Archive for the ‘4WD’ Category
Monday, June 18th, 2007
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So after our brief respite in Coober Pedy which including a big shopping hit on both supermarkets and a oil change for Truckie, we headed back to the Oodnadatta track still following the old railway line and telegraph line. We have also added to the list of our geographical ...
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Saturday, June 16th, 2007
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Well Truckie is fixed the voltage regulator needed replacing which meant the battery wasn't being recharged properly – so all good now and not too expensive! We are doing lot of short hops around town to test this out. We have had a bit of other equipment failure too. ...
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Sunday, June 10th, 2007
Internet horribly expensive at Ayers Rock - resort- no surprise - so quick update - no pics! Survived the bush - the truck is a little dirty and voiced its displeasure on the corrugation by engaging horn and refusing to turn it off - must say if you ever want ...
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
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OK in a 22 year-old Landcruiser called Truckie when it starts and other things when it doesn't but you get the general gist. As I write this after the fact we are quite pleased to have made it through some pretty remote country fairly unscathed. .
We've had a ...
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
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Well we are still stuck at Cameron Corner - with the bed setup in the dining room next too the pub - it could be a lot worse really. It hasn't rained since yesterday 1pm so we should be back on the road tomorrow and I bet the next ...
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Monday, May 28th, 2007
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As you probably have heard a lot of central and southeastern Australia has been having a 7 year drought. Well it broke in Victoria when we were there, and we got a bit wet in Swan Hill, we got to Mungo National Park and couldn't do the drive we ...
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Friday, May 25th, 2007
Well we are now graduates with the Australian equivalents of Unit Standards in “Operation of a 4WD vehicle”, “Advanced recover of a 4WD vehicle” and a partial standard on “Organising an expedition” (apparently one is supposed to include nutritious food and consider other food preferences – lucky our party ...
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Saturday, May 19th, 2007
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Actually not the valley of the moon but the Walls of China – odd name but charming place. Just (well several 100km ) out of Mildura is an area of ancient sand dunes/shorelines in the middle of an ancient lake – that's an Australian lake – no water! ...
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Saturday, May 19th, 2007
Well not only has it been raining all over Victoria and NSW but some places have not seen a 24 level of rain for 15 years! Just out of Broken Hill they have had 2 years worth of rain in a few days! This is all a bit annoying ...
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
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Every book I have ever read on camping (and lets face it I only found an interest in camping books about 6 months ago), say make sure you try out all your equipment in the back yard first. Well as you may not know Brisbane is quite hilly, Paul's ...
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