Exploring the Wide Open Spaces of Australia’s Northern Reaches, Part 2

WORDS BY DAN GREC

EDITOR’S NOTE: In the first installment of this article (Tread, Sep/Oct 2024 issue), Dan Grec traveled to the Innot Hot Springs, visited Lawn Hill National Park’s Indarri waterfall, and hiked through the mighty Boab trees. Read on for the remainder of his 3,000-mile journey.

Sunset in Australia brings out the red iron ore in the dirt and rock.

Amazingly preserved in cave overhangs, aboriginal rock paintings date back 20,000 years.

PHOTOS BY DAN GREC & KATIE HARRIS

After a quick visit to a ranger station, we get the code to a combination lock that grants access to the Western Lost Cities—an enormous rock formation well off the beaten path in remote Limmen National Park. The access track is slow going, with sandy seconds, dry sandy riverbeds, and plenty of corrugations to rattle our teeth. I aired down to 22psi all around not so much for added traction, but instead to dampen the vibrations and make travel easier on man and machine.