Breakdown-recovery costs/Simpson

Theo from Birdsville can drive his cruiser twice as fast as anyone else out there - he went flying past us last year - turns out there was an abandoned camper near Poeppels that was free for the taking :-))

I have been lucky enough to have a catastrophic vehicle failure in the simpson and had to partake of the Birdsville Desert Rescue service.

The car was retrieved on a trailer, on the way back the towing vehicle ran out of fuel so we siphoned some from my car, the guy towing said "I didnt think I had enough petrol but I was hoping you drove a petrol"

$3200 for the retrieval. Then the cost of shipping the car to Brisbane for repairs (they couldnt do it in Birdsville) Then repiars in Brisbane etc etc a very expensive trip. Add to that the fact that somewhere in transit someone broke into the car and took my tools, jack, fishing gear, compressor etc, of course no one would claim responsibility.

3 days waiting for a rescue in the middle of the Simpson was not fun, but passing adventurers were all great, we had plenty of water and supplies but everyone that passed by offered to share what they had if we needed it.

We even had a group setup camp for the night about a km up the track and then come and invite us for a diner that night, they picked us up and drove us home.

What a fun hobby we have
Cheers