First timers
Submitted: Sunday, Jun 05, 2005 at 18:48
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Pete & Janelle
We have a Nissan X-Trail and are in the process of planning a trip through Western NSW, SA and QLD in late Sept/Oct
Our initial thoughts are to go from
Sydney to Dubbo, Dubbo to
White Cliffs,
White Cliffs to
Tibooburra,
Tibooburra to
Cameron Corner.
The question then is where to we head from
Cameron Corner, we are looking at going to Merty Merty and then down to
Lyndhurst but we don't know if a pair of "newbies" in a Nissan X-Trail would do this in a 6-8 hour window or are we kidding ourselves as to how far we can go in a day on these roads.
The overall "plan of attack" is to go to
Oodnadatta,
Alice Springs,
Daly Waters,
Burketown and then back through QLD to
Brisbane then back to
Sydney.
The highway legs are easy enough to calculate times and distances but obviously the more remote roads are not as easy to estimate travel times so we are looking for advice.
Thanks in Advance,
Janelle and Pete
Reply By: Lone Wolf - Sunday, Jun 05, 2005 at 19:12
Sunday, Jun 05, 2005 at 19:12
I've got a Honda HRV, and have some of this, and more.
Pick your weather... if you can.
The roads can play real havoc with the standard tyres. I have put Coopers AT on the Honda. I work on the premise of 60 kmh on the main gravel roads. This allows me to factor in comfort stops, photo stops, etc.
Corrugations & stones will be your main worry. It's a soft roader, and is not built for real rough stuff.
Have fun, and take your time.
Wolfie
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Reply By: Peter 2 - Sunday, Jun 05, 2005 at 21:09
Sunday, Jun 05, 2005 at 21:09
As has been said, you have a soft roader and tyres and underbody damage will be your biggest worry off the bitumen.
Change the tyres to AT type rather than the passenger tyres fitted standard.
X
trails seem to have problems with mud, sticks and rocks upsetting the wheel/ABS sensors in forest areas so the gibbers could play havoc too. One that we've had with us has had problems several times with muddy forestry roads, the sensors seem to get knocked out of alignment easily and it usually results in lights on the dash and the vehicle refusing to drive all four wheels which can be a worry when it is slippery.
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