June holidays trip desided

Eric,

I hope you are not serious about a 17 Hr crossing.
If you are you are just wasting your time.
Too many people these days are "tick" tourists. that is they have been everywhere but really seen nothing.

Drive to Peterborough - Seen that ....tick,
Been to Coober Pedy - Seen that.....tick
Been across the Desert - Seen That......tick

What have you really seen .......Nothing........

Stop and smell the roses my freind or your wasting your time and putting others at risk.

If you are not allowing three weeks for that trip you probably won't see much.

Have a look at www.lcool.org for our Simpson trip with lots of photo's and things to see. On top of that you could probably spend four days travelling the Oodnadatta track, Coober Pedy, Painted deset, breakaways etc.

Not much point in going if you don't look around.

The old Pfart of Peterborough is interesting.....

Innamincka is great - read about the history of Burke and Wills before you go and you can take a journey back in time and imagine those poor sods trapsing around the deserts.

Hospitality in Birdsville is great..... try and catch some Yabbies.

Oodnadatta track is great - you have to stop along the way and look at the old sidings and buildings....

Andrew

I'm crossing the Simpson the other way about the same time as you Eric. Just make sure you keep an eye out for me please. That 5m wog pole should help.

No worries Eric,

you caught me with that one.!

Eric,
I would have thought coffee at Duff's was a must!!!

LOL

Rolande

Was planning similar trip.
but thatsbleepcanned now...

Hi Eric... My next door neighbour and i are both doing the same trip you are doing starting from about the 6th June next year...
I am then heading north from Birdsville and blasting up to kingfisher and then up through the govebleepula area....
I will race ya.. Patrol vs Landcruiser.. i rekon i can do it in 15hrs...

eric
dalhousie springs is worth stopping for few days to sit in springs
aiming to do motorbike (support) trip last week june first week juky(school hols)2005 across simpson if i can get time off(end financial yr) so may see you on rd
last time we did e/w but will go w/e this time
expect it to be busy as bourke st at this time which is a shame

ps also if can organise a night at william creek pub-but dont plan to leave to early next day

Agree about taking your time on the trip but.....who's the clown who reckons 17 hours is a record west-east crossing?

Met up with the Birdsville Hotel publican north-west of Dalhousie in '99 doing the east-west crossing in 17 hours followed by a 13 hour west-east crossing the next day. ie. Leaving at 7am and turning up in BV at 8pm for some nosh and a few drinks.

But wouldn't recommend it unless you had to.

Look forward to catching up with you at the Caravanserai Cafe Eric...

If you would like to see some truely magnificent images of the Simpson, check out my father, Wolfgang's, paintings of the Simpson and other outback areas

Over four hundred original works on display, most of which are of the Simpson and country around Birdsville over the last 28 years.

Cheers,

Karsten