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Back yesterday from Alice . Got washed out in the end.

Submitted: Monday, Apr 02, 2007 at 13:47

Member - Willie , Epping .Syd.

Howdy Forumites ,

I got back Saturday from two weeks in the Alice Springs area . Twice we were rained out - the second time we just made it out of the Eastern James Ranges with
a camel trailer and two beasts before we were locked in for a week .

Trips we did :

Went out to the Finke at Horseshoe Bend Station and camped the night . Came back to Stuart's Well and camped .

Went on a five day trip up through from Ernest Giles Rd to Tempe Downs , Illara WH , Stone Yards , Conways WH , Bowson's Hole , Areyonga , Three Holes , Spider WH , Buka WH , Fall Down WH , Ilamata Springs , Ilbilla , then back down through Tempe again and crossed the Palmer River further west than we went in , as we were cut off by water logged claypans .You need to know people on these properties to do this trip . Some of the tracks had not been travelled much in the last couple of years , and we had a lot of trouble finding them , and staying on them when we had found them .

Did a day trip out to Walkabout , Rainbow Valley Renner's Rock .

We also did a half day 4WD trip down the Hugh River in WW Valley . Does anybody have any info on the plane wreck in there ?

Next , we took two camels out by trailer and established a base in the Eastern James Ranges . Then we made two day trips into the James Ranges . It rained heavily then and we were lucky not to be stuck in there for a few days .

The weather report looked bad , so we left the balance of our trip for next year .

No mechanical problems with the car . Plenty of interesting aboriginal cave paintings and rock peckings / engravings . Many beautiful waterholes in the gorges and had some memorable swims .

Note .
I have old and new maps of the James Ranges and there are huge variations in the spelling of many of the names of waterholes etc .
I did not get a GPS Route / Track of the trip as my GPS crapped itself .

Cheers ,

Willie .

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AnswerID: 231234   Submitted: Monday, Apr 02, 2007 at 14:13

Member - Beatit (QLD) replied:

Welcome back Willie, no need for me to point out the irony in getting washed out in the desert. Hope you have some photos.

Kind regards

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AnswerID: 231247   Submitted: Monday, Apr 02, 2007 at 14:44

Kev M (NSW) replied:

Welcome Home Willie,

Sounds like the wet weather dampened your trip. LOL

Check out Steve T (NT)'s profile for some Aboriginal Art that he's come across, you might find it interesting.

Cheers Kev
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AnswerID: 231305   Submitted: Monday, Apr 02, 2007 at 19:52

kimprado replied:

Willie

Know how you feel mate. Everytime I go to Scrubby Town it's bloody raining!

No thought given to tourists. LOL

Regards

KIm
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AnswerID: 231306   Submitted: Monday, Apr 02, 2007 at 19:55

Willem replied:

Willie

Hmmmm......no wonder you didn't stop by on the way back.

You are in serious trouble mate.

Remember a bag full of goodies you were to give to the young fella's missus? Seems like you took that with you.

Here in the bush there are no secrets.

lol

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FollowupID: 492303   Submitted: Tuesday, Apr 03, 2007 at 09:35

Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. posted:

Willem ,

I was early when I came through and after my last visit , where I found you still in bed at 9.00am , I thought I would leave you to your beauty sleep - God knows , you need it !

I found the goodies for Isabel when I went to put some vegies in the fridge at Alice Springs . To make up for it , I gave her my jar of pickles when I got back there !

Willie .

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FollowupID: 492421   Submitted: Tuesday, Apr 03, 2007 at 19:24

Willem posted:

Thousands may believe you................

BTW what happened to the fridge?????? Or is that another secret...lol
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FollowupID: 492498   Submitted: Tuesday, Apr 03, 2007 at 22:32

Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. posted:

I am going to the Autofridge fixing person tomorrow morning . It will not work off the 240 volt thingie either so it is something in the fridge , not the wiring or the battery.

"Or is that another secret" - what was the first secret ?

Willie .

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AnswerID: 231464   Submitted: Tuesday, Apr 03, 2007 at 17:35

Gramps (NSW) replied:


Welcome back Bro. Sounds like you had a good time pottering about all those "graffiti" sites LOL

What on earth happened to your GPS? Did you have a seniors moment and forget to turn it on hahahahahahaha
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