8in8in8: The 2009 Challenge

Mt Meharry Animal Pose- Your Help Needed!!!

Go to the forum now and suggest an animal found in Western Australia that I can pose as on the summit of Mt Meharry. Please include a brief description so I don't look like a Crusty-eyed Lobster when I'm supposed to be a Turbo-charged Glider Possum.

Daily Dispatch

3 July 2009- 90 km north of Auski Roadhouse
Distance: 91 km
Word of the day: Boil (Does anyone know what temperature water boils at?)
There was a strange sound outside the tent when I woke this morning. I listened to it half asleep for a few minutes before my brain recognised it as the pitter patter of rain! That's the first since the Atherton Tableland way back in north Queensland. The weather lady on the radio said its thanks to a mid level trough, and she also called it a 'disturbance' once. It was certainly disturbing me because I wanted to light a fire and sit outside for breakfast. In the end I had to quickly boil some water and retreat back to the shelter of the tent.
I read yesterday that the Pilbara (the region of WA where I am) is the size of Victoria. That's enormous. I will be another 2 days reaching Mt Meharry, and if the wind keeps being annoying it might be even longer. There was no good sunshine today so the battery is very low on charge. If I miss a day or two that's why- no power. The landscape here is mostly flat with low hills covered in spinifex grass. The red rocks that make this area famous glow brightly when the sun hits them. Since this is one of the two main ways to drive from Perth to the north and there are lots of mines, there is a lot of traffic. Instead of being mainly caravans they are mainly road trains. Read older dispatches...

Adventure Learners

This journey will take us from the southern extremes in Tasmania, across the treacherous Bass Strait, through the alpine mountains in Victoria and New South Wales, right up to the tropical north where crocodiles and snakes abound. If we're going to meet the challenges of this expedition we'll need to find out more about the places we cycle through, climb up and paddle across. That's where you can help! Join the forum and share your ideas and what you're learning in class. Contribute to the Learning ZONE where your knowledge will be posted for eternity. Australian geography is NOT boring, it's just massive!

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