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Enjoy yourselves guys!!!
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All the best roofy and co! Definately a trip on my bucket list! Will be following with interest.
Have a great time guys. Travel safe, look after each other. Discover, Experience, Share, Amaze. Have a bloody great time. Has someone in the group got MaxTrax? A couple of sets could be handy.
Have a great time guys, looking forward to all the photos!!
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Refuelling at Bendigo
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Have a safe and enjoyable all
Have a fantastic & safe trip guys
Can't wait to see some photos.
Good luck guys have fun!
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Photos, photos, photos please.
Safe travels all.
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Nice little overnight spot just out of Berri. Off to Farina for a couple of days. . . Getting used to this☺
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I wonder how they are traveling? I hope all is well. I have been thinking of them. Anyone heard anything?
Did anyone get a planned itinerary? What day are they hoping to hit Birdsville? +/- a couple of days would be good to know.
Bump, anyone heard anything or know what date to start expecting them into Birdsville?
Yes, thinking the same.
I'm sure they're fine, to busy with Mick Taylor looking for Pokemons to bother about keeping us in the loop.
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they were leaving mt dare on the 27th and taking 10 to 14 days was what i was told when i was trying to make it.
yeh mate, i think they would have done it tough
Thanks Stropp looking forward to the Birdsville reception report!
I text Jane yesterday but no reply as yet. Too much fun by the looks of it
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Just pulled into Birsville this arvo. Sorry guys was going to put up an eta but kind of left it a bit late and ran out of sevice!
Well its was a great trip but very easy mostly 2wd second and 3rd most the way. The madigan isn't what it was 5 - 10 years ago the track was very well defined once your on it but was still awsome. Got heaps of pics on the slr I'll try to get some up if i work it out. Had been wet but is starting to dry but lots of water around most of it bypassable. Would have been a different story a few weeks ago, but the desert was beutiful, lush flowers everywhere and heaps of birdlife.
Major major bummer was Macca bent his chassis coming over the French line from Birdsville to meet up at Dalhausie. Wasn't too too bad but made the decision to head out from mt dare after looking at to get it fixed in Alice. Apparently it's fixed better than new now, might end up catching up in birdsvlle hopefully. Lots of traffic french line apparently was rough as guts, there was a BT50 sitting out the back of mt dare with the chassis snapped clean through both sides, so guess we got away with it not too bad.
Anyway life is tough time for beer ☺. . .
Only a couple on the phone
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Snapped chassis!? Wow!
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Yeah not good. Dual cab with Jerry can and tyre holder on the back and air bags as well. Saw a colarado at dalhausie that was starting to fold in half too. Apparently it's pretty common with dual cabs with a lot of weight and rough roads the chick at mt dare reckons. . .
good stuff Rosco, look forward to the pics, thats a shame about maccas vehicle :(
wow 2WD 2nd and 3rd!!! Wow! i spent 3 days in Low 1st! Crazy!
Glad you all OK and had a great crossing. did you see many people out there? did you get to all the Camps? How many cars in your Convoy? All the Best guys, enjoy the Beer. Camel Pie for Breakfast i reckon.
Yeah was good, would have been totally different when you did it, would have been awesome i reckon, but better late than never it was still great. Saw a few people on the track probably every two or the days. Five cars in convoy, although because we were ahead of schedule just us (me & Roofy & Janeo) decided to stay for a rest day and take it a bit slower so it was just us from camp 17. Did all camps apart from 1 (didn't do the side track from 1A) and 3 & 4 (aboriginal land), went near 2 but didn't look it because we weren't supposed to go there but we're were trying to find our bearings, so went around the base of the twins. Didn't do 23 and 24 because they're near the homestead at Adria Downs. Apart from that you pretty much follow the track and it goes straight past them!
Also did geosurveys hill (just us again) which was the highlight i reckon. Was a track but very feint and rough, lots of rocking through the spinifex. Was preatty much waking pace for about 45k one way took a day and a half to get there and back but was awsome, loved it. Saw some camels on the track slowly walking away from us and couldn't catch them! ! There was also one dune which was the only challenge on the trip which was fun. Took a few goes and unfortunately havd a pic of the GQ snatching the beastie over the top, although if Roofy aired down a bit more would have done it i reckon.
Yeah looking forward to something different than sultana bran for brekkie that's for sure.
Haven't worked out exacty how much yet but put 80 litres in from the jerries and have just under a quarter of a tank and didn't even touch the sub tank.
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Awesome mate. How you describe the Geosurvey track was how the whole track was past the Hay River. I spent 3 days or more in low 1. Was a slog mate.
Glad you had a good run mate, sounds like you were in no hurry and just cruised along.
Ghee Wood must be getting bloody scarce out there now if it's had that much traffic!!
How is the night sky mate!! MAGNIFICENT!!
Sounded like you had a good time. Cannot believe there were defined tracks, like Darren, when we did it in 2010 there were no tracks most of the time.
Did you sign the book at Geo-Survey Hill? How long ago was the last entry before you?
We did Geo-Survey Hill and Geo-Center in 2012 and the entry before ours at Geo-Survey was over a year before.
Yeah i was imagining what it would have been like, would have been a slog but bloody epic i reckon. Past the hay was a little rougher definatly spinifex country was still easy cruising.
Yep sleeping under the stars every night in the swag was AMAZING. Pretty lucky had near a full moon at the start of the trip then was down to a crescent and not up in the night in the desert so had some pretty clear skies.
Yeah signed the book. Think the last entry was a few months ago, don't think to many people go down there fortunatly. Some of the guys that got their permits later said it that it wasn't permitted. To be honest I'm not sure how many people would bother with permits and permission. Yeah still reasonable amounts of wood but there's definatly more pressure out there.
Glad to hear that you all made it safe and sound. Can't wait to see the photos.
Managed to get some photos off the slr, hopefully it works 😕
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Stayed at Farina for a couple of nights and spent a good day poking about, is a very cool place. Was lucky had an amazing sunset.
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Stayed a night at Albebuckila waterhole on the other side of the road from the bridge. Was a great spot waterhole was full, birds everwhere and no people, the bridge was quite busy tho.
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Whistling Kytes everywhere along the river.
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Sturt Desert Pea on the way to Dalhausie.
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A bit of water around Hamilton station on the way in.
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Dalhausie ruins.
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Woops put two pelicans in here's the Wistling Kyte
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Crested Pigeon at Dalhausie. Spent about four days here waiting for the rest of the crew. Was very relaxing and certainly made use the springs for sure! Roofy even went in for dip, had to make some shorts by cutting down some jeans and then were blinded by very white legs hahaha . . .
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Went for a drive Bloods ck ruins to charge the batteries. . .
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Bloods Ck was full.
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Were pretty lucky to see the desert like this flowers everwhere and so lush.
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Saw a dingo on the gibber plain on the way back, was very cool.
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White Necked Heron chicks at Opossum waterhole. Birds were breeding everwhere like mad!
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Big Orb spider.
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Red Mulga at 3 O'clock Ck
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Doesn't really need an explanation. . .
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Poor old BT50 out the back. . .
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On the way to Andado. Was a bit of water around in the western side but was starting to dry up. A few weeks earlier would have been tough.
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Old Andado, we arrived just in time for tea & scones yum!! Very cool place. .
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This one's a classic i reckon. . .
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Mac Clarke reserve - Wadi Trees (Acacia puce). Very cool spot only the spots there found and up to 1000 years old
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