Adelaide-Karumba
Submitted: Friday, Aug 17, 2007 at 08:34
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AdlelaideGeorge
Hi-just returned from this jaunt - 23 days in all. Went:
coober Pedy-Alice-Plenty Hwy/Sandover Hwy-
Camooweal-
Lawn Hill-MBurketown-
Normanton-
Karumba. Returned via:
Cloncurry-Mt Isa-
Boulia-Diamentina NP-Bedouri-
Birdsville-
Birdsville Track-
Farina (Private road via
Mulgaria) to
Andamooka-
Woomera and home.
Don't underestimate the Sandover 'Highway" - we were lucky and met the grader after a hundred or so kilometers but up til then it was awful. Also it is only a 4x4 track from the Qld border to
Camooweal-not even a 'road'. It took us 15 hours to do the whole length and it was very isolated in parts.
The
Mulgaria road to
Andamooka also has it s moments-I've never seen damage such as was done to my desert Duelers by the last section before
Andamooka - like thousands of razor blades had been impressed into the tread causing thousands of tiny cuts-some not so tiny!
Happy to go into more detail if anyones interested. Cost $1000 in diesel; 8 nights
bush camping;7 nights caravan parks 8 nights hotel/motels. Got 11.19 litres/100k out my 2.8 Triton (with aftermarket turbo)-fairly heavily loaded up.
Happy days
Geo
Reply By: Scoof - Friday, Aug 17, 2007 at 10:21
Friday, Aug 17, 2007 at 10:21
We did a similar trip last year but came home more direct.
I would like to do it again in winter like you did we went in September.
It was so hot it made sleeping uncomfortable.
Isn't
Lawn Hill a beautiful place.
The Triton did
well.
Cheers Scoof..
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Follow Up By: blue one - Friday, Aug 17, 2007 at 17:17
Friday, Aug 17, 2007 at 17:17
Did the catfish nibble your toes?
All went for a swim as soon as we arrived. I have never seen the missus eyes go so wide so quickly or her swim so fast.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: blue one - Friday, Aug 17, 2007 at 17:17
Friday, Aug 17, 2007 at 17:17
Did the catfish nibble your toes?
All went for a swim as soon as we arrived. I have never seen the missus eyes go so wide so quickly or her swim so fast.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Scoof - Friday, Aug 17, 2007 at 17:22
Friday, Aug 17, 2007 at 17:22
The catfish are Big we didn't swim there we swam at Adels grove were we camped.
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