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StornowaySA
Member Since: 23 Sep 2007
Location: Adelaide
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Anyone heading to the Red Centre in July? I'm departing Adelaide Fri July 4 via Oonadatta, Dalhousie, Finke, Alice, Kings Cnyon, Uluryu, Cooper Pedy, arrive back 18 July. I'll be the odd one out with a bunch of Adelaide Jeep Club members (I've packed the recovery gear  ). Hope I run into some Disco's out there! MY2010 D4 HSE 3.0, e-diff, 19inch MTR's; LLAMS Height adjustor, LR f & r light guards, LR side steps, LR bright finish side door mouldings; LR/Mantec G4 front bash plate, LR G4 Winch kit, Warn 9500lb Winch; GOE compressor guard, Uniden UHF, LR bright finish roof rails, LR G4 driving light kit, LR G4 ladder, 4 x extra rear compartment 12V sockets, Traxide dual battery system and Optima Yellowtop battery, ORS drawer system / fridge slide, LED rear compartment lighting.
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 9th Jun 2008 12:22 am |
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Mr.Hamster
Member Since: 07 Jun 2008
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 57
 
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Yep, we shall be going into the red center with the school...
Below outlines what we are doing..
This 20-day 6500+ km safari has been carefully planned so as to visit all major attractions of Far West Queensland, the East and West MacDonald Ranges, Alice Springs, Kings Canyon and Uluru and more. We will visit many spectacular National Parks plus some little-visited areas such the Finke River and Boggy Hole.
Our return journey will be over the magnificent Simpson Desert traveling west to East into Birdsville. A detailed proposed itinerary is available in the portals under the Activities > Red Centre Safari.
I will post the itinerary soon.
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| 9th Jun 2008 3:06 am |
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Mr.Hamster
Member Since: 07 Jun 2008
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 57
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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)
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| 9th Jun 2008 3:11 am |
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StornowaySA
Member Since: 23 Sep 2007
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 406
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Sounds great - here's mine:
Friday July 4th
Adelaide to Woomera= 476kms
Accomodation near Woomera
Outcome-Woomera Traveller’s Village
Saturday July 5th
Woomera to Coward Springs=267kms
Bush Camping Coward Springs
Sunday July 6th
Coward Springs to Oodnadatta =276kms
Pink Roadhouse Caravan Park
Monday July 7th
Oodnadatta to Dalhousie Springs=189kms
Bush Camping Dalhousie Springs
Tuesday July 8th
Dalhousie Springs to Erldunda
via Mt Dare & Finke=403kms
Desert Oaks Resort caravan park
Wed July 9th
Erldunda to Yulara = 244kms
(Ayers Rock Resort Campground)
Yulara- Ayers Rock Resort Campground
Fri July 11th
Yulara to Kings Creek Station Campground
262kms
Sat July 12th
Mereenie Loop Rd to Palm Valley via
Hermannsburg 254kms
Bush camping Palm Valley
Sun July 13th
Palm Valley to Boggy hole
Mon July 14th
Boggy Hole to Alice Springs
256kms (last 130km bitumen)
Tues July 15th
Alice Springs as above
Wednesday July 16th
Alice Springs to Coober Pedy
685kms Action: Stuart Range Caravan Park
Thursday July 17th
Coober Pedy to Spear Creek
Friday July 18th
298kms: Easy run home MY2010 D4 HSE 3.0, e-diff, 19inch MTR's; LLAMS Height adjustor, LR f & r light guards, LR side steps, LR bright finish side door mouldings; LR/Mantec G4 front bash plate, LR G4 Winch kit, Warn 9500lb Winch; GOE compressor guard, Uniden UHF, LR bright finish roof rails, LR G4 driving light kit, LR G4 ladder, 4 x extra rear compartment 12V sockets, Traxide dual battery system and Optima Yellowtop battery, ORS drawer system / fridge slide, LED rear compartment lighting.
