ALREADY PLANNING 2010 TRIP

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My version says I am going up through Leonora to Meekathaara, Newman, Port Hedland, Broome etc etc


Done the Canning last year dont want to do it again :-)))))

Not sure why it is telling you I am going CSR - please deont make me do it AGAIN!! :-)

jdwynn

Now this is going to sound strange BUT

I intend to "do' Perth, Esperance, Margret River etc up the coastline to Port Hedland as another entirely seperate trip - mmm - maybe in 2011 :-)))))

So didnt want to go over same area twice - no other reason. I havent even looked at what is between Leonora and Port Hedland yet :-))


Anyone want to fill in the gaps for me? - maybe the ExplorOz forum members can plan that entire section for me :-))) - heard of 'group hugs?" well this can be a 'group trek' :-))

Gidday Wayne - good to hear from you mate :-)

I was thinking pf all the people who might respond to that comment I reckoned you would be it :-)))

I dont know how you do it mate - I reckon the CSR (on your own, driving, navigating etc etc) is pretty tough.

I take my hat off to you mate doing it as often as you do - I will certainly do CSR again, maybe in a couple of years, but I might just take a passenger with me next time

Have you set up yur SPOT yet?

I will post my website details on this site juts before I leave for th Cape - just in case anyone wants to know where I am :-)

Chers mate - drive safe

When you going to shout me another beer?? - more likely WHERE are you going to shout me a beer :-)

KiwiAngler,

I do have one and will have it up and running soon. There is a small technical hitch that has to be sorted before I will be on line.

What I do want to know is where was Spot sitting when you used it last year? Does it have to be close to the windscreen or can it be in the centre console and still send the signal like a mobile phone?

Wayne

Wayne

I just used to leave it up on the dash, where the RHS pillar meets the windscreen

Never moved from there

I didnt try it anywhere else but I do know SPOT needs to 'see' the sky

I have just bought one of those Black Widow 'dash mat organiser' thingies and have been putting it in there lately with the "SPOT" logo facing out and works fine

KiwiAngler,

That is where I do have a problem, vacant space on the dash.

I might have to do some shuffling around but it should fit.

Wayne

Wayne

This is the set up I refer to in my post above

SPOT in dash mat organiser

KiwiAngler,

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At the moment I have SPOT next to the Garmin 128 GPS.

I would like to move it over between the Magellan Explorist XL and the Blue Ant.

The Blue Ant is a bit hard to see but there is a gap just after the Magellan to the right.

I will think about it tomorrow on the way out to Nyngan to start the next trip.

I should have got it sorted by the time I will be passing through Nyngan on my way home.

Wayne

Hi Gents,

I bought a SPOT last week on Australian eBay.

Then I found that Johnny Applseed GPS sell Ram Mounts for them, the bloody Ram Mount cost near as much as the SPOT!

Have a look at these photo's,





Very ordinary photo's I know but they were taken in total darkness!

Oh, they are on the same dashboard as yours Wayne, mine is a 2006 RV Troopy.

Johny Appleseed part numbers are:

RAP-B-166-2U for the suction cup base

RAM-HOL-SPO1U for the SPOT holder

Geoff

Geoff,

With the money you saved buying SPOT on eBay I see that you were able to have a full sub tank of diesel :-))

As big as these vehicles are it is not hard to fill the dash with a few electronic appliances.

Wayne

Too true young Wayne, too true!

Geoff

Us boys and our toys eh :-))))

I reckon Waynes dashboard must look like the cockpit of a 747 at night when it is all lit up :-))))

I saw the RAM mount a while back but didnt go with it because

1) the cost and
2) have found SPOT really prefers to be horizonal rather than vertical - seems the antenna prfers to be at right angle to the sky.

I noticed on my trip when I had it vertical there were 'gaps' in the trip as opposed to when I had it horizontal

may have been co-incidence - not sure

anyway have decided to keep it horizontal

"I should have got it sorted by the time I will be passing through Nyngan on my way home."

Isn't that the truth!

"I noticed on my trip when I had it vertical there were 'gaps' in the trip as opposed to when I had it horizontal"

Hmm, that shouldn't be hard to deal with looking at my Ram Mount. I should be able to orient it any way I see fit!

Ok Wayne, give us the SPOT URL for this years travels so we can start each day green with envy!

Geoff

AJB

hhhe - love ya humour

Have done Oodndatta a couple of times now - I also might have a mate with me from NZ - he really wants to see and spend some time in Coober Pedy.

Try a bit of noodling (or maybe I can introduce him to Jock and scare the pants off him - my mate that is not Jock :-))) and he wants to stay in underground house - see the Greek Orthodox Church etc etc

Tim

Thanks for the heads up

I will add it to the trek notes - especially the fishing stuff :-)))

Wom't even ask how many of the oysters worked ;-)