CSR: Transport of fresh fruits and eggs

Hi Willem,

thanks for your advice. We will follow it. And I will keep thinking about an engineering solution of the egg problem.

Besides: Me myself I would usually NEVER carry any fresh eggs along the CSR. Harry and me usually prefer a special diet on our outback trips, consisting of chili in tins, original German army food (the German meals ready to eat are really good and the tinned army bread is excellent) and Timtams, but the girls travelling with us have changed the menu... :-(

Just for in case that you guys are wondering what for these bloody Gerries carry fresh eggs along the CSR... ;-)

Cheers,

Juergen

Just a thought Juergen................How about you boil the eggs, peel them, cut them in half and then cryovac them.

Might work?...Yeah, I know...they're not fresh..but they are eggs nonetheless...:-)


Cheers

Juergen,

Just let girls that are travelling with you that this is how I have fresh eggs on the Canning Stock Route. :-)). Biggest problem is catching the bird first.

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Wayne

Hi JohnR,

I know that they are usually in shells. ;-)

But in Germany you can buy liquid fresh egg in tetrapaks (contents of some 12 or 18 eggs in one tetrapak) for use in hotels and restaurants. If you keep these cool they last some five days. Just thought the same stuff may be available in Oz.

We are planning some 14 days for the CSR itself plus time for travelling to Wiluna and from Halls Creek. We have some days of spare time available of course. We will not do all the detours along the track, but will enjoy some extra time at Durba Springs and in the Breaden Hills.

Cheers,

Juergen

I have heard of it in Europe Juergen. In Australia, a lot think that milk comes from cartons, not cows. I just thought I would reassure you ;-))

I did do a googie Google search to no avail. (googie - Aust slang for egg)

I am glad you realise the trip will take some time, not done in two or three days that the trip advisor suggests. I last year gave a German couple an EO sticker on the eastern end of the Rig Road on the SD, when we met them at lunch time one day. Hopefully there will be a few stickers around there now. They had done some of their research here too. They loved being able to come around the world and feel secure enough to take on remote trips. I guess it is the same for you.

Hi Alan,

thanks for your advice. Also thanks for warning us about the quarantine restrictions. We have had several funny stories about that in our German Australia forums. ;-)

So I always keep warning people who start in Darwin and drive to the Kimberley. But we will continue to Perth from Halls Creek.

Cheers,

Juergen

Hi Juergen. They do process raw egg into sealed packets here,I once visited a factory in Perth that was doing it but its long gone.

Try the WA Egg Board,they will know who does it.

Silly Grunt ,egg, sorry .

Hi Ketty,

German army food can't be all bad! There's a lot of people still in the German army!

Tetrapak or similar eggs used to be available in Australia but I haven't seen any for a very long time.

They were mostly done in 10Kg packages here for the restaurant and catering industry.

As I said earlier I haven't seen that type of egg packaging here in years!

Geoff

Yes there are still a lot of people in the army. But the late effect of this crap food is still unsure.
If you know the price of one meal:
I know it and my dogs food is not much cheaper and I definetely buy a cheap one.
There are categories available, one is "Suitable for german army and pig fattening" for potatoes.
Any further questions?