Friday, Jul 18, 2008 at 20:26
...... on the fuel Bro. Kath did pretty
well for most of the SD trip. The day from
camp on
Warburton track just South of Poeppel to
camp before Eyre
Creek, it was about 19.6 l/100km indicating little strain. Next day was a little higher. We would nearly had enough fuel to do
Innamincka to
Birdsville without your jerries but thankfully you provided us the lack of worry with your loan. Thank you.
Talked to some folks who had done the Eastern end of the
Rig Road with all the
sand dunes. Heard one guy say he had had enough love of the Simpson but really it was interesting to hear different perspectives. International EO readers Daniel and Katerin (spell?) from Germany had lunch with us (Navigator 1 and us) and enjoyed their crossing in a V8 Troopie camper. Said it was as expected and they had to let their tyres down further for the last dune before
the junction with K1. That section of the
Rig Road doesn't get as much traffic as further West. Met EO Member Kingsley on the
Warburton Track but the ones doing the SD the hardest were two cyclists from the ACT on the
Warburton doing from the river to the
Rig Road and return - a guy and gal.
We met a LC80 at the crest of a dune. They broadcast they were cresting a dune on channel 10 but we were already just at the top. It is hard to know what dunes people are cresting.
We caught up with John T and Julie at Big Red and again in
Birdsville. Ruth and Ian too of course. Thanks for last night's dinner Ruth, it was beautiful.
Surprised at the green over so much of the Eastern desert area folloing the rain of a few weeks back.
Charleville tonight in a nameless cvp
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