Holland Track - Just back

Hey Dunc,

Thanks for the report. Seems very much at odds to the tales of horror on the Holland I recall being told to us around the fire at Kennedy Ranges by a certain Toyota driver. Something about scrub so thick it pulled the doors off the 80 series and mud so deep he had to get a mine lease to dig himself out! Perhaps the Terracan is more suited to the rough conditions or maybe the Tojo driver needs to down a few cans of "harden the hell" up! lel. (That's laughing extremely loudly!)

Cheers. Mick

Last year we met a number of places that had been burnt within the previous 12 months - and particularly in the sand plain areas, the burnt bits were the best; ablaze with wildflowers. It will recover, and fires have always been part of the Australian cycle of plant life.

Motherhen

thanks for the report - i'm heading up the track early may so the mud from last nights (and todays) rain should be all gone by then. heven't 'done' the trip for a few years and nothing was burnt out then so this will be interesting - and we have a horticuluralist travelling with our group so he should get all excited. rgds

hay Dunc...sounds like you had a great time.....let me know if you do decide to go again later in the year let me know ...wouldn't mind tag in along have been thinking about it lately......
Cheers Bundy

Some years ago my son and d.i.l. went to Qld in January with their Hilux. On the way home, ex-cyclonic heavy rains crossed through WA, and similar at Uluru when they got there. As the inland roads were closed, i didn't know how they would get home (south coast). They got home OK, and it was only when we were talking about the Holland Track last year, that they said that was the way they went. Other roads south and west were closed, and without knowing the history of the track, they saw a line the map and took it. Lots of large wet patches, but shallow and with a hard base.

Mh

Hello Dunc,
Just finished the track on Monday and we found ourselves a little overwhelmed by just how much of the section between Hyden and Coolgardie had gone due to bush fires. I'm sure that this would be the area which many refer to as claiming side mirrors, decals and lights off trekkers vehicles. The results of the bushfire certainly made for clear vision ahead for us.
Cheers. Al.