If you really want to get off the tourist trail, you’ll find the ultimate road less travelled is actually not just one road, but half a dozen roads, tracks and wheel ruts that spear through the western deserts. They sit between the Red Centre and the west coast – i.e Gunbarrel Highway, Grand Central Road, Sandy Blight Junction Track, Gary Junction Road and the Telfer Mine Road. It’s about as remote as you can get, but spending a month or so in the desert is an experience that you won’t soon forget.
To find out more about Lee’s trip visit Facebook.com/OzyRoadTripper
Travel writer and photographer Lee Atkinson has just returned from a 10-month road trip doing the ‘big lap’ around mainland Australia. She’s written a book about her trip, called The Big Lap, and is sharing some of her favourite moments of the trip with us over the next few weeks.
You can follow Lee’s road-tripping adventures at www.facebook.com/OzyRoadTripper, or order a copy of her new book, The Big Lap, at www.leeatkinson.com.au
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