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There was no outback trip this year, instead we got our new business , GroundScope, up and running.
The Ground Penetrating Radar unit (GPR) does not fit in the back door of the 'Cruiser so we bought a 2004 LandRover Defender TD5 110 as a work vehicle. We towed the Jayco Penguin for a short trip to SA, 2509klm and averaged 12.5 l /100klm , and driving at the speed limit, that is simply amazing, and considering the Landy is superior in the bush the decision to move back to LandRover is not difficult. But The Landy is a lot more demanding of ones attention so I will have to bring the tools out from retirement.
We have also ordered a new Trakmaster Sturt XC poptop van so the Jayco will be on ebay in the not too distant future
Will update the website in due course
2010 Outback Trip
This years 3 month trip beginning late July , approx 16,000 Klm will start with a visit to Mungo National park in South West NSW, then north to Cameron Corner which is the intersection of SA, NSW, QLD borders. From there we plan to head west to catch the Strezleki track & south to hook up with the Oodnadatta track. From there we will head North west for a rare sight of Lake Eyre in flood and continue up the track to join the Stuart Highway, (first sealed road for about a week) . Plain sailing from here till we check out Chambers Pillar in south East NT & up to Alice for a bit of a rest. We are looking forward to some fossiking in Harts Range & Gemtree area & maybe a side trip to Boxhole Meteor crater.
Back onto the Stuart Highway & north for a beer at Daly Waters pub then back for a trip along the Buchannan Hwy to Wolfe Creek Meteor Crater. Now it will be starting to get a bit warmer so dont want to hang about too much and will check out the Bungle Bungles & Lake Argyle on the way to Kunamurra & thru to the Gibb River road to Derby on the WA coast. This would be about our half way point
Heading south for a bit now to Marble Bar for some more fossiking and hopefully to check out a few things in that area, then thru Karijini NP, and back to the WA coast for a look at Coral bay which has been highly recommended. From here we will head south thru the WA Goldfields to Perth and a bit of a look about down south & dragging our feet a bit eventually Eastward to home.
The Mudmap includes things we would like to see and may vary as we go, depending on weather & road/track conditions fuel avaialability ect. Will be interesting to compare the plan with the live GPS tracking