When are people going to slow down.

With you on that Phil - although still have done a windscreen every year to keep QBE honest. Just finished sorting out the leaks that W O'B left when doing the replacement - took them 3 goes.

But for some reason the GRR and speed seem to go hand-in-hand.

Talked to a two couples who have just done a 4 week GRR trip and I am flabbergasted that they didn't see any brolgas the whole trip, and they didn't see one frill-neck on the Mitchell Plateau - and despite me telling them where to find them prior and despite camping at King Edward River didn't look at the art!!

You can't tell me that there weren't brolgas. You can't tell me there weren't reptiles. They were just too focused on getting somewhere fast in my view.

You may be surprised but many travellers probably don't care for brolga's, frill-neck lizards or rock art. For them the trip is all about getting there & back. (then highlighting the route on their giant Australian map when they get home) Not that there's anything wrong with that either. Just as some see no point in driving fast others see no point in taking pictures of flowers ;-)
Cheers Craig..............

Don't think speed would have been a factor in missing the art :)

Well I'm not one for flowers either much - well, except big fields of them, and the art thing was because they had seen "so much of it" in Central Australia. Oh well... no wonder the Mitchell Plateau is not a National Park.

Oh! YES! Lots of rentals and careless individuals - and hope this does not raise the level too much - BUT three of our worst experiences (all separate and spaced out from years 2000 through to 2004) were from 4WD club convoys, each of 7 plus vehicles on each occasion, which were driving very fast and very close to each other, absolutely hooning along out back tracks with the radio chat reinforcing both that they were on a club trip and were 'having some fun where they thought no one else would know who they were'.
A 'breaker' call on the UHF ch they used soon made them realise their ID was known!
Hence after we moved back to the big smoke we now avoid 4WD clubs.
We find this is most unfortunate because our experience with the then (late 1990's) active Woomera 4WD club was of excellence and care for others and the environment!
Cheers - Mobi

Bob,

I am one that does slow down to oncoming so don't shoot me for the next comment.

I have often wondered how much extra fuel is used in slowing down and getting back up to speed (remembering I am hauling 5.5-6T of car and van) every time I pass a vehicle. If it happens 20 times a day for the entire holiday then I imagine it would add up to be a considerable amount?????

Even though I think like this, I still slow down out of respect for my vehicle and others.

Cheers, Trevor.

Seems to be business as usual was yesterday at least.

Yes. it is operating.

Nup - it is unlikely to close. Thankfully Voyages or their parent co GPT anyways, is getting out of the tourism industry.

Perhaps they worked out they couldn't organise a bleep up in a brewery.

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