RED EARTH EXPEDITION – PHASE 2
- 14.12.2000 – 12.03.2001 Preparations for Stage 2
- 13.03.2001 – 14.03.2001 Tracks found
- 15.03.2001 – 16.03.2001 Camels still on Anna Plains?
- 17.03.2001 – 24.03.2001 Landing strips under water
- 25.03.2001 – 01.04.2001 Camels found & Visa arrived
- 02.04.2001 Return to Australia, friends, our dog Rufus and our kangaroo Shiron
- 03.04.2001 – 21.04.2001 Days of handling and of learning
- 22.04.2001 Drive to the north west
- 23.04.2001 Pleasant Station Accommodation
- 24.04.2001 Dangerous break-down
- 25.04.2001 Unpleasant news
- 26.04.2001 Highs and lows at Anna Plain Station
- 27.04.2001 First news of our missing escapees
- 28.04.2001 Our Red Earth Expedition will continue
- 29.04.2001 Dangerous load
- 30.04.2001 The strange looking narrow passage
- 01.05.2001 Delicious cocktail
- 02.05.2001 Suddenly the unbelievable happens
- 03.05.2001 Preparing for training
- 04.05.2001 Jasper learns the most important command
- 05.05.2001 Hot breath burns in our lungs
- 06.05.2001 Jeremy is attacked by a shark
- 07.05.2001 Edgar tries to bite me in the head
- 08.05.2001 Not only camel training is dangerous
- 09.05.2001 – 10.05.2001 We walk on high heels
- 11.05.2001 Jasper send us into despair
- 12.05.2001 800 kilometres detour?
- 13.05.2001 – 15.05.2001 Would-be monster
- 16.05.2001 Computer problems
- 17.05.2001 – 19.05.2001 Jasper gives us a portion of trust
- 20.05.2001 The first direct transmission into the website
- 21.05.2001 Great training success
- 22.05.2001 – 26.05.2001 Our expedition members are wormed
- 27.05.2001 Edgar attacks me
- 28.05.2001 – 30.05.2001 Organising further supplies
- 31.05.2001 – 07.06.2001 Visited by Aborigine women
- 08.06.2001 – 10.06.2001 Mother Earth whispers inviting words in the great desert
- 11.06.2001 Meeting with Aborigines, Narrow escape, Broome
- 12.06.2001 Busy time in Broome
- 13.06.2001 Back at Anna Plains
- 14.06.2001 First test run with the load almost fails
- 15.06.2001 Last day before departure
- 16.06.2001 Starting off on the second leg of the Red Earth Expedition
- 17.06.2001 I live the moment so intensively as if it were the last in my life
- 18.06.2001 Narrow gates make our pulses race
- 19.06.2001 An exhausting day of discoveries leads us into another world
- 20.06.2001 Cannibalistic Beast turns Sebastian into a Monster
- 21.06.2001 Death is a constant companion in life
- 22.06.2001 – 08.07.2001 Busy time at 80 Mile Beach Caravan Park
- 09.07.2001 Heading for the Great Sandy Desert
- 10.07.2001 I live seconds of an unreal nightmare
- 11.07.2001 Water barrels by the track to ensure survival of the Aborigines
- 12.07.2001 Battle for supremacy between beast and beast
- 13.07.2001 Heavy raindrops awaken me
- 14.07.2001 Will we drown in a desert lake?
- 15.07.2001 Emergency! Fleeing the floods
- 16.07.2001 Evacuating the camp
- 17.07.2001 Will Goola and Istan die of pneumonia?
- 18.07.2001 Temperature measured in a camel’s mouth
- 19.07.2001 We humans are small and helpless against the forces of the Earth
- 20.07.2001 Goola and Istan’s treatment
- 21.07.2001 Standstill in the desert highlights the lows of my „self“
- 22.07.2001 Scorpion in front of the tent
- 23.07.2001 Days at Edgar Battle Camp remain busy
- 24.07.2001 Hopefully this camp will not be a place of death
- 25.07.2001 I fall into a deep well of depression
- 26.07.2001 Listening to conversations on the radio
- 27.07.2001 To enjoy the moment sounds so theoretical and simple
- 28.07.2001 Rufus, the greatest lizard hunter of all time
- 29.07.2001 Will Goola survive another day?
- 30.07.2001 Goola’s mouth is full of maggots
- 31.07.2001 What would this world be without selfless, generous and caring friends
- 01.08.2001 Wild camel bull attacks
- 02.08.2001 Couple ignites dangerous bomb of bad energy
- 03.08.2001 Goola has decided
- 04.08.2001 The day after Goola’s death
- 05.08.2001 Will Max join the Red Earth Expedition?
- 06.08.2001 Helpfulness breaks all boundaries
- 07.08.2001 Last day in Edgar Battle Camp
- 08.08.2001 Dangers behind every bend, under every stone
- 09.08.2001 We humans form the circle between life and death too
- 10.08.2001 Under attack
- 11.08.2001 Another day under the silver foil
- 12.08.2001 The nightly attacks don’t let up
- 13.08.2001 Moments like Christmas and New Year together.
