Perth > Perth - Via Cape York 2014

Great stuff Pounce very nice pictures, having never ridden in Australia amazed have flat it is, although you look as you had more than your share of bull dust along the way.

Notice you haven't lost the ability to keep your mates captivated with you banter around the campfire :DD

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Geez, I'm looking forward to seeing the creeks and rivers on the Cape. We had enough "fun" with the Paske and Nolans in early August ('11). Did you guys have to float them over?
 
….having never ridden in Australia amazed have flat it is, ….

The
Australian landscape is much like an Australian accent: Flaat n Dreye.

(Please don't be offended Aussies: Its just me kidding around. I have made many good friends in Australia over the years and have enjoyed the freedom of riding in your massive country, including some great roads & scenery in parts of QLD and VIC).
 
Grand Hotel Kookynie.
Not the first to stay here, have a look at TB-Racing's report AUS Goldfields Run WA 2011

Great area out there in WA.... Kevin Pusey still the proprietor and manager of the Grand Hotel Kookynie, went through Menzies / Kookynie and the rest of the WA Goldfields a few times doing the Great Central Road rides between Perth - Brisbane since 88....
 
Good one Pounce; great images of a wonderful land.

re this place …

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Known to the indigenous Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people as 'Atila' and to others as Mt Conner.
It's really worth a stop-over in its own right.
Technically, visitors would need to get permission from the Severin family back at Curtin Springs (if they are still there) as it's on their cattle land.
I used to visit often during the 70s and 80s.
Near the base are white clay pans which are related to the folklore (Dreaming) of the indigenous folk.
They believe that the dried clay pans are the foot-prints of the travelling 'Ninnga Man' who, ironically, is a man of ice. (It does get surprisingly cold out there).
The area is rich in folklore and about two decades ago was revisited by the locals who performed their traditional ceremonies there in an effort
to rekindle the site and to pass on knowledge to their children. It's part of the Seven Sisters Dreaming.

On another level, it's excellent camping there (well, used to be) because there's fresh bore water and the Mesa/Tor can actually be climbed fairly easily.
When on the top (which is not flat!) one can see how the monoliths of Kata Tjuta (Olgas), Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Atila (Mt Conner) actually align.

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Well, my Australia trip might now come sooner rather than later - First TB-Racing tempting me with all his cheese and food pictures and now Pounce and Ron adding to it with their pictures and mystical stories - a BIG THANK YOU for posting all these pictures and stories.
 
Well, my Australia trip might now come sooner rather than later - First TB-Racing tempting me with all his cheese and food pictures and now Pounce and Ron adding to it with their pictures and mystical stories - a BIG THANK YOU for posting all these pictures and stories.

I'm sure we can rustle up a bed or two (or even a couch) at various points across the country.
 
It's really worth the effort Auke; at the right time of the year depending on what part(s) of Oz you want to visit.

Incidentally, it all could have been Dutch!

"The history of the Dutch and Australia began in 1606 with Captain Willem Janszoon, a Dutch seafarer, landing on the Australian mainland, the first European to do so." (Wiki)

And then Abel Tasman named a great portion of this new land 'New Holland' ('Hollandia Nova') in 1644 and that named stuck for until the Brits arrived on the east coast in 1788.

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And I agree with 'BigFella'.
 
Hey Pounce.... I think this RR is motivating some folks. I can see Tour Guide Ron leading a few of us oldies on a tour of Oz's fierce inner regions.
 
Damn good pizza at that Lions Den. We pigged out there after getting caught out on the CREB track and having to camp on it overnight. It rained on us overnight... and we managed 7km in 24 hours and lost one rider (ie she got taken back to Cairns in a 4wd, bike recovered a few days later). CREB is now closed I believe, which is a pity.Keep 'em coming. Gotta be some bulldust and deep crossings to come.
 
Nice stuff as always Mr P , i noticed some nice looking water crossings along the route, what tent are you using mate ?
 
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