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RAPIDS, RAINFORESTS AND RUBBER BOATS
Tully River Fifty kilometres inland from Tully are the headwarters of the Tully river. A huge rainfall and a dam feeding a power station ensure a constant flow of water down a long series of rapids –...
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LEICHHARDT FALLS
Not far from Bourketown are the Leichhardt Falls. The Leichhardt River spreads out over a series of eroded rock shelves and the wet season piles up banks of sand all over the place. The falls look...
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MATARANKA
Roper River Undergrowth 12 miles down the Roper River from Mataranka is the Elsey National Park campground (called 12 mile yards) It’s much cleaner and quieter than the Mataranka Homestead campground....
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OUTBACK WORKSHOP 3
OUTBACK WORKSHOP 3 It was interesting to see the landscape change as we headed west from Katherine. The sparse savannah of the Northern Territory gave way to dramatic escarpments and weird vegetation...
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GIBB RIVER ROAD
The drive from Kununurra to Derby can be done via a thousand kilometre stretch of sealed road through Turkey Creek, Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing. The other option is the Gibb River Road – seven...
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MARGARET RIVER WORKSHOP
Our Accommodation for the first few days of the Margaret River Workshop was at the old Karridale Homestead Complex. The homestead was built in the late 1800’s and moved to Margaret River in the early...
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CANADA
After floating our way up through the Northwoods we crossed the boarder into Canada at Sault Ste Marie. A mighty bridge spans the locks that move ships from one great lake to another. A short queue,...
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CARNARVON GORGE / BLACKALL
A workshop in Blackall provided a great excuse to head off a couple of weeks early and spend some time in the Carnarvon Gorge / Salvator Rosa area of central Queensland before settling in for the...
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HIGH COUNTRY
Sometimes things just fall into place. Soon after agreeing to a workshop with the ASOC in Canberra, I received an email inviting me to a Canberra High School reunion – 5 days before the workshop....
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MONTANA WEST
Following our workshop in Calgary, we drove back into the USA to cross the Rockies in Montana. Driving through Glacier National Park on Going to the Sun Road is one of the most spectacular drives. We...
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NORTH TO SCOTLAND
All Images © John Lovett 2018 Following our workshop in the South of England, Dianne and I hired a car and set off north to Scotland via Wales and the East coast of England. We set off in fine, sunny...
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WHISKEY LAKE
We had a great workshop with Main Street art Centre in Lake Zurich. David R Becker was kind enough to lend us his fantastic studio in McHenry. Frankie Johnson organised everything and really looked...
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