Water ideas for walking the Trans-Access Rd
Submitted: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 19:03
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theperthvan
Hi, I'm walking
Perth to
Sydney starting in August. I'll either go the highway or the trans-access rd. I'd much much prefer the trans-access rd, but the highway is much safer in terms of water and food.
Supposing I can carry 100kg in my trolley/cart that I've rigged up, does anyone have any ideas about getting water?
Do
places like
Forrest and Zanthus have water at all?
If worse comes to worst I'll walk the highway, where 190km is the furtherest distance between fuel stops. That'll be no dramas.
Cheers,
Patrick
Reply By: theperthvan - Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 14:18
Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 14:18
Thanks to everybody for the advice, please keep them going.
Nah I'm not doing it to raise money, it's just to do something difficult and perhaps for some isolation.
Rail-wheel idea: I can't visualise how this'd work. Would there be one wheel sticking out the side of a cart that could plop straight onto the track?
Cheers Echucan Bob, that's an encouraging list. Still, that gets up to 300km between water, which'd be 50kg of water as a pretty optimistic estimate.
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Follow Up By: Dave(NSW) - Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 23:12
Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 23:12
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.
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Follow Up By: Echucan Bob - Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 at 23:17
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 at 23:17
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
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Follow Up By: Dave(NSW) - Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 at 23:38
Sunday, Jun 01, 2014 at 23:38
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
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