What a great three weeks
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MUZBRY- Life member(Vic)
Gday
I left
home on 14/9/2014 and headed to
Adelaide to pick up the horse shoes from Dave B . The next morning i was on the road to
Roxby Downs for the third night. So far i am getting 11.9 l/100 , but all bitumen . Left Roxby Dns and headed up the Borefield track , a little dust but am yet to find a bump. I turned left at
Oodnadatta track and had lunch in the Pink road house at about 3pm. Heading North I stayed at
Hamilton Stn for the fourth night. Leaving early , i was in Mt Dare by about 10 am.where i waited for Robin and Anne Miller who turned up early afternoon from
Alice springs direction.
Next morning we were on our way to
Dalhousie springs and
all places East . We stopped at Colson track French track corner for the night and at 3.00 am it started to rain and get cold.15c at 6.00 am with a breeze from the South East.
Well the rain made the trip easier for us as the sand set hard . Second night was at a spot the Millers stayed at last year by the road side . Still with a cool breeze we went on and had third night at Ayre creek. Weather getting a little warmer by now and headed for Big Red.
I have heard a lot about this sand
hill and it sounds all bad . Robin up first go, so i had to make it as
well. A couple of minutes later Anne called up and i set off for the first time. In no time at all i was on top of Big Red in one go . I will say that the rain was a big help with the sand nice and firm , but still first go ..Off to
Birdsville for breakfast ....more later