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catweasel
 


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Rolling Eyes Thud
  
Post #32254816th Jul 2008 10:42 am
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Mr.Hamster
 


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Australia 2008 Discovery 3 4.4 V8 HSE Auto Buckingham BlueDiscovery 3

Anywho.. I should most likely shut up now Smile Before my 17 year old motor mouth starts going off even more!
  
Post #32255016th Jul 2008 10:45 am
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tanters
 


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Excellent shots Mr H


What route did you do?

Any more photos?
  
Post #32255316th Jul 2008 10:55 am
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Mr.Hamster
 


Member Since: 07 Jun 2008
Location: Brisbane
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Australia 2008 Discovery 3 4.4 V8 HSE Auto Buckingham BlueDiscovery 3

The Route is as below

Day 1 - Saturday 21st June
Travel from Nudgee to Augathella (746 Km)

Day 2 - Sunday 22nd June
Travel from Augathella to Longreach (433km)

Day 3 - Mon 23rd June
Travel from Longreach to Boulia (543 km)

Day 4 - Tues 24th June
Travel from Boulia to Tobermorey (249km)

Day 5 - Wed 25th June
Travel from Tobermorey (or Plenty Highway campsite) to Ruby Gap (380km)

Day 6 - Thurs 26th June
Travel from Ruby Gap to Trephina Gorge (approx 100km)

Day 7 - Fri 27th June
Travel from Trephina Gorge to Alice Springs (approx 100km)

Day 8 - Sat 28th June
Free day

Day 9 - Sun 29th June
Travel from Alice Springs to Palm Valley via the Gorges of the West MacDonnell Ranges (approx 350km)

Day 10 - Mon 30th June
Travel from Palm Valley to Boggy Hole (Finke River Gorge National Park) approx 70km of hard 4W driving

Day 11 - Tues 1st July
Travel from Boggy Hole to Kings Canyon (Watarrka National Park) approx 220km with much in 4WD

Day 12 - Wed 2nd July
Travel from Kings Canyon to Yulara (approx 300km)

Day 13 - Thurs 3rd July
Travel from Round trip from Yulara exploring Ularu, Kata Tjuta (160km)

Day 14 - Fri 4th July
Travel from Yulara to Mt Dare, Simpson Desert (approx 480km)

Day 15 - Sat 5th July
Travel to Mt Dare to Dalhousie Springs, Simpson Desert (approx 50km)

Day 16 - Sun 6th July
Travel from Dalhousie Springs to near Colston Track (Simpson Desert) (approx 200km)

Day 17 - Mon 7th July
Travel from Colston Track to Poeppel Corner (Simpson Desert) (approx 200km)

Day 18 - Tues 8th July
Travel from Poeppel Corner to Birdsville (175 km)

Day 19 - Wed 9th July
Travel from Birdsville to Windorah (269km)

Day 20 - Thur 10th July
Travel from Windorah to Mitchell (630km)

Day 21 - Fri 11th July
Travel from Mitchell to Brisbane(580km)

On Wednesday, My father and I decided to do the three days in one, so we ended up driving exactly 16hrs back to Brisbane with three stops, Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Smile

I do have more shots of the whole trip, with a total of around 1,700 photo's...

feel free to have a browse of them, not many good ones tho! http://visumdesign.net/nudgee
  
Post #32255816th Jul 2008 11:04 am
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tanters
 


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Shocked


you couldn't be a bit more specific could you Whistle


Sounds fantastic Thumbs Up
  
Post #32256316th Jul 2008 11:14 am
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Mr.Hamster
 


Member Since: 07 Jun 2008
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Australia 2008 Discovery 3 4.4 V8 HSE Auto Buckingham BlueDiscovery 3

I can if you want me to? *cough*
  
Post #32256416th Jul 2008 11:16 am
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tanters
 


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Laughing





Pics look great - will check them all out this evening.

Go on ya Thumbs Up
  
Post #32257416th Jul 2008 11:30 am
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dukemasterpro
 


Member Since: 04 Feb 2007
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Great pics - jealous indeed Big Cry

Any chance you'll be posting what gear you took?

Spares, camping stuff etc - looks like you travelled very light. Razz
  
Post #32359719th Jul 2008 12:16 am
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Mr.Hamster
 


Member Since: 07 Jun 2008
Location: Brisbane
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Australia 2008 Discovery 3 4.4 V8 HSE Auto Buckingham BlueDiscovery 3

Here is the list of what we took, if i recall!

2 x Swags
2 x Sleeping Bags
2 x Pillows
2 x Camping Chairs
2 x Country Road bags with my clothes in it
1 x R.M.Williams bag with dads clothes in it
1 x Tub with First aid, ropes, tent pegs for the swag, snatch trap, plates and cutlery, two coffee thermos cups
1 x Tyre for 19' rim with a water can in it, along with those things that look like liquorice and go into the tyre when you get a flat tyre?
2 x Jerry Cans = 40L of Petrol
1 x Fridge, provided by one of the other convoys to use to store.. Beer and Coke...

Then, We had to stick one of the students bags in which was..

1 x Swag and 1 x Army Bag.

This all worked out perfectly and nothing rattled around as it was nice and packed firmly Smile Some items would get put into the Rola Pod, as featured in the pictures!
  
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