Each year Ravensthorp WA hold a wildflower show including several wildflower walks and 4WD tag a long tours, one being through the Fitzgerald River National Park. We went on one tour last year and from that were asked if we would assist with this years tours. To be fair, although they are 4WD tours, the 4WD s only required for the clearance and most of the driving is on graded gravel roads. The tour leader is the local volunteer State Emergency Services officer and vehicle and the tail end Charlie position is usually a ranger or local with a good knowledge of the area. As most participants are tourists and many of the vehicles are soft roaders and part time 4WDers the organisers like to have one or more experienced 4WD driver and vehicles in the convoy mix. Participants are given hand held VHF portables and some rudimentary convoy instruction and away we go. It’s a bit like herding cats.
Tour one 2015.
A small convoy starting from Hopetoun and working our way through the back roads and tracks to the Jerdacuttup Lakes, Bar B Cue lunch at Starvation Bay, returning to the Hopetoun/Ravensthorpe road via Jerdacuttup Road.
Heading out
Along the track
Lunch stop at Starvation Bay
Cooking snags for the tour.
Toilet humour from Starvation Bay
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