Centre
and Kimberley & Pilbara
experience pages were broken or went to the wrong page. We think we've fixed them all but may have missed something.
Please let us know if you find one that still doesn't work.
26 Jan 22
Omicron appears to be peaking in some parts of the country. Deaths have risen but no where near as much as you'd have expected from Delta.
11 Jan
22
The latest blog has information about the unreliability of some Australian government statistics.
10 Dec
21
The latest blog has links to articles about interstate borders, vaccines, omicron & more
Our latest newsletter is now live.
It contains updates on our trips (the video is from our Bungles in the Wet trip) as well as stories about the passing of one of our guides, your money, your health, making sense of America and much more
It contains updates on our trips (the video is from our Bungles in the Wet trip) as well as stories about the passing of one of our guides, your money, your health, making sense of America and much more
23 Nov
21
The latest blog has links to articles about vaccine resistance, a suggested change to our health system and more.
9 Nov
21
The latest post has information about kids & covid, re-opening, and more.
19 Oct
21
The latest post has information about vaccination, a possible new treatment, why international travel won't be what's being advertised and more.
5 Oct
21
The latest blog links to an excellent article about breakthrough infections and why, vaccinated or not, many of us will catch it.
However, those who have been vaccinated are very unlikely to have more than mild symptoms.
However, those who have been vaccinated are very unlikely to have more than mild symptoms.
8 Sep
21
The latest blog has two very good links about how we're going to have to learn to live with it.
1 Sep
21
The latest blog has the first stories about a new variant as well as lots more about vaccination.
25 Aug
21
The latest blog explains why zero-covid is impossible and much more. We have to start planning how to live with it with long term.
10 Aug
21
It contains special offers
on some trips, as well as stories about
how prescribed burning is destroying the country it is supposed to protect, China, Health, Environment and much more.It contains special offers
on some trips, as well as stories about Covid, how risk aversion is destroying bushwalking, floods and much more.
There should be something to interest almost everyone.
Click the link at left to see the new video, the last in the sequence. See our Availability & Specials page
for a $1000 discount
offer.
If you are looking at the video on a large screen, use the settings icon to change to HD. It looks a lot better that way.
Click the link at left to see the new video. See our Availability & Specials page
for a $1000 discount
offer.
If you are looking at the video on a large screen, use the settings icon to change to HD. It looks a lot better that way.
If you are looking at the video on a large screen, use the settings icon to change to HD. It looks a lot better that way.
Click the link at left to see the new video. See our Availability & Specials page
for a $1000 discount
offer.
If you are looking at the video on a large screen, use the settings icon to change to HD. It looks a lot better that way.
Our
Northeast Judbarra/Gregory trip and our
Centralian Highlights
are now both eligible for the full $400 value of the NT Tourism Voucher (NT Residents only).
19 Feb 21
Updated Pages
We fixed a variety of broken links and updated our Family Walks
and Pilbara
pages.
It contains special offers
on some trips, as well as stories about Covid, America, Aboriginal Australia and much more.
There should be something to interest almost everyone; enough to keep some browsing for weeks.
16 Dec 20
It contains special offers on some trips, as well as stories about Covid, Kakadu, China, America and much more.
There should be something to interest almost everyone; enough to keep some browsing for weeks.
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