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My best advice would be to cut something out of this trip, and leave more room to enjoy, but that is entirely up to you.
I have seen people drive all the way out to see something, stop ... jump out of the car, take a quick look for 5 minutes, and then jump back in and off ..... just to tick it off the list.
I would leave everything near Alice for future exploring as you will be there anyway, and it will be easy to get out and around from there .....
Years ago my wifes BFF hired a car and drove none stop with some other friends to Ayers Rock ,
where upon arriving they all jumped out touched the rock and drove none stop back to Melb.
It was the 70s lol
As Happy says leave all the trips 8hrs from Alice and see whats available on the way up.
There is an awesome amount of history in the area.
Please PM me if you stumble onto Lasseters reef I wont tell anyone.
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Originally Posted by threedogs
..... I have done Alice To Melbourne for a wedding and then back again in a weekend ... was just an hour late for work on getting back to Alice ..... fun times, but wouldn't recommend it though
ok iv'e got 10 days to get there so am not in any rush - i agree also about leaving the spots close to Alice out of the trip.. the nerves are setting in!!!
i've got wiki camps on the iPhone so won't need to go searching for camping spots.. work will be paying for my fuel up.. i just need to make the itinerary really and yup its my first time doing such a drive!
need to get the truck serviced shortly and start planning what to take with me.
if you drive from melbourne you can go through murray bridge, then along the murray up to burra and peterbourough through wilmington and quorn then leigh creek and onto the oodnadatta track or you could do a couple of other ways but if you go that way you will be mainly off the busy roads and get to see some great country.
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Yep, totally forget about Uluru, Kata Juta, Kings Canyon, Palm Valley, West Macs, Chambers Pillar etc etcQuote:
Originally Posted by bishbashbosh
You are going to be living in Alice so all the time in the world to see them later.
Also you get discounts at a lot of accommodation and entry fees and stuff if you are an NT resident
There are heaps of track closures at the moment to consider as well http://www.dptiapps.com.au/data/Outb...s%20Report.PDF
I don't know how heavy you will be with kit seeing as you are moving as well as travelling but if it was me I would be ticking as many boxes as I could in the lower SA regions.
It is going to be hot as bejeesus in the outback so I would leave a lot of the NE parts of SA for cooler times.
I also don't know what you have and haven't seen already but I would consider wandering along the Murray, Flinders and then hang West of the Oodnadatta and tick the boxes along there eg Woomera, Coober Pedy, Painted Desert etc
Depends where you have and haven't been and how heavy you are.
You don't want to be loaded up to the gunwhales with personal effects and doing 1,000's of K's in the mud if those Eastern Outback areas are still shitty.
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Originally Posted by bishbashbosh
Don't worry too much about a 'fixed' itinerary, as you will be on your own, and can take as much or as little time as you want at the various places, and if you worry too much about sticking to 'the plan', you may miss out on the best things about being a part of, and being out in the Australian Outback ..... By all means have a rough plan, but leave the fixed rigid plans for when you are with a group of trucks, and you have to please the majority.
One of the things I love about going on our own is the total flexibility that we have, and it is different ( but still good ) when you are with others.
You could spend a month alone in the Flinders on the way up - you could tootle along the Murray, - you could go up through Mildura and Broken Hill ( which I love ) - you could travel the highways .....
Have a look at the maps, choose a path for you depending on how much gear you have in the truck, as you still need to be able to get to all your camping gear easily or it won't be a nice experience. If you have a truck full, you may be limited to the main routes and motels
Mic
dad mentioned the murray bridge so will look into that but i've decided i'll take the Oodnadatta and Coober Pedy, Erye, and the Painted Desert.
will keep an eye on road closures also - but i agree i'm not going to make too much 'fixed' and if something else takes me i'll head off that way.
I'm just packing the truck up with my camping gear - i'll be staying in the hospital quarters so will only add clothes (work), and laptop - won't be taking any of my other belongings with me.
will get these guys at eco gas servicesto service my LPG as its running terrible and i need to have it sorted before i leave.. just hope it don't cost me the earth!
Good move... LPG is gut bustingly expensive away from the cap cities so you want the best performance you can get.Quote:
Originally Posted by bishbashbosh
Alice - LPG is 113 and ULP about 140
I think Lyndhurst is the last source of LPG (other than on the Stuart Hwy) IE when the bitumen ends so does the LPG fuel availibilty AFAIK.
You may want to consider some "Just in Case Jerries"