Madigan Line

Well we made it. Got home on the weekend after a great trip across Madigan's. I will do a Blog later, but I have to do a Magazine article first, but for small insight read on.

The desert in places didn't look like anything I expected, the fires of 2011 had removed lots of the Spinifex, which I believe made the trip harder, the burnt sticks were just looking for rubber.

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With 7 vehicles, suffered 10 flat tyres, with some suffering up to 3 puctures. 4 of these tyres were left at Birdsville and couple more may be dead.

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The desert was so different with green everywhere, and allowed us to see a different sort of desert than many have seen out here.
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The views from the top of the Sandhills made us think twice about breakdowns in such a large area with very small chances of recovery. Luckily, we suffered only small problems that were fixed in minutes.
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Some sandhills were fairly large, but no winching or snatching was needed, I believe preparation is the key to a successfull trip and help from people who have done the trip and I got lots of help from EO members.
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Now to the sour note, we couldn't find Camp 20 as it was under water, but this was nothing to what we found at a couple of the markers, Camp spot 12 was the worse. Who would take the trouble to drive all the way out here to scratch and deface a sign, some times people and I use the word loosely amaze me. Love to tie them to the sign and leave them.

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Only other negatives were the heat, nearly 40 for the first 4 days and the flies drove us crazy. Hope this and the pics help anyone heading out this year.

Cheers