Tuesday, Feb 06, 2018 at 19:47
Sounds like a Crocodile Dundee moment.....you call that a Bog.....lol
I thought you might have put this one up Mick.
On a cross country Sunday afternoon drive west of the
Wilkinson Lakes in remote South Australia (North East of
Maralinga and South East of Emu) for those that do not know where it is.
The
Wilkinson Lakes area consists of some large salt lakes and lots of small ones that will catch you out, even when you are driving along the very edge, as Peter soon found out.
This would have been one bog that if travelling solo, could have ended in disaster.
Also I have heard a good bush secret regarding driving on what looks like a solid
salt lake.
Use a hammer and longer than normal metal tent peg. If the peg is hard to hammer in, the lake should be safe to drive on, but if the tent peg goes straight in and is covered in black mud when taken out......keep
well clear of it.
Cheers
Stephen

This was a real shite moment........

You can see that we were on the very edge of the lake

Looking back to the lake that caused the trouble

This lake that caused the problem
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