anyone been to perth lately?

Davoe, you live in Kal and have never been to Perth ? It's only 6 hours away. At the risk of making a fool of myself (and I'm ruuly good at that :) I'll assume some of your questions are serious.
Road is fine except for tourists like me.
Tyres..if it's raining don't go. Stay at home and catch and store some...you need it in Kal.
Speed bumps everywhere but slow down and say gooday to em and you'll be right.
Perth can't be much more than an 80L trip unless you take my advice above.
Safety....it's the locals that will have to worry...you're from Kal ! Pretty much same situation, be careful and carry lots of luck. Stop where you can obseve your vehicle lest it magically go for as joy ride, never to return.
Campsites I'll leave that advice to the locals. Usually overpriced and as full as a Kal local .
Fuel. If you don't carry enough for 6 hours how the heck do you get around Kal on a Friday night ? :))

Great Friday Funny!

Davo.
Can't help with the road conditions, but can answer re the roo bar and extras. Leave them on as the locals are very helpfull and will remove them for you. I suggest you park the rig in STh Perth overnight and it will be done by morning.
My Daughter lives in Sth Perth in a "quite" street. Looks like a nice area close to the city and with paths atround the river, but she has been broken into 3 thime in 6 mths.
Tried every type of alarm and lock short of a rottie with a 12 bore, but nothing seems to help.
Hope this is of assistance
Vince

Davoe ,
1. I drove from perth to Yellowdine a few months ago and the road is not in too badder condition, just watch out for old people driving with wide brimmed hats as you come into Sawyers Valley. LOL. Would you belive I got RBT'd in the middle of nowhere comming back between Merriden and Perth!?!

2. Now if I were you I'd be switching to some 33" BFG Mud Terrain's. I think it's neccessary as that's what most of the shinny clean 4wd's arround Perth seem to be running so it's obviously for a reason!

3. A Snorkel is extremely usful in proventing sucking in all the fumes from the masses of diesel powered polutting 4wds that choke up the streets of Perth.

4. In all seriousness there is one particular speed hump at the Woodvale Bullavard shopping centre that you may need L4 to get over! ;-) We got air off it in our younger days in a Charade and must have fair dinkum travelled for 5 meters before we sparked back to ground. :-O

5. Solar is no good, too much smogg mate, probally better to rig up some kind of pedal powered 3 stage charger... Resupplies aren't an issue as I've got plenty of home brew in the back fridge if you get stuck.

6. Road rage isn't so much of an issue now as I'm not on the road as much as I was earlier in the year. Should be ok, just stay clear of Gnagara road at about 5:45pm. (That's when I'm normally going home).
As far as speed cameras go, don't worry about them the norm nowadays is to just turn around and run over them if they take your photo. If you just spray paint your bullbar white they're so stupid they won't notice it's there and you'll be ok.
7. There's a place you could park up for the night, I think it's called "King's Park". Good views from there too, don't have the GPS on that one though...
8. Diesel, you'll find it's probally cheaper to stock up in Kal, especially if staying in the inner suburbs as they seem to think it's ok to charge twice as much as it's worth here. It is available in small quantities if require for an emergancy though.

Hope you have a good trip mate! Good luck with the sale!

Re: Speed Camera's

Now remember kids, Constable Care says......
"if you see a multinova".....mount the kerb and run it over"

The road to Perth was upgraded years ago so the the road trains could get through, loaded with all that chewin' tobaccy, bib & brace overalls and banjo strings for yawl an' the kin folk.

Good campsite to be had in Hawkstone St, Cottesloe from memory. Pick the right verge and you could be "libbin next door to Alan" You gotta proper flash one Edwin, true.

Mates of mine used to go rabbit shooting with silenced Rugers at Point Resolution Park in Dalkeith (next to Kerry Stokes house), so I'd say the leafy western suburbs are good for a feed.

DAvoe

If you want some variation turn right at merredin to Bruce Rock, then follow the road to Quarading, York. Road is fairly straight and there is no traffic at al(except the odd tractor).

Acquaintance over here in West Vic said his rellies in Perth are upset.
Theirs is the only house in the street that hasnt been broken into & they are wondering whats wrong with it!
Davoe your rig looks OK, might suit me in a while if I complete sale of house but prolly a bit slow & thirsty!

who owns the pub in perth now? cheers sparra

goodday davoe
if were really lucky the locals may have caught up a bit and put some red and white tape up so you dont drive off the edge of the world

steve

I really dunno what you wanna come to Perth for !

Every foriegner I've ever met recons the place is crap.

Too much grafitti,
too much rain,
too many vietnamese,
too many aboriginals,
too many flies,
too many cars,
not enough police,
no-one has any manners,
every one is always grumpy,
beer costs too much (this is true ! ),
diesel costs too much (this is also true ! ),
the weather is always too hot,
all the girls are fat,
the shops are never open.

They say Kalgoorlie is the place to be !!!!!

Geez Davoe,a big trip like that would present many difficulties
I reckon your probably better off puttin the whole kit and caboodle on a road train and catchin a plane.
That way you get to gargle a couple of Swan's and cos trucks are allowed to have bullbars the locals wont be a problem.
You might have to wait a couple days for it to turn up but that wouldn't be a problem, would it??
BTW do they still have that evil Hannans Handicap over there????

Leave nothing but footprints and take nothing but photos