Comments on: Middle of Nowhere

By: Rosemary Nissen-Wade

Rosemary Nissen-Wade — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:58:32 +0000

Great photo! I too have travelled up the Centre from Adelaide to Darwin, and through outback Queensland. But the most remote - and most memorable - would have to be my journey on a 16-foot trailer-sailor from Broome to Darwin with my husband and one of his mates. The night sky is indeed wonderful from an anchorage in Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, on the edge of the Timor Sea, too!

By: Simone

Simone — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:42:00 +0000

Wow, the Tanami Track, that is remote!

I think Cape Levique, which is a few hundred km’s above Broome. We were living in Bidyadanga at the time, an aboriginal community 200km’s south of Broome.
Later we lived in Nullagine (between Marble Bar and Newman in northwest WA). and we tried going to Woodie Woodie, which is further east, but the Oakover River was flowing to fast to cross. This was all at age 9/10, so I don’t remember much

Have been all around Australia, but no the red centre (Uluru etc) or Tasmania. So there’s still plenty to see!

By: Kelley

Kelley — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:23:32 +0000

My laundry. Seems no one, besides me, has ever been there!

By: Roger Clarke

Roger Clarke — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:27:03 +0000

The southern edge of Lake Eyre has a very remote feel about it. You look north over a vast sea of dry salt and all about are low sandy ridges. It’s here that Donald Campbell broke the land speed record in the jet powered Bluebird car back in the 60’s. When I was last there I found the trailer that he used to tow the huge jet car onto the salt surface. I’ve posted a story about it on my history blog.

By: Felicity

Felicity — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:45:43 +0000

The most remote part of Australia? Well, I can say either Lighting Ridge or out on Magnetic Island - long before it was a big tourist trup up there on the Great Barrier Reef… the most remote overseas… well, I would have to say Mauna Kea in Hawaii, Mt Etna in Italy (though you could say highest for those two), Carmelo in Uruguay… that was way out there… in the US itself… out in Vegas were out in Valley of Fire just outside of Vegas… we were the only ones out there… and all you could hear was the wind blowing past you…

By: Bettina

Bettina — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:43:59 +0000

I guess it would have to be Lightning Ridge. Still quite civilised itself, but seemed like the middle of nowhere…………. so many more places in our great land that I haven’t yet been though………..

By: Neerav Bhatt

Neerav Bhatt — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:30:52 +0000

I travelled through similar areas in mid-2007 on my way from Adelaide to Darwin

I agree it’s great to sleep in the outdoors and see all the stars at night without smog and light pollution blocking them out