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| 9th Jun 2008 3:12 am |
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StornowaySA
Member Since: 23 Sep 2007
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 406
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HaHA! We miss each other at Dalhousie by 1 day! Oh well! MY2010 D4 HSE 3.0, e-diff, 19inch MTR's; LLAMS Height adjustor, LR f & r light guards, LR side steps, LR bright finish side door mouldings; LR/Mantec G4 front bash plate, LR G4 Winch kit, Warn 9500lb Winch; GOE compressor guard, Uniden UHF, LR bright finish roof rails, LR G4 driving light kit, LR G4 ladder, 4 x extra rear compartment 12V sockets, Traxide dual battery system and Optima Yellowtop battery, ORS drawer system / fridge slide, LED rear compartment lighting.
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| 9th Jun 2008 3:13 am |
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Mr.Hamster
Member Since: 07 Jun 2008
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 57
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BlackPerth wrote:HaHA! We miss each other at Dalhousie by 1 day! Oh well!
Haha what a shame! I should leave a note. lol jks.
But yes, the Teachers/Parents want to bash our Disco 3 cause the rest of the 4x4 are toyota's and one patrol. lol and we are the only petrol as well.. so that's going to be fun... *cough*
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| 9th Jun 2008 3:17 am |
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SKP
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 219
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[quote="Mr.Hamster But yes, the Teachers/Parents want to bash our Disco 3 cause the rest of the 4x4 are toyota's and one patrol. lol and we are the only petrol as well.. so that's going to be fun... *cough*[/quote]
Well Mr. Hamster, we know who will be most refreshed at the end of the day
Just remember, when the others are complaining about the rough tracks, agree, or they might be jealous 
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| 9th Jun 2008 4:08 am |
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Mr.Hamster
Member Since: 07 Jun 2008
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 57
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SKP wrote:[quote="Mr.Hamster But yes, the Teachers/Parents want to bash our Disco 3 cause the rest of the 4x4 are toyota's and one patrol. lol and we are the only petrol as well.. so that's going to be fun... *cough*
Well Mr. Hamster, we know who will be most refreshed at the end of the day
Just remember, when the others are complaining about the rough tracks, agree, or they might be jealous [/quote]
Don't worry, I'll be agreeing 
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| 9th Jun 2008 5:24 am |
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DingMark
Member Since: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Perth Oz or Erbil, Iraq
Posts: 388
 
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With the natural gas shortage here a lot of the industries are running diesel generators and sucking up huge quantities of diesel fuel. You may find that having the V8 may mean you're the only one able to get any fuel at all (or at least the way things are going, diesel will be 60c/litre more expensive). Isn't life sweet? Jim Dowell - D4 HSE TDi, 12,000 hydraulic winch & hidden winch mount, MTRs, TyreDog, Traxide 2 x aux battery system, fixed air compressor, Dolium roof rack, MitchHitch.
RIP 2005 D3 HSE V8 5 seater gold (stolen and torched)
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| 9th Jun 2008 6:34 am |
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StornowaySA
Member Since: 23 Sep 2007
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 406
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You're upsetting me Jim....   MY2010 D4 HSE 3.0, e-diff, 19inch MTR's; LLAMS Height adjustor, LR f & r light guards, LR side steps, LR bright finish side door mouldings; LR/Mantec G4 front bash plate, LR G4 Winch kit, Warn 9500lb Winch; GOE compressor guard, Uniden UHF, LR bright finish roof rails, LR G4 driving light kit, LR G4 ladder, 4 x extra rear compartment 12V sockets, Traxide dual battery system and Optima Yellowtop battery, ORS drawer system / fridge slide, LED rear compartment lighting.
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| 9th Jun 2008 6:43 am |
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Mr.Hamster
Member Since: 07 Jun 2008
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 57
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DingMark wrote:With the natural gas shortage here a lot of the industries are running diesel generators and sucking up huge quantities of diesel fuel. You may find that having the V8 may mean you're the only one able to get any fuel at all (or at least the way things are going, diesel will be 60c/litre more expensive). Isn't life sweet?
There is something like 9 Diesiel 4x4's going... How blissfull! 
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| 9th Jun 2008 6:46 am |
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Andy V6SE
Member Since: 01 Oct 2006
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 46
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I'll be around
3 July - Alice Springs to Uluru
4 July - Kata Tjuta National Park then head to Erldunda later in the evening
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| 9th Jun 2008 7:03 am |
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