Post EO gathering travel plans - whatchadoin'?

A & J,
we are still planning the crossing east to west but will be seeking some up to date intel around when we leave of course, maybe consulting "The Oracle" as well. getting to the west side and going around you nearly get back to leigh creek which looks like a pain.

Another crossing which might be feasible could be south to north, maybe warburton track if we can get the trailers up walkers crossing.
As you may remember we will also have a trailer as will a few others.
see you soon,
Nick

Hi Andrew and Jen

Would like to hear what route you finally decide on. I also have a TVan behind my Troopy but would not like to attempt to take it into the desert alone, but if there were a few more vehicles travelling together I would try it. I travel solo most of the time so have to make sure I don't get too badly bogged on a dune. If travelling solo I would leave the TVan in Birdsville.

Post Eo plans? As with any other Queenslander with kids I'll be hightailing it back to Brisvegas to get both kid and SWMBO back to school :-(( (term 3 starts on July 14 for us cane toads)

Will be trying to do a trip on the way there instead.

Hello Dahlings! Who is that big boy in the photo - nice fish. I'll be coming straight back to Bdv - you could leave the kinder with me and have a romantic interlude in the Simpson, woohoo. Ian is in Quilpie at the mo and coming back to get me around Easter and dumping me and the animals in Bdv then going back to Quilpie to finish the job. If Walkers is open you could come up that way, then across the Warburton, up the K1, camp in the nice gidyea spot before Peopples, then turn right and come into Bdv via the QAA - let the kids conquer Big Red and party in town.
Or, turn left at Poepples and continue west up and down the other tracks. Until I get out there will not know how the SD is travelling but if anything like last year the dunes on the eastern end of Rig were really difficult. Lot depends on how bad the summer winds were in the SD. Remember that by the time you are all travelling there will have been a fair amount of traffic grading the dunes. Lots of options. Be good if we had yabbies too, eh Jen - more wine, more wine.

Yes....we're another that fall into that category of "mongrels with trailers", who are contemplating crossing the Simmo after the Innaminka "do".

Twould be nice to do it from the southeasterly direction, except that it would mean cutting out my favourite bit: Birdsville!!

So, I'll be watching this thread with interest too, to see what the concensus is. However, as I've said all along (and in defference to the long-standing wishes of Ruth NOT to bugga-up the dunes), I will not be attempting any such crossing if there have not been some preceeding rains which will have settled the sand down and make the crossing less stressful for man, machine and desert alike.

we await with bated breath as we are in the same boat

steve aka gg