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Extra re Mt Carbine.
Hi, The Desailly Range people were just driving around and didn't introduce themselves officially. They said a number of people they have seen around, have been given permission. They ignored the next couple of vehicles that went past us. I didn't get any contact info. Not needed. There are yellow signs on trees just west of Mt Carbine that prohibit tresspassing put up by Curraghmore Station Ph 40948293. The Mulligan Highway is some form of public stock route and in NSW you can stop on a stock route but not camp overnight. The hilltop is on a crest a couple of kms going west past Bobs Lookout. Both sides of the road have adjacent small hilltops that look suitable. I don't think my hill had a power pole. The area is quite close enough to the centreline according to the calculated waypoints that "Max from Sydney " had on a Smasung tablet. Most astro-nuts in the area seem quite sociable. Fires, litter, overt camping and dangerous ie inconsiderate or selfish parking seem the main issues. In those cases the persons may attract negative attention. We're in Pt Douglas this afternoon and in was drizzling in the ranges on the way over to the coast. I believe that the cloud is strongly influenced by topography and distance from the ocean. Thus I'm inland and not on top of a mountain. Anectdotally I've noticed the rain shower clouds hugging big hill/mountains. The vegetation is fairly sparse past Mt Carbine. A good indicator of climate. I'll try to put this up in the public area. If I fail, could you post it for others, please. There are a couple of other commercial camping places near Mt Carbine that do caravan/ tent sites that we saw driving past. Some bookings are not being confirmed/taken up, ie. no-shows. So I would try your luck for a powered site etc, but be ready to have a bit less luxury. BTW. There was so much negativity about eye hazards and so on in 2002 for Ceduna that the area was thinly visited as I experienced. Telling the positive on IIS won't cause a stampede I suspect. Walking through the tourist precinct in Pt Douglas I saw a local Optometrist selling Eclipse Shades in the window== Really great to see commonsense and enthusiasm
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