Basics when planning an adventure - check the weather!

Submitted: Thursday, Jun 29, 2023 at 20:05
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It s pretty obvious that heaps of rain is going to hit certain parts of the outback over the next week or so.

Being a bit of a weather watcher I would always head to places like
Esperance, Albany, Fitzgerald National Park etc when there was a high in the bight - always assured of a great experience with warm dry air from over the continent blowing out to the southern Ocean. I'd just leave when the weather took a bad turn. Same with Fraser (K'gari), the Vic High Country, Cape York and the Simpson.
Mind you I have quite often headed up to north Qld during cyclone season or during really heavy rain to visit family - knowing how the regions roads and rivers respond to heavy rainfall - lifelong experience having lived there...but also watching river levels inland from the highways.

However "IF" you are not overly familiar with the outback, or spent most of your life in the city...and are enjoying a school holiday escape... - I reckon it might be be a good idea to give the outback a miss at the moment with the predicted rainfall.
All to many people see the ads on TV about how their 4wd can zoom through water and mud and think - "OH good a 4wd challenge" - its just not much fun.

Not to mention danger, wrecking roads and getting rescued - maybe I'm a killjoy but sometimes you just gotta know your limitations...oh... by the way I monitored and reported Road conditions in those areas for many years and got a feel for what it takes to close them - a lot less than what is coming....

Apologies if I'm stating the bleeding obvious....
Kerry W (Qld)
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