Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 22:44
Hi Sarah
Yes I have a complete list that I made along the way. What I did, was to pick a point almost directly opposite Geosurvey
Hill on the Colson Track, then head as near as possible on that course towards Geosurvey
Hill. One thing that I can tell you that is would be near impossible to turn around once you commit to the actual cross country venture. Three dunes into
the desert after the Colson Track had me asking myself, what the hell have I led my group into. Your only way out is to continue east, or follow a very rough and slow swale down to the French Line. The size of some of the larger dune equal Big Red, but are virgin with no runs ups at all, just 1st gear low range and find the best possible way up without getting bogged, or stuck on the millions of moguls that you have to cross.We did find some very truly unreal desert sites, and felt very privileged that a lot of the
places that we travelled, we would have been the first white people to have ever ventured there. Our speedos were on "0" for almost the full time and it was the GPS that said we were travelling at say 5 kilometres per hour etc. Get your map out, and measure, and it is approximately 65 kilometres from the Colson track to Geosurvey
Hill. If I told you that it took nearly 3 days to do this, that will give you some idea on how slow a trip it is. One very large find was a huge pit in the middle of no where, of an old shot line. I made lots of enquires after the trip, send in pictures to all the Oil Companies that were drilling out there but never had one reply. Another great find were the original survey pegs, still in place from original surveys into
the desert.
If you need any further details, do not hesitate to ask, as experience at remote locations is best coming from someone who has been there.
Cheers
Stephen
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