Flinders Extreme

Hi Willem
Great to see you back, sorry mate l missed you on the way home you had already gone north.

Many Thanks for the hospitality shown by Judith and yourself it was a great trip will post details shortly.

Kind Regards
John

If there's one thing that sticks out on this forum......... it's Rosie's pic!!

Hope business is conducted satisfactory for all, and you keep warm.

Cheers

Wolfie

Hi Willem. Good to hear your back for a little while. The track sound interesting to say the least .looking forward to more info

Sierra 98, have you been using that HF to keep in touch with civilization. Haven't heard you report in or are you waiting for Rosie to let you down first.

Pleased to hear you are safe and well. Sounds like you're having a ball.

Hey Willem, thanks for the phone call really cheered the girls up even if they did say who is Willem ( they don't read the forum) but after our incident things have changed, you might even here from them, sorry off subject sound like a beautiful place and fuel, got to worth it by the sounds of it, reckon the Explorer would make it. Good to hear from ya mate.

Baz.

Great to hear youre back Willem, sounds like a lot of fun you've been having up there apart from the cold brrrrrr in-DEED.

I have been trying to keep an even keel since you ventured north and as usual we have wandered up and downstream bouncing off the banks. Roachie and Pesty have been good hahahahahah, but Constable Muddy 'Doe has taken them under his (strong) arm (of the law) and is nurturing their good sides. His work will be done in 2006.

Can wait to see the info and kempen.id.au updates

No underslung spare tyres? Might have to go on a diet to make it!

We will be around that area in September and it sounds good - but no roof racks?? Did you take yours off?

Glad you are having a good time. We need you back to clean up this site!

Andrew

Hi Willie,

I will look forward to your trip reports when you post them. The places you told us of have real appeal. Is our truck too high though?

Mate you lift the tone in here, as it seems some of your South Aussie mates really let you down. Just as well Muddy 'doe keeps em in line while you are away. Nice of him to come across to Halls Gap last weekend to meet up.

G'day,

Thoght you might like to know that Keith Conlon's TV program 'Postcards' was at Waraweena tonight on Channel 9. he was talking about Operation bounceback, principayy. But he gave the whole place a good plug, along with Stoney.

I'm tempetd to say Bugger, but I won't. I love to share.

There's a reason you were feeling cold - it is cold! FYI here's the weather info from Leigh Creek.

Date Day Temps Rain Evap Sun Max wind gust 9 am 3 pm
Min Max Dir Spd Time Temp RH Cld Dir Spd MSLP Temp RH Cld Dir Spd MSLP
°C °C mm mm hours km/h local °C % 8th km/h hPa °C % 8th km/h hPa
1 Th 5.7 19.9 0 13.4 59 ESE 7 1023.3 18.7 36 WNW 13 1020.6
2 Fr 11.0 19.6 0 N 33 14:04 13.9 58 Calm 1023.0 19.2 35 N 20 1018.8
3 Sa 5.2 22.7 0 12.7 45 N 15 1015.7 22.5 20 NNW 43 1011.1
4 Su 6.5 15.6 0 SSW 28 15:01 9.6 82 SSE 6 1020.8 15.2 40 SSW 15 1019.5
5 Mo 2.3 16.7 0 WSW 30 14:08 9.1 68 SE 6 1025.5 15.8 31 SW 17 1023.6
6 Tu 2.7 16.5 0 S 24 16:14 8.5 67 Calm 1025.6 15.6 46 SSW 15 1023.1
7 We 2.6 17.2 0 SW 26 12:20 8.0 69 Calm 1026.0 16.8 38 SSW 11 1023.2
8 Th 6.4 15.2 0 N 54 12:38 12.9 49 NNE 28 1022.3 13.3 51 N 28 1019.1
9 Fr 9.8 20.3 2.2 NNE 54 11:10 14.1 44 NNE 30 1019.8 19.5 25 N 33 1016.5
10 Sa 5.9 20.6 0 NNW 35 15:26 11.3 60 S 2 1020.0 19.9 32 N 19 1017.7
11 Su 6.2 16.3 0 SSW 39 13:35 10.4 78 SE 6 1023.6 15.0 56 SSW 26 1022.3
12 Mo 2.2 15.3 0 S 31 17:19 8.4 85 SE 2 1028.1 14.8 52 SW 19 1026.4
13 Tu 2.1 15.4 0 SW 30 17:22 7.1 80 E 2 1030.3 14.8 43 S 13 1027.3
14 We 2.4 15.6 0 S 30 14:22 9.0 74 SSW 4 1030.9 15.3 42 SW 15 1028.0
15 Th 0.2 15.3 0 WSW 20 16:03 6.4 67 Calm 1030.6 14.8 36 SE 4 1027.1
16 Fr 0.1 15.5 0 SSW 50 19:48 5.7 68 SSE 2 1028.9 15.1 39 SW 26 1026.1
17 Sa 2.8 14.0 0 S 39 00:18 6.9 69 SSW 20 1033.8 13.3 32 SSE 19 1032.5
18 Su 3.8 0 7.8 54 SE 17 1036.1 13.1 32 SSE 15 1033.7
Statistics for the first 18 days of July 2004
Mean 4.3 17.2 9.7 65 8 1025.8 16.3 38 19 1023.1
Lowest 0.1 14.0 0 5.7 44 Calm 1015.7 13.1 20 SE 4 1011.1
Highest 11.0 22.7 2.2 # 54 14.1 85 NNE 30 1036.1 22.5 56 NNW 43 1033.7
Total 2.2

Pity the table does not come out clearer, but lowest was 0.1 on Friday 16th.

(for those unaware, Willem is staying in Beltana, once a lively Flinders Ranges town, with schools & hote, missions -aka Smith of Dunesk. It is now effectively a ghost town. If you want to read more about Beltana, see Flinders Ranges Research site on the web.

Leigh Creek is about 33 Km N of Beltana, and the closest weather station to Willie.

Cheers

Hi Willem
Good to hear from you again. I'll have to take the roofrack off again!!
I'd like to update my rig pic now that I've done a few more additions, but my youngest dropped the digital camera down the toilet while taking a photo - what she was photographing, I wasn't game to ask!! Anyway, there went an expensive piece of electronics in an instant. So no new pics until I can afford to get a new camera :-(
Hope you're finding ways to keep warm. We're freezing up here too.
Cheers
John

Willem,

Read your post with interest and checked out your Rig ;) can you enlighten me as to what are "bush slippers". Carolyn.

Howdy Willem, cccccccold at YYYYYYYYacka too over the wwwwwwwwweekend
must have been bbbbbbelow 0 as iiiiiiiiice was all ooooooover the gggggggground

The great Messiah speaks and the followers bow in humble obediance.
Hail Willem!!!
Still trying to get SWMBO into thinking about some extra leave to do a visit to Beltana but pushing it uphill.
You had better scoot to Clare tonight for dinner tonight with the Birthday Girl. Had Glenn, Michelle and James' pleasant company over the weekend and they are heading over that way too. You will need to go even if only to sort Roachie out.
No better here with the cold wind over the last couple of days.

Willem & Judith - how nice to hear from you. Missed you - difficult to find someone to talk to who makes sense!! Fairly freezing up here also - 2 to 15 for past three days, but at least we have sunshine. Alice Springs was -1.5 this a.m. according to phone call from there. Wind fairly fresh again now. Hope you've heating in the stone house or have you ripped up and burned the tables and chairs?????