Coming to an end....
Submitted: Saturday, Aug 15, 2009 at 22:07
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Member - Nick (TAS)
Our three months is nearly up and its soon time to catch the boat back to Tassie.
We have covered 12000kms so far (at
Mildura ATM) and had a good run.I wont say no problems until home......
The cruiser has gone great with the turbo, never lacking power anytime is great.It makes for more relaxed driving.
We have been to some great
places-Mungo, Kinchega, Sturt,
Gregory,
Lawn hill, Keep, Witjira,
Gammon Ranges National parks.Other
places include- Camerons corner,
Bore trk,
Innamincka, Coongie Lakes,
Birdsville, Big Red, The Gulf, Lorella Springs,
Kununurra, Tanami Trk(3rd time),
Chambers Pillar,
Dalhousie Springs,
Oodnadatta Trk(3rd time),
Peake Ruins to name a few.
We have about 8 days worth of
camping with friends in Vic before heading to Melb for last few days.
Met quite a few E.O members but forgotten most names.
Highlights would be Coongie Lakes and
Chambers Pillar, both magical
places.
Leaving
Chambers Pillar and heading towards Finke, the road is a shocker, worst patch we've ever driven on.We drove it a few years ago and it was bad, but this time it was worse.It shook the brakes apart in the trailer and locked a wheel up which required gutting the brakes out(and dropping a wheel bearing in the sand.......)
All great memorys and to all we saw out there, good on you for doing it...not just talking about it.
Reply By: Gone Bush (WA) - Saturday, Aug 15, 2009 at 22:38
Saturday, Aug 15, 2009 at 22:38
I looked at your campsites photo Nick.
You certainly got around. Looks like a great trip.
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Follow Up By: Member - Nick (TAS) - Sunday, Aug 16, 2009 at 17:32
Sunday, Aug 16, 2009 at 17:32
That camps map has yet to be updated for this trip so there are about 70 odd more camps to go on it....
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Reply By: Member - Josh (VIC) - Sunday, Aug 16, 2009 at 16:49
Sunday, Aug 16, 2009 at 16:49
Hi Nick,
Where abouts in Tassie are from. We catch the boat over on the 12 Sept after 2 1/2 yrs on the road. Will be looking for somewhere south of
Hobart to settle for a while. Will drop in in to say hi if we get the chance. Love the map with your
camp spots on it. If we catch up maybe you could show me how you do it, I'm not very good with computers. You've seen
places we never got to be that has left us
places to visit on our next lap LOL. Looks like you had a ball.
Josh
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Follow Up By: Member - Nick (TAS) - Sunday, Aug 16, 2009 at 17:34
Sunday, Aug 16, 2009 at 17:34
Gday Josh, we are in Chudleigh which is central nth, located about half way between
Devonport and
Launceston.
And I am still to update our camps map for this trip so have a few more to add.....
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Follow Up By: Member - Josh (VIC) - Monday, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:20
Monday, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:20
We will be in
Deloraine around the 6-13 Oct. I'm working in Woolworths for the week there. We are planning on being in Tassie for a few years so it would be good to have a chat about good spots for 4wding and if you are into fishing any good fishing spots. We had a bit of look around
Mole creek area the first time we were in Tassie. We came over from MT
Roland which was a great drive.
Josh
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