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David from David and Justine Olsen's 4WD Tag-Along
Finally back home after a most enjoyable time in the outback
Tour 1 was 26 days then spent two days in
Birdsville before heading up the
Hay and into western QLD for 10 days. A couple of weeks at home will be welcome but we had an absolute ball. I sure would like to be out there in a week or so, the
wildflowers will be in full bloom. As it was we saw plenty.
Dave O
Reply By: Redback - Tuesday, Aug 01, 2006 at 18:56
Tuesday, Aug 01, 2006 at 18:56
Wow doesn't seem that long ago you left, glad all went
well can't wait for pix.
Baz.
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Reply By: Ruth from Birdsville Caravan Park - Tuesday, Aug 01, 2006 at 20:30
Tuesday, Aug 01, 2006 at 20:30
Hello, glad everything went according to plan. It did? Thought you might like to know that just after you left got a phone call to say that Sully ran over himself and was in hospital with couple broken ribs, plenty of bitumen/gravel rash and dinted pride. He's ok and the story is funny (no, really it is) - he was chasing a woman (he's 83.5). Luckily the car ran into a
telegraph pole and stopped. Ha ha.
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Follow Up By: David from David and Justine Olsen's 4WD Tag-Along - Tuesday, Aug 01, 2006 at 22:58
Tuesday, Aug 01, 2006 at 22:58
Now that is funny...and just like Sully I reckon.
Everything went really
well, thanks Ruth. We had one drama on the second last day that I'll share with you at a later date, but the participants we had were simply the best crew ever.
Hay river was a breeze. The Simpson crossing went
well too as you already know. I can't believe how easy
the desert was compared to the reports that were coming out earlier. The rain sure made a difference, though the cut up dunes were ridiculous. I asked a few people who were cutting things up a bit what pressures they were running. Every reply was >28psi.
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Reply By: Ruth from Birdsville Caravan Park - Wednesday, Aug 02, 2006 at 07:59
Wednesday, Aug 02, 2006 at 07:59
Hmmmm, why am I not surprised. What really annoys are the people on either ends of
the Desert bragging about how they got over
the Desert without letting their tyres down at all - needless to say, that and the lack of Desert Etiquette.
Three groups have gone 'up' the
Hay this week and there are two coming 'down' - one of one group is being towed in due to not having a clutch anymore.
I'll tell you about Sully at a later date also. Ha ha ha - still laughing.
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