Willem's Trip

Bradley - did I say anything about Willem using the shovel! LOL

It will be even tougher if people keep getting bogged....weill just have to see what it is like in June/July.

Kesh, maybe I'm just tired because it's been a long and tiring day - but I think either I, or maybe you, have missed something. I sure don't understand your Post.

kesh,
you must not have read any information on Willem. He is no stranger to hard times in the outback, as you must not have read his Spinifex Trail Story from the mid 1980's, when he and his mate took 2 Suzuki 4X4 and tried to do the first Geograpgical Centre of The Simpson Desert, yes without GPS and only using compass and sextant.

Stephen

Having just interviewed Willem for my Uni assignment, I can assure you that he's seen plenty of hard tough times.

Yes, I have read quite a bit of Willems history, I also saw his shopping list of gear packed aboard and I pretty well stay with my remark.
Ruth. If you draw a straight line between Middleton and Windorah you would notice that it crosses some rather remote country. Until recently an old friend of ours prospected all through there for years, solo, his vehicle an early Daihatsu, he with a gammy leg from a mining accident so needs a crutch for walking support.
No 2 way radio, no gps, lived off the land, wet or drought and can he tell a story about tough, but always reckoned it was easy!
I have been on Kurran mining and prospecting and its a very interesting landscape. You do plenty of tyres, water is always a bit scarce, getting stuck in washaways is always on, plenty of fuel is required but allowing for that with todays vehicle and all its mod cons one can hardly call it tough.
cheers kesh

Kesh,

Everyone has done what they think is 'bloody tough'.

But one thing I won't do is compare my tough times to someone elses.

Who knows how tough the other is doing it, unless you are there too. One man who did it 'bloody tough' was Len Beadell, but he wouldn't have told anyone that, he did the same as Willem, he wrote his stories for all to read and imagine.

It is wiser to read other stories and make your own assumptions, but keep them to yourself.

Geoff.

Kesh
WTF, exactly what point are you marking?