Exmouth - Yardie Creek Xing
Submitted: Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 13:34
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Member - John Baas (WA)
Hi all, I've heard that currently the bar is open and can only be crossed at low tide (and even then to take care).
Anyone checked it out recently?
Cheers.
Reply By: Peter_n_Margaret - Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 17:28
Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 17:28
Always worth being careful, but if you get it right it should be no problem.
Check the tide times beforehand too. No sense in making it harder than necessary.
We had to help extract a Troopy before we crossed.
Cheers,
Peter
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Follow Up By: Member - John Baas (WA) - Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 18:37
Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 18:37
Many thanks Peter. When was the
pic taken pls?
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Follow Up By: Peter_n_Margaret - Monday, May 17, 2010 at 00:21
Monday, May 17, 2010 at 00:21
'07
John.
That little "jump up" getting out was the tricky bit at that time.
Too fast and you break the front end. Too slow/not enough power/tyres too high and you stop a "bit" short.
When you get there it will be different from what anyone describes.
Cheers,
Peter
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Reply By: Member - Tom W (WA) - Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 20:12
Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 20:12
gday
john was down there about a month ago and although we didnt do the crossing we did the cruise up the creek and spoke to
ranger taking us and she said its good to cross now until the next major rain event which i dont think theres been any yet but like all these crossings thing can change overnight
cheers tom
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Reply By: get outmore - Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 23:15
Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 23:15
There has been a total cyclone season failure - all the pastorilists are doing it tough
was there 6 months ago and it was about 2m accross and not ankle deep - it wont have changed
tourist beuro were saying its uncrossable crossed it at several stages of tide - didnt change
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Follow Up By: Member - Warrie (NSW) - Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 09:30
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 09:30
Hi
John, we were at the xing on Saturday. The bar had 2 inches of water flowing over it in two 4m wide streams. Watched 2 4WD go across with barely a splash. But it was dead low tide with the sea about a metre below the sandbar at 0.42 on the tide chart posted on the nearby info board. The track south to
Ningaloo is a corrugated dry sand shocker as is the one heading north from
Coral Bay... W
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