Water ideas for walking the Trans-Access Rd

A good person to ask would be Robin at Maralinga. He used to work on the railway, and may know the station stop water situation. He also has a couple of hundred thousand liters of rainwater at Maralinga.

Look up Maralinga in places for his contact info.

Hi

There appeared to be people in residence in Zanthus when I went past in Feb 2013 (several cars and trucks present)...which is not to say they are there now.

Cheers
Greg

Peter, yes it is rough. We went from Kal to Forrest at Easter and gave up and headed down to the bitumen. If I were walking I'd make a barrow with a wheel that could run on a train Line rail. You would need to jump clear when a train came along.

We camped beside the track near Haigh. The trains thundered through all night and were awesome. The first one woke me and the incredible rumbling was pretty scary. We were camped right at the western end of the 477km straight section. The light of an approaching train lit us up for several minutes before it rumbled through. I wonder what sort of globes they use?

Water is available at Tarcoola, Maralinga (according to the above), Cook, Forrest and Rawlinna. If you had a barrow running on a rail, you could carry enough to make each refill.

Bob

He won't be walking fast :D

Bob just how slow a drive was the Trans Line? We will be driving it as far as the Cable Haul Rd in July and was hoping far a reasonably fast drive as far as that turn-off.

Thanks

Dunc

Gidday Duncan

It is a few years since I was on the trans road but the bit you are talking about, presuming you are heading east, was a pretty good road.

Lovely drive through the woodlands too.

Cheers

Thanks Rocco, Bob's comments above had me a little concerned as the timeframe we've got to do our trip is constrained and the first couple of days we will be putting in some long hours and as much distance as we can muster, but with time to smell the roses and me to take photos along the way.

Cheers

Dunc.

Dunc, from Rawlinna to Forrest we managed about 20 kph but slowed to walking through sections of white rock.

Bob

I would get the railway line idea out of your head unless you want to pay a massive fine, If I remember right your not allowed to even use the track right next to the line.
Cheers Dave.

Theperthvan,

If you had a cart with two axles and four pneumatic wheels you could have a flanged wheel in the middle of each axle. (like a train wheel but with a flange on both sides of the wheel). The walker would need to balance the cart so the pneumatic wheels were just clear of the ballast gravel.

Dave, you get so much warning of impending trains you could be well off the track minutes before the driver could see you. So much time you could even cover yourself in branches and bushes.

Bob

Bob,
I know how far away you can see the trains coming, Back in the early 70s I spent 19 months working out of Kitchener replacing wooden sleepers with concrete ones. I still wouldn't advise any one going on or near the rail line.
Cheers Dave