Folks,
Have been back over a day now and have had the ability to go back through fuel figures and the like.
I hope the table below will make sense when it goes to the post
Home Litres Distance Km/Litre Litres/100km
Mildura 90.34 561.5 6.22 16.09
Broken Hill 62.37 305.4 4.90 20.42
Tibooburra 62 339 5.47 18.29
Innaminka 75.76 435.6 5.75 17.39
Birdsville 91.38 545 5.96 16.77
Oodnadatta 127.3 714.6 5.61 17.81
Port Augusta 144.4 867 6.00 16.66
Ararat 165 986.5 5.98 16.73
The first line of numbers is
home to
Mildura, the next
Mildura to
Broken Hill. I wonder whose litres may be bigger or smaller in these cases as that trip with Navigators more careful driving gives the worst fuel economy. It seems wrong.
I know the GU gives slightly longer Kms since I fitted the new tyres so the numbers should be good. There is close to 4 tonnes for that part of the journey.
Being a social animal we, Heather and I, have enjoyed very much the company of others we have met along the way and hope to see all again with our and their tripping. Being close to the Great Ocean Road I hope will aid them in thinking of visiting here.
In the last couple of days after logging the previous report we were able to catch up with Willem and Judith in
Peterborough and then on to see Alan and Elaine at
Berri. We were welcomed into homes by these hospitable people who had never met us before or known us apart from on this
forum. It really reinforces the strength of character of those who contribute, for that sort of thing should never be assumed. There is as much real fellowship here as there is in many trumpeted organisations and the respect granted is fantastic.
The social contacts that build with the camps together as we have done with forumites in the Wombat or the tripping in the high country. Meeting with others around each others trips, Ruth and Ian, Alan and Lynda, Paul and Helen and the couple we tripped with in the Simpson, Charles and Robyn. We certainly can get a warm and fuzzy feeling, and nothing to do with Willems and my beards. Eh, bro! He is just a little shorter than me.
This site has a great lot of people contributing so much in Australian society and mateship. We look forward to seeing more of our friends, and hopefully soon.
Wish you the best of health