Had a great time. Met some people in
Ceduna who had just completed Goog's the day before we started. Said they didn't think we'd get through with trailers. Long bumpy up hills with soft tops.
Well I got stuck once, backed down and got over all the rest. We had three trailers and two other vehicles. I was leading. Flew a bit fast over the top of a couple. Goog's Lake and
Mount Finke camping lovely.
Mishaps: I staked a tyre on my trailer, Wiped off my left mirror when going out to
Lois Rock Hole, other car (raised Kia
Sorrento) broke shocker. After Goog's others had punctures and one tyre totally shredded.
Went to Cooper Pedy, Arkaringa,
Painted Desert (lovely),
Oodnadatta,
Coward Springs (13 of us in the small spring pool) the mosquitoes are terrible, back to Haligen Bay Lake Eyre, down to Wilpena, home.
Flinders Ranges lovely, did a flight over the Pound.
My Dick Cepec PC-II tyres were great!
Friend with Cooper STT's had 2 punctures and shredded another.
Two had Cooper AT's, no problems. Another had Mickey Thompson muddies, picked up a nail.
We ran 14 - 16 PSI on Goog's, and 20 to 26 on
Oodnadatta.
I also lost the back window of my canopy to stones flying up. I have really big mud flaps hanging off the back of my bumper, thought I'd be safe. Blow! Other car, Prado, had cardboard on his back window and found a large stone embedded in the cardboard, window ok.
Group I went with fantastic! Lot's of laughs.
Seems that 9 out of 10 cars in the outback are Toyotas. Mostly Hiluxes or Cruisers.
Got to clean my car and camper and get damage fixed now.