New to travelling

Can't anyone plan their own trips anymore?

Wizard1,

You're an a#$!hole!

So I guess we'll never see you asking a question here then.

You'll be too busy wasting your time driving around looking for things to see, I suppose.

If don't want to help, don't. Why waste time with a ridiculous reply like that!

Wizard your response is not quite that most users of this forum would have used. they might have thought it (to themselves) but at the risk of offending someone - just kept their mouths shut.
Everybody has to start out somewhere/sometime. However I am always amazed at the lack of basic knowledge many people display when it comes to everday, simple basic things. It is a wonder that we don't hear of more fatalaties etc in the bush. So many people are underprepared and often have no idea about de-bogging (sand/mud), changing a wheel and so on. How often do we read of someone asking 'when should I engage low range or 4 wheel drive'. Seems to me that too many people have large and disposable incomes these days and just go out and but 'the gear' without much thought regarding their safety and well being and a basic ability to survive. Seems that some are often more pre-occupied with ensuring mobile phone coverage or Internet access.

DIO
Some of your post I don't support at all, and I guess your the same with mine, I am a believer in if one gets scalded when deserved then one should also get praise when deserved, and that time has come for you so I'll say good on ya mate , well said,
Maybe Wizard1 don't understand the meaning of the main Post heading "New to travelling" , It seems most of us do ,

Thanks DIO


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DIO
We have done a fair bit of camping and driving around the area that we live in. We have just got the kids out of home and have decided its time to further from home. We are researching all aspects of where we are going before we go to hopefully avoid getting into trouble. My husband has the skills needed to de-bogging (sand/mud), changing a wheel and so on. As for having a large and disposable incomes thats far from true here. We save hard to be able to go on holidays when and where we want.

Wizard I was just wanting to know where other people had gone so that we could then decide on which route to take. Since we only have 4 weeks we want to avoid wasting time going to places where there is not much to see and do.

Anne
You'll just love the area just West of Victoria River NT.

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