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Submitted: Tuesday, Apr 28, 2009 at 21:53
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Member - John & Kaye (QLD)
Hi All
We've just joined ExplorOz - it looks like a great site!
We have just rented out our house so we will be heading off on the big trip at the end of next week (Friday 8 May...we hope).
We have a Landrover Disco3 (diesel) and an Odyssey Signature camper trailer. We have done a couple of 6-week trips, both coastal and outback (as far as
Windorah) and are very happy with our rig so far....
Our idea at this stage is to head west to
Boulia, then across the Plenty Hwy into the Northern Territory. If anyone has travelled this road recently we would be VERY interested to hear what the road conditions are like.
After that, we are a bit undecided as to whether we should go south to have a look at
Alice Springs, and then head up the Tanami Rd to the
Kimberley.....or to head north to
Darwin and
Kakadu, and then around to the
Kimberley.
Any and all opinions would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
John & Kaye
Reply By: Member - Rick P (NT) - Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 at 07:30
Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 at 07:30
Welcome to the zoo as fred said. Sounds like your on the right track, spend some time in the Alice though, East & West McDonald Range at least, even if you don't get to Uluru. Then up to
Darwin and
Kakadu,
Litchfield etc. Then head over to the
Kimberley. You might as
well see as much as you can while you are up here.
Have a safe trip and watch out for those crocks while you are up here.
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 at 08:04
Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 at 08:04
East and
West MacDonnell Ranges
Macca's is just off the Stuart Hwy?
LOL
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Reply By: Member - Min (NSW) - Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:10
Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:10
Hi
John & Kaye,
Look at the weather/climate conditions where ever you plan to go. All of Australia is a must, depending on the time of year. May is a wonderful time to be in the Top End with waterfalls at their best and not too many people. I wish we could go then rather than June.
I assume you are going to be on the road for a long time so try to be in WA say, from
Carnarvon south in September and October for the spectacular
wildflowers. They should be very good in areas where there has been rain around July.
We have found it really pays to do your homework widely so you don't miss things that may be of real interest to you but is not mentioned in just one or two sources. Others suggest it's better to just wander and be surprised. Sometimes the surprises can be nasty and waste time and fuel.
Have a ball,
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Follow Up By: speleo - Monday, May 18, 2009 at 12:16
Monday, May 18, 2009 at 12:16
We did very little planning...
Found on the web there was a lot of Bull dust on the Plenty, and there was, see my flickr stream, but otherwise we had the time to wander as the mood took us, and with the Camps 4 book, always found a place to stay.
We have found you need three sets of maps, like the Reader's Digest The Complete Driver's Atlas of Australia, and the Hema maps, and local maps whenever you can get them.
We also have the Geoscience maps on the old Win98 laptop, which we used for Zanthus down to Balladonia, we then got a mud map for Cocklebiddy to the Eyre bird Obs!
Bill
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Reply By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:08
Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:08
You won't be disappointed.
The amount of help and
information you can get on exploroz,,, and give ,,,, is enormous.
Enjoy your trip and this site.
Ragards BooBoo
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