Sunday, Jun 21, 2009 at 21:39
Hi Peter,
I would not suggest that you travel out in that area solo purely for a safety issue. If you only went as far as
The Twins, and then returned the way you went it may be alright, but I still think you still want an extra vehicle just for that peace of mind. Even though it is virgin country out to The Colson Track, you will every now and then find a few faint tracks that will disappear as quick as you found them. There will be times when the dunes are soft and steep but now rear problems if you are an experienced desert sand driver. On the Colson Track you would then head south and under no circumstances cross the Colson and head to Geosurvey
Hill. It is very soft travelling, with constant boggings and would be extremely unsafe to travel solo. It may sound strange, but there were a number of times that we had to accelerate going down some of the very large dunes, as the sand was soft and our vehicles started to go sideways. On the steeper dunes, a couple of the ladies refuse point blank to drive down the dunes as a passenger and walked down, there are some very big dunes. Also it would be impossible for a solo vehicle to head back from the east and travel west, the dunes are just too steep. If you still set on going out that way, get a group of about 4 - 5 vehicles as safety barrier. It took us nearly 3 days from the Colson Track to Geosurvey
Hill, just a normal drive of about 65 Kilometres.
Cheers
Stephen
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