Sunday, May 06, 2007 at 15:59
Dear Chips 59,
Don't let the
hill worry you, it is fine if you are not towing a van over it. I would not personally take a lovely Windsor Rapid over it as they are not built with roads like this in mind. You may think differently but that is my thoughts for what they are worth.
There is lots of space to leave the van along the way and we hear that most people leave them at MaryVale Station and do a day trip to the pillar, if you have a tent with you, you could
camp at the pillar if you wished to get the different lights on the pillar from sunrixe to sunset.
Yes you do need to go over the
hill, but it is fine for an ordinary 4WD vehicle. It has rocks and a good track, it is just that we were pulling an ALMOST 3 tonne ALL TERAIN CARAVAN. not recommended by us to go up that
hill form experience but it is fine for camper trailers and the like. This is a very good road in and out right the way to the pillar. There are about 14 or 15 sand hills which again have a good road over each one. There is a
sign asking you to call on UHF Channel 10 to ensure there are no vehicles comming over this
hill as you go in or out. Normal saftey precaution. The van was fine when we left it on top of the
hill and exactly the same when we came back to it later in the day. We camped at the top of the
hill and it was a lovely outlook butg as I said earlier, I strongly urge all to leave their van at the bottom of the
hill or elsewhere not up the
hill only because it is a steep
hill with turns in it as you go up. The roughness is not a problem with a proper "all terain van" so long as you take it gently and slowly. That is why they cost you arms and legs to have built and are extra heavy to tow. The road in clearly states $WD only. We go on many of these and they are not a problem with this particular van.Please not an "all terain van" is not an off roader it is way more solid than that even, very much more solid.
Go there and enjoy it, it really is lovely.
We have joined as members but have to wait for it to activate or we would send you some photos of this and other things along the way.
It really is worth going to and as I said the road is fine, just don't tow vans up the
hill. having said that, you could if you have a 4WD and a light van from the pulling aspect but then the track up the
hill is so rough and the rocks sticking up may hit the underneath of the van so from that point of view I again would not do that to a van. Hence my saying, I would not take a van up that
hill.
The Watto's.
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Follow Up By: chips59 - Sunday, May 06, 2007 at 19:03
Sunday, May 06, 2007 at 19:03
thanks for follow up, and sorry slush for high jacking your post.
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