Wednesday, Oct 16, 2002 at 00:00
Hi Gpa,
We got to
Lancelin at around midday, which was unfortunate, as it was high tide :(
Our late timing, along with the fact that the firing range had shut off access to
the beach, meant we hit some pretty rough, rocky tracks - not rough as in challenging - but rough as in tedious, choppy
limestone type stuff that you need to re-inflate your tyres and crawl over. At least, that was our technique. We missed a 11km beach run because of this. The most beach we saw was an 8km section, which was great :)
Our timing also meant we got to
Cervantes at around 7pm - when it was dark. The track out of
Grey was another slow rocky stint that is only made worse by the reduced light - that section wasn't particularly enjoyable.
To answer your question - i'd say get to
Lancelin at around 8.30-9am, and regardless of any detours, you should still get to
Cervantes with a nice chunk of daylight to spare. Just the right time for photos :)
We took a small detourto the left just past the firing range, and i shot this scene :
http://www.sumo.com.au/4wd/4wd.mov
You'll need to have the Quicktime Player installed to see it properly.
www.quicktime.com.au
Cheers
Martin.
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