Saturday, Jan 26, 2008 at 08:04
Hi Peter.
If you intend to go from the French Line cross country, out through the bottom section of the Simpson, be very careful, as you are still in National Park Country, and if caught, the DEH will come down on you very heavy - It is a big No No to drive off road in the SA Section of the National Park.
Speaking to Rangers 2 years ago, and they were watching very carefully tracks out from the
Warburton River Area.
The only section of the Simpson where it is still legal to drive Off Road, in the Crown Land on the NT Side of the Boarder.
The Geo trip is the only Simpson Trip that will take you 110% of the way of pure cross country travel, which is so very different than following the well travelled tracks in the Simpson, like the Colson,
Hay River and the Standard Simpson Crossing.
Another thing, if it was me with a new vehicle, I would leave it
home. The Geo trip is very hard on vehicles and you brand new vehicle will not be new when you finish that trip.
Most people do not comprehend just how hard it is out there!
I tell most people that have done the Simpson and find it hard, never to try and attempt a true cross country trip, as once you are committed, there is no turning back, only to follow a very slow trip down one of the swales. The only reason why I am saying this, is because true Virgin Dunes out in the middle are huge, and near impossible to tackle from the East. No run ups out there, just rocking from side to side in first low range, trying to pick the best and easyiest way over every dune.
If you read Reg Spriggs stories of his ventures, making the first ever motor vehicle crossing of the Simpson, it was from the West to the East for a very good reason, the sheer way that Virgin Dunes must be approached.
The
Hay River Trip is one of the Best standard Simpson trips to tackle in a Four Wheel Drive.
The most important thing to do is do not put off a standard Simpson Trip, like I said above, every trip is different, but the most important thing is DO IT, it will get in your blood and you will make this area a repeat trip, year after year.
All the Best and enjoy your Simpson Adventure.
Cheers Stephen
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