Wednesday, Jun 27, 2012 at 13:36
Hi folks,
I wasn't too clear with my above reply - I was talking about the
Wilcannia to
Menindee stretch.
Menindee to
Broken Hill has been bitumen-sealed for years.
Wilcannia to
Menindee was usually a pretty good dirt road, unless it got wet.
We left the station my friend was managing the same day as the above incident, on his advice ("If it starts to rain, chuck everything in the 'Cruiser and get to the bitumen as soon as you can!"). The other people were entering the
Wilcannia road from the bitumen at the
Menindee end, just as we were getting to the same T-
junction.
We didn't think the road was too bad, but I drove with the hubs locked in, H4 selected and a pretty light foot, I can tell you.
In fairness to the blokes who got stuck though, they would have had another half hour or so more of pretty heavy rain than we did by the time things went pear-shaped for them.
Regards,
Charlie
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