ALREADY PLANNING 2010 TRIP
Submitted: Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:05
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KiwiAngler
Hi all
I am off on 6th June to 'do'
Cape York for a month and am already into the initia planning of my 2010 trip - annual leave form already submitted and approved (Dont say I dont plan these things properly :-) )
This is my tenative route - will take 1 month off to do it
Now before some of you jump in and say it isnt enough time - of course it isnt but who can afford to take more than 1 month off work these days (and still keep your job that is)
Plus - as some of you found out last year following me with SPOT - I cover a bit of ground :-))))
This is a google map of my prposed trip 2010
KiwiAnglers proposed 2010 trip
Reply By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:09
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:09
Hi Kiwi,
That link is taking us Wagga - Wagga via The
Canning Stock Route.
Maybe a tad of confusion regarding the link?
Geoff
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Follow Up By: KiwiAngler - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:13
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:13
??
mmmmmmm
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!! :-)
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Reply By: jdwynn (Adelaide) - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:23
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:23
Kiwi, I reckon looking forward and planning trips keeps you alive. On'ya for that. What's attracted you to the route between Kalgoorlie and Pt Hedland - what sights and destinations exist along that section.
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Follow Up By: KiwiAngler - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:33
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:33
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' :-))
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Reply By: Wayne (NSW) - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:27
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:27
KiwiAngler,
OK, the
Cape York tip looks good, and to see that you are planning ahead is also good,
BUT
"Now before some of you jump in and say it isn't enough time - of course it isn't but who can afford to take more than 1 month off work these days (and still keep your job that is) "
And what is wrong with doing the Canning again?? :-))
Have a good trip this year and it will have to be my first shout next year around the
Little Sandy Desert.
Wayne
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Follow Up By: KiwiAngler - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:37
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:37
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 :-)
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Follow Up By: Wayne (NSW) - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:49
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:49
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
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Follow Up By: KiwiAngler - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:57
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:57
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
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Follow Up By: Wayne (NSW) - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 19:11
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 19:11
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
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Follow Up By: Wayne (NSW) - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 19:48
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 19:48
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
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Follow Up By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 19:51
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 19:51
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
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Follow Up By: Wayne (NSW) - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 20:01
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 20:01
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
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Follow Up By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 20:10
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 20:10
Too true
young Wayne, too true!
Geoff
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Follow Up By: KiwiAngler - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 20:49
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 20:49
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
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Follow Up By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 21:17
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 21:17
"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
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Reply By: Member - AJB (VIC) - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:39
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:39
It'd be a good trip but what are you going to do with the last 2 weeks off? Paint the house! Do up the vege garden!
4 weeks is good. Why not do the
oodnadatta and then through the flinders on the way
home. Be more interesting than down the bitumen. I'd go into
Derby and go fishing for a couple of days also.
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Follow Up By: KiwiAngler - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:48
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 18:48
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
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Reply By: Member - Tim H (NSW) - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 21:22
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 21:22
Hey kiwiangler,
You probably already know about it, but
Karijini National Park, 400kms or so south of
Port hedland (near
Tom Price), is a must see in my opinion. Did the trip round about 7 years ago now, that was definitely in the top national parks i visited.
Also, just above
port hedland, at the southern end of 80 mile beach, is cape keraudren, i loved it there. Got about 15 whiting in the cast net one morning, all over a ft (let most of 'em go), made a good brekky! Plenty of oysters and some good fishing.
Have a good trip
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Follow Up By: KiwiAngler - Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 21:33
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 21:33
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 ;-)
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