RED EARTH EXPEDITION – PHASE 3
- 01.01.2002 – 16.01.2002 Days in Germany
- 15.03.2002 Still in Nürnberg…
- 05.05.2002 Eyre Highway
- 06.05.2002 The Nullabor Plain
- 07.05.2002 Right Whale
- 08.05.2002 Would they have made it without our help?
- 09.05.2002 Opal city Cooper Pedy
- 10.05.2002 – 12.05.2002 Arrival in Alice Springs
- 13.05.2002 – 15.05.2002 Last days in Alice
- 16.05.2002 Road Adventure to New Haven Station
- 17.05.2002 – 19.05.2002 Finally back in the Outback
- 20.05.2002 Packing & Repairing
- 21.05.2002 People who create the balance between war and peace
- 22.05.2002 Birds’ Paradise
- 23.05.2002 – 24.05.2002 Difficulties solve themselves
- 25.05.2002 – 26.05.2002 The dingoes will tear up your equipment
- 27.05.2002 Mulga Forest
- 28.05.2002 A terrible discovery
- 29.05.2002 Do animals feel less pain than humans?
- 30.05.2002 She’s proud
- 03.06.2002 Never thought that collecting wood can be that painful….
- 04.06.2002 Dangerous Sergeant Ants
- 05.06.2002 Two colliding cultures
- 07.06.2002 – 08.06.2002 No time for philosophical phantasies
- 07.07.2002 – 08.07.2002 We decide to take the more risky, more exciting and nicer route
- 09.07.2002 Water and time are the components of life and death in the outback
- 10.07.2002 Dry branches surround us like rotten clamps
- 11.07.2002 Boundary fences so far no large barrier
- 12.07.2002 A pleasant day with an unpleasant end
- 13.07.2002 – 14.07.2002 Waiting for supplies
- 15.07.2002 The superbread
- 16.07.2002 Who wins the game?
- 17.07.2002 We reach the first homestead
- 18.07.2002 – 19.07.2002 One of the best showers in my life
- 20.07.2002 Strange and unpleasant encounters are rare in the outback
- 21.07.2002 The simple but unforgettable phases in my life
- 22.07.2002 Flowers that smell like sulphur and savoy
- 23.07.2002 We hear for the first time about the serious drought in the east
- 24.07.2002 Back into the bush
- 25.07.2002 Reaching Huckitta Station
- 26.07.2002 – 28.07.2002 The drought in Queensland is more serious than we thought
- 29.07.2002 New idea!
- 30.07.2002 The decision
- 31.07.2002 Start in direction Simpson Desert
- 01.08.2002 The dangerous fence maze
- 02.08.2002 – 03.08.2002 Our Psyche plays a joke
- 04.08.2002 A track like a fata morgana!
- 05.08.2002 Through the devil’s grass
- 06.08.2002 Did the desert listen to my wish?
- 07.08.2002 The first dunes
- 08.08.2002 – 11.08.2002 Days in Atula camp
- 22.08.2002 Bound for life
- 23.08.2002 Rufus can’t hold it back
- 24.08.2002 It will definitely be better tomorrow
- 25.08.2002 One warning followed by the next
- 26.08.2002 His huge bone hard head crushes down like a guillotine
- 27.08.2002 The first human being after the desert
- 28.08.2002 We stumble across dry and withered country
- 29.08.2002 Numerous flies and screaming muscles
- 30.08.2002 Tanja‘s third birthday in the outback
- 31.08.2002 Divinders & The lost expedition
- 01.09.2002 The end?
- 02.09.2002 The camel caravan moves forwards with destructive powers
- 03.09.2002 The sea of rocks is like a dead desert
- 04.09.2002 Lava rocks and untrespassable swamps
- 05.09.2002 Searching a place of tranquility and peace
- 06.09.2002 In paradise
- 07.09.2002 The mysterious Min Min light
- 08.09.2002 Unsolved mysterious phenomena of our earth
- 09.09.2002 – 21.09.2002 Days at Marion Downs Station
- 22.09.2002 Jym Khana
- 23.09.2002 – 28.09.2002 Napco, the Cattle Tycoon
- 29.09.2002 Will the summer rain start too early?
