Around Oz in 5 days
Submitted: Friday, May 09, 2008 at 13:22
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Today's Courier Mail (Qld) has a write up on a guy heading off to the USA for the 17 600km, eleven day, Iron Butt Rally on a motor bike.
He says he doesn't speed.
The part I found interesting was his warm up. It was a trip around Australia of 12 400km in 5 days in a Nissan Pathfinder.
I'm no rocket surgeon, but this seems like a pretty good effort, especially in a vehicle that seems to suffer a bit of credibility by Toyota owners.
But I guess Doug and Dusty could do it in two days without refuelling, so maybe it wasn't that big a deal after all.
Cheers
Reply By: Member -Signman - Friday, May 09, 2008 at 15:56
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 15:56
Quite a few years ago, I was given the opportunity of doing a quick trip ‘Around
the Block’. The list of towns below belies the fact that of the 19000kms- about 70% was off the black-top, and a lot of that was through some pretty rough country including semi-desert stuff. If you care to plot it out, you’ll find it ain’t the shortest way ‘round either.
MELBOURNE- Tooborac-
Bendigo-
Ballarat-
Hamilton-
Heywood- Mt. Gambier- Bordertwon- (
Big Desert)-
Pinnaroo-
Renmark-
Kingston-
Murray Bridge-
ADELAIDE- South Flinders-
Yunta- Curnamona-
Broken Hill- Frome Downs- Maree-
William Creek-
Kingoonya- (Trans Cont Rlwy)-
Maralinga- Nullabor-
Eucla-
Mundrabilla- Cocklebiddy- Rawlina- Kalgoorlie-
Lake King-
PERTH- Geralton- Meekathara- (via 1000 creeks)-
Newman- (Karinja NP)- Wittenoon- Pt.Hedland- (
Shay Gap)-
Broome-
Derby- (Gibb Riv. Rd- 516km in 5 hrs /night)- Kunnanurra-
Katherine-
DARWIN- Mt. Goyder- Pine Ck-
Katherine-
Mataranka-
Roper Bar- Booraloola-
Wollogorang-
Burketown-
Camooweal- Mt Isa- BangBang-
Croydon-
Georgetown- Mt Surprise-
Cairns- Mt Garnet- Mt Fox-
Ingham-
TOWNSVILLE-
Bowen-
Collinsville- Mackay- Marlborough-
Rockhampton-
Maryborough-
Brisbane to
SYDNEY (via numerous forestry tracks along the mountains)-
Goulburn-
Canberra-
Cooma-
Bombala-
Delegate- Wulgalmerang- (snow!!)-
Buchan-
Omeo- Towanga- Yackkandandah- Albury- then blacktop to
MELBOURNE.
Total Distance- just over 19000km. Time: 14 days
Melbourne to
Melbourne.
Repairs: 12 destroyed tyres by
Perth (supplied Yokohama)- changed to Uniroyal with no further problems. Clutch at
Broken Hill &
Perth where we realized the wrong unit had been installed originally. Gearbox rebuild at Mt Isa.
Vehicle: 2WD, 4-cylinder Datto !!!!!!
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Follow Up By: brushmarx - Friday, May 09, 2008 at 16:02
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 16:02
Are you the one they wrote that annoying "I've been Everywhere" song about?
But after all those
places, why would you want to destroy a perfectly good holiday and go back to
Melbourne?
Cheers
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Follow Up By: dedabato (SA) - Friday, May 09, 2008 at 18:42
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 18:42
Mate,,,, My good God. 1357 km every day ?? On top of it - 12 tyres change and replace, clutch at
Broken Hill and
Perth and than G/Box rebuild at Mt.Isa !!!! and 'not to mention' 70% of 19000 km on the dirt road and various tracks ........... Mate, you probably drove 25 hrs per day 7 days a week ( I know, I know. You started hour earlier every day, Rite ? ) All I can say is - I wish I can do it.....
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Follow Up By: tukka - Friday, May 09, 2008 at 20:07
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 20:07
What the hell did you do that for? Didint wanna see anything obviously, how did you manage to do the Gibb in 5 hours though, that is quite a feat. Obviously YOU were speeding, ha ha.
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Follow Up By: HGMonaro - Friday, May 09, 2008 at 20:36
Friday, May 09, 2008 at 20:36
Repco Reliability Trial in a Datto 1600?
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