My first big trip
Submitted: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 22:16
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Member - Damien L (Cairns)
Hi all, in a few days I am off on my first big trip, I have been waiting for years to do this.
I will be traveling from
Cairns to
Birdsville and return, My only problem is the cold.
17Deg is cold, 12deg is freezing and any colder and I'm dead. Looking at the weather forecast out back is getting colder.
Anyway I am really looking forward to the trip.
I will be heading of Sat, Sun or Monday.
I hope to catch up with a lot of our members out there on the way. I have no time limit or actual itinerary. I will play it ear and what comes up.
I have taken annual holidays plus long service, not due back at work till 11/8/11, but might retire before then.
It's taken me 5 years to set up all my needs, truck setup and things.
Hope to see some of you on my travels, you wont miss my truck, its a HiLux ute (dont laugh, its all I can afford :-)) and has Exploroz stickers all over it.
Damien
Reply By: Polaris - Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 10:47
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 10:47
I can understand where you are coming from Damien - I also live in
Cairns.
For those on the thread who don't understand, we who live in Paradise in tropical FNQ simply are not acclimatised to the southern (and desert) temperatures. Many of us don't even own a jacket or sweatshirt!
Damien, you are going to freeze out west! You need to get some thermal underware for under the jeans, flannelette shirts, a decent jacket, thick sox, and an Akubra for your head. It is surprising how much warmer you will be with something that keeps your brain warm. Go to the new NORTHFACE store in Spence street and get some thermals to start with.
A good swag with a minus 10 rated sleeping bag at least.
My first trip into the Simpson I only had 2 tropical sleeping bags (one inside the other) and I FROZE!! Minus 8 on several nights was too cold to sleep! Ended up around the fire all night!
My wife and I now have reverse lambskin 3/4 length jackets, gloves, beanies etc for the times we venture away from FNQ. We have experienced minus 18 C in Nevada (same as in our deep freezer) . After 20 minutes or so at that temperature it feels like your nose and ears will snap off, and breathing becomes difficult as your lungs start to freeze.
Go for it fella, you will have a great time.
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