Some extra photos
Submitted: Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:38
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Member - RnR (NSW)
Hi,
I posted a summary of my trip from
Hawker to
Marble Bar on this site in July. Thread id 47635.
I have now added a small selection of photos from this trip to Picasa. If you are interested I have included the address.
Site Link
Regards
rnr
Reply By: Member - RnR (NSW) - Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:41
Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:41
For some reason the link does not work..............Lets try again.....
Site Link
rnr
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Follow Up By: Member - RnR (NSW) - Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:44
Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:44
Works fine when included in an email. Will try again later.
Regards
rnr
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Reply By: Member - RnR (NSW) - Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:45
Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:45
I was a bit hasty...it works just fine.
Regards
rnr
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Reply By: Wizard1 - Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 15:02
Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 15:02
Looks like a fabulous trip, only wish we had the time to do one similar. What was the group you travelled with?
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Follow Up By: Member - RnR (NSW) - Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 15:08
Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 15:08
Wizard1,
All members of the Trakmaster caravan club.
rnr
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Reply By: briggzee (WA) - Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 17:27
Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 17:27
RnR, great photos, good enough to make a lot of people very jealous! how did all the vans go? in particular any internal dust problems? The photo of the
Canning stock route looks as though it would shake the vans to bits. According to previous posts,I'm like a few people on here looking for an offroad van and trying to find that elusive balance between cost/weight/tuffness/accessability etc and the trackmaster looks like it can handle most things.
Thanks, Craig
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Follow Up By: Member - RnR (NSW) - Friday, Aug 03, 2007 at 11:41
Friday, Aug 03, 2007 at 11:41
Briggzee,
All the vans including the larger ones at 17'6" handled the conditions without any problems. Several tyre problems after leaving Alice but these were caused by too much pressure. Most of us ran our tyre pressures around the 25 to 30 psi mark and dropped speeds accordingly. Much kinder on the van and contents. A little bit of dust in some of the vans mainly through back window and the breathe holes in the bottom of the door. Both easily fixed.
I'm very conscious of weight as
well and that is one of the reasons why I chose the Trakmaster. It's tough enough to do just about any road in Oz. We only travelled about 5km's on the Canning to
camp at
well 33.
Hope that helps.
rnr!MPG:27!
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Follow Up By: briggzee (WA) - Friday, Aug 03, 2007 at 12:10
Friday, Aug 03, 2007 at 12:10
RnR, Thanks for the reply. All I need to do now is to find some time and money!!!
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Reply By: Member - Julie P (VIC) - Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 19:55
Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 19:55
Great photos - brings back some terrific memories of some of the
places.
jules
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Reply By: Member - Peter (1) - Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 23:07
Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 23:07
G'day RnR,
Great shots of what must have been a memorable trip. Seeing the
Gibb River Road brought back many memories of when I did it in 1999 towing my 16ft. Windsor Escape. I couldn't help notice you had a roll out awning fitted which did not go past your cut away at the back of your van, but seemed to go all the way down at the front. I have been looking around for many years for a roll out awning for my van which has the cut away at the back but have been told they do not make them. Several salesmen have said they can organise a bracket the be fitted which extends down past the cut away but that would negate the whole purpose of having the cut away. I would be pleased if you could provide any info. on your awning.
Regards,
Peter (1)
p.s. The rig photo show me crossing Mt.
North Creek heading into
Windjana Gorge.
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Follow Up By: Member - RnR (NSW) - Friday, Aug 03, 2007 at 11:45
Friday, Aug 03, 2007 at 11:45
Hi Peter (1)
The awning is an electrolux and was supplied new when I purchased the van. You could try contacting Trakmaster in
Melbourne on toll free 1800 809 194.
Regards
rnr
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