- 30.09.2002 Willy Willys whirl across the rock and dust desert
- 01.10.2002 A good day
- 02.10.2002 You can`t get me out of control!
- 03.10.2002 Hot as in summer
- 04.10.2002 – 07.10.2002 Writing is part of my life, is part of the adventure
- 08.10.2002 Galloping wild horses cause a turmoil
- 09.10.2002 Things get really serious for Rufus once again
- 11.10.2002 Unrelenting mercilessness of the drought
- 12.10.2002 – 14.10.2002 A fantastic life
- 15.10.2002 Water is becoming more precious than gold! & Deadly plants!
- 16.10.2002 Empty eye sockets give us plaintive stares
- 17.10.2002 The hot breath of a fire dragon
- 18.10.2002 The highest temperatures since we have been walking 5454 km
- 19.10.2002 We are keen to reach our goal
- 20.10.2002 The onset of desperation
- 21.10.2002 – 25.10.2002 Bad news from the outside world
- 27.10.2002 Taking off is hard
- 28.10.2002 – 29.10.2002 Crossing the last water barrier
- 30.10.2002 – 31.10.2002 Pig hunters
- 01.11.2002 Going beyond our limits
- 02.11.2002 From the animal desert into the human desert
- 03.11.2002 After 4000 kilometers of walking the first settlement
- 04.11.2002 Lucky meeting
- 05.11.2002 – 06.11.2002 We are only slowly recovering
- 07.11.2002 – 15.11.2002 Energy reserves are back
- 16.11.2002 – 19.11.2002 Tanja’s loading plan
- 20.11.2002 Towards direction Aramac Creek
- 21.11.2002 The old post track dissappears
- 22.11.2002 A two millionen year old barrier, a fance and a crack labyrinth
- 23.11.2002 Thought you are Arabs
- 24.11.2002 – 27.11.2002 Stories at the sheep farm
- 29.11.2002 Power circles
- 30.11.2002 Cattle visit
- 01.12.2002 Mysterious tracks
- 02.12.2002 The heat wave reaches top temperatures
- 03.12.2002 We can only pray that it will begin to rain soon
- 04.12.2002 – 06.12.2002 The outback remains an adventure that cannot be calculated
- 08.12.2002 High respect of our predecessors
- 09.12.2002 As if demons would be dancing hand in hand
- 11.12.2002 Seven weeks faster than during the first section
- 12.12.2002 Es geht nicht nur um ein Basiscamp
- 13.12.2002 – 16.12.2002 Santa Claus is coming by helicopter
- 30.12.2002 A delicious feast for our camels and for us
- 31.12.2002 We sleep into the new year
- 01.01.2003 Barren fields
- 02.01.2003 Interesting future for our camels?
- 03.01.2003 Who is the right buyer?
- 04.01.2003 The paved roads cause pain in the knees
- 05.01.2003 Do you think the fire could become dangerous for us?
- 06.01.2003 – 08.01.2003 Cooroorah, the lagoon of dreams
- 09.01.2003 – 10.01.2003 Surprising visit
- 13.01.2003 – 14.01.2003 Bad tracks and zick zack runs
- 15.01.2003 There is no way through the maze of fences without a map
- 16.01.2003 – 18.01.2003 Due to the danger of crocodiles we do not set up camp on Fitzroy
- 19.01.2003 – 20.01.2003 Dangers of civilisation
- 21.01.2003 Sebastian is dead sick
- 22.01.2003 – 24.01.2003 Sebastian’s condition is unchanged
- 25.01.2003 Birthday
- 26.01.2003 – 31.01.2003 Deep relationship between human being and animal
- 01.02.2003 Last day prior to taking off to the coast
- 02.02.2003 The bridge of Rockhampton
- 03.02.2003 Everything follows our plan
- 04.02.2003 The moment when future and past do no longer play a role
- 05.02.2003 First day with heavy rainfall
- 06.02.2003 Risky rescue activity
- 07.02.2003 International recognition of our expedition success
- 04.03.2003 – 08.03.2003 Farewell from our faithful camels
- 08.03.2003 – 17.04.2003 Going around Australia
- 18.04.2003 Further course of the big journey
