Missing EOers Found Safe and Well
Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:02
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Matt(WA)
Reply By: Member - John (Vic) - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:08
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:08
Good one, pleased to see they are OK.
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Reply By: Willem - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:14
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:14
Good
Lionel won't be able to live this one down...lol
Maybe he will invest in some decent communication equipment now. My guess is that his Mobile Phone was out of range
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Follow Up By: Member - Fred B (NT) - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:20
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:20
Hi Willem
having my HF Codan NGT installed today. How are your trip preperations going?
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:32
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:32
Hi Fred
Tucker and fuel and that's all that is needed. Still 80 days before departure...but I'm not counting...LOL. It will come around soon enough
Cheers
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Reply By: Member - Fred B (NT) - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:54
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:54
Awesome... glad to hear they are OK.
The article said they were intending to use
Dunns Track... I have not been able to find that on any of my maps (elecrtonic & paper). can anybody enlighten me as to it's location please?
All my maps show named "roads"; or cleared lines that appear to go nowhere.
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:57
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:57
LOL yes very hard to find - you would have to know which websites to look on
Dunns Track
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Follow Up By: Member - Fred B (NT) - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:59
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:59
Of course.... I should have checked here 1st... foolish me!
As soon as I posted the above, the site provided the link....
Oh dear!
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:43
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:43
I had only been in Australia for a couple of weeks when I ventured out that way in my FJ Holden. All I can remember of that journey are the forests and the incredible straight roads across
Lake Grace and
Lake King. Further on it was very isolated. I see from recent maps that I must've passed through Frank Hann National Park to
Ninety Mile Tank and then on to the
Coolgardie Esperance Highway. I do recall wondering where the hell I was going to end up.....LOL
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Follow Up By: Member - Fred B (NT) - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:02
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:02
Willem, where is the FJ now? Disregarding the current financial crisis... the old FJ (in good nick) would be worth a few 'bob' now!
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 15:31
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 15:31
Dunno Fred
I swappd it for dinner, bed and breakfast at Madura Motel on the Nullarbor soon afterwards. It threw a main bearing seal and the cost was goung to be $100 to repair. Seeing as the old bus only cost $50 plus a few extra I decided to let it go. Yeah...in hindsight......LOL
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Reply By: Gone Bush (WA) - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:00
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:00
Great news.
Very glad they are both OK.
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Reply By: Matt(WA) - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:05
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:05
Lionel is getting Slabbed at
Easter if he makes it to
Nannup!
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Reply By: Member - Dunworkin (WA) - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:34
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:34
Fantastic news, good to hear that they are OK.
Cheers
Deanna
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Reply By: get outmore - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:43
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:43
i get shivers down my spine just thinking of the hell i would be going through from the missus if i got her bogged in the bush for a few days
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 15:42
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 15:42
My missus on the other hand would be telling me exactly how to get the truck unbogged.
Longest bog episode for us was about 24 hours on the blacksoil north of
Gregory Downs enroute to
Burketown...caravan and all....what a mess....lol.
I once winched a largish tree on to the duco when it gave way in the wet just after this photo was taken
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Reply By: Member - Matt (Perth-WA) - Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 20:24
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 at 20:24
He just made the news headlines.....Even EO got a look in
Nice big EO window sticker in the background.
Glad to see they are ok and did all the right things to end up safe.
Matt.
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