- 14.08.2001 The positive events help us to ignore the smell of rotting flesh
- 15.08.2001 We take the friendly encounter as a good omen
- 16.08.2001 Suddenly the time with our friends belongs to the past
- 17.08.2001 – 18.08.2001 Top Secret is the heading
- 19.08.2001 Max brings up the rear
- 20.08.2001 I am glad of the chance to enter this immeasurable infinity
- 21.08.2001 Tourist attacked by camel bull
- 22.08.2001 The most beautiful of flowers do not interest me right now
- 23.08.2001 We are happy that our friends rejoice with us
- 24.08.2001 – 25.08.2001 I wonder what is to come
- 26.08.2001 It could have been worse
- 27.08.2001 We can’t let the sky fall on our heads
- 28.08.2001 Can thoughtlessness be excused?
- 29.08.2001 An exhausting twelve hour day
- 30.08.2001 Tanja’s birthday in the Great Sandy Desert
- 31.08.2001 A dog’s thoughts
- 02.09.2001 Periodontitis?
- 03.09.2001 Apparently this swamp can even swallow whole camels
- 04.09.2001 From the corner of my eye I see all four of Max’s feet pulled away
- 05.09.2001 A day on which our adrenalin levels soar
- 06.09.2001 Is the expedition at another turning point?
- 07.09.2001 – 08.09.2001 Where is the answer?
- 09.09.2001 Would the Nomads have had it any better than us?
- 11.09.2001 The land of the poisonous plants
- 12.09.2001 A terrible shock
- 13.09.2001 The children visit
- 14.09.2001 Events postpone our departure
- 15.09.2001 The behaviour of some people is puzzling
- 16.09.2001 – 18.09.2001 New route
- 19.09.2001 Our water consumption doubles unexpectedly
- 20.09.2001 Moths, insects and other flying nasties drive us to desperation
- 21.09.2001 – 22.09.2001 A great surprise and more frightening news
- 23.09.2001 Water and heat
- 24.09.2001 A time in which mankind overtakes himself
- 25.09.2001 Desert fire on the horizon and spooky visitor
- 26.09.2001 I miss the highs of hospitality
- 27.09.2001 We are treated like kings
- 28.09.2001 The meaning of our life?
- 29.09.2001 Eerie encounters and occurrences
- 01.10.2001 – 02.10.2001 Everything revolves around eating and drinking
- 03.10.2001 Last day in Road-worker Camp
- 04.10.2001 Amongst the desert oaks
- 05.10.2001 They’re a plague
- 06.10.2001 Inferno of natural forces
- 07.10.2001 Am I an impatient person?
- 08.10.2001 – 09.10.2001 We come to a decision
- 10.10.2001 Where does the meat in the supermarkets come from?
- 11.10.2001 Holiday
- 12.10.2001 The best shower of our lives so far
- 13.10.2001 A day like Christmas, New Year and Birthdays all together
- 14.10.2001 Fear of new saddles
- 15.10.2001 Blessed technology?
- 16.10.2001 Big shoes, heavy load
- 17.10.2001 Ssssssdag, I hear the bullets driving into his flesh
- 18.10.2001 First contact with flooded land
- 19.10.2001 – 21.10.2001 Do mosquito swarms react to words?
- 22.10.2001 The capability of the human body and where are it´s limits?
- 23.10.2001 Brush with the hectic world of the western civilised man
- 24.10.2001 Cats, a delicacy
- 25.10.2001 The water tastes bitter
- 26.10.2001 Heat or mozzies
- 29.10.2001 Dehydration or drowning, both are possible here
- 30.10.2001 Nearing the end
- 31.10.2001 At the bottom of the cooking pot
- 01.11.2001 Visit from above, Burnt land
- 02.11.2001 – 04.11.2001 Am I a happy man?
- 05.11.2001 Talks with the tribal leader / border crossing
- 06.11.2001 Ambush at Road-workers Camp
- 07.11.2001 It´s easy to burn in the spinifex grass
- 08.11.2001 Important Crossing
- 09.11.2001 – 11.11.2001 The weather drives us on
- 12.11.2001 Gusts of wind hurl themselves against the burnt and rain-whipped
- 13.11.2001 Day of waiting
- 14.11.2001 Shortcut, detour or dead-end?
- 15.11.2001 – 17.11.2001 Are we walking ourselves into ruin?
- 18.11.2001 Must we leave Max behind?
- 19.11.2001 Good old man
- 20.11.2001 Visit to Nirrippi
- 21.11.2001 From Aborigine land to station land
- 22.11.2001 A beautiful clearing
- 23.11.2001 – 25.11.2001 Meeting with Alex, the station owner
- 26.11.2001 Arrival in New Haven National Park
- 27.11.2001 Feelings of complete contentment, happiness and deep peace
- 28.11.2001 Freedom
- 29.11.2001 Our boys have gotten used to their freedom overnight
- 30.11.2001 – 07.12.2001 Reaching the white man´s civilization
- 08.12.2001 – 14.12.2001 The sacred sites of the Anangu
- 15.12.2001 – 31.12.2001 The last days before returning home
