Rough road/washboard corrugations = shaking car to poop. EASY possibility of dislodged fuel lines, shaking debris into fuel system etc, not to mention possible punctures of tank and fuel lines by sticks, rocks etc.
45 min each way = 90 min return... in a BIG Falcon, that's enough fuel (BTW, is that a converted hearse?) I drove a similar vintage Falcon across Australia - I carried fuel, 3 spare tyres...(plus a rifle, pistol, flares, knives, air compressor, LOTS of water, oil and fuel).
Don't underestimate the Outback or it will turn around and bite you on the bum!
Lewis, are you saying you packed 2 firearms but left the jack at home?
If I was to venture out back 45 minutes by car, I'd throw a pushie in the boot and enough food & water for the 90 minute ride back out. Better than taking the entire household just to do some stargazing.
Lewis, are you saying you packed 2 firearms but left the jack at home?
If I was to venture out back 45 minutes by car, I'd throw a pushie in the boot and enough food & water for the 90 minute ride back out. Better than taking the entire household just to do some stargazing.
I know right! Doesn't hurt to prepare some common sense essentials just in case of a breakdown, tyre blowout, or a snake/animal bite etc, which should be done especially out here, but at the same time I am not driving across the Simpson Desert. Help is never far away. I think I am intelligent enough to work what I do and do not need when going out here taking into account all the factors.
Now back to the original intention of this thread..........Couldn't sleep so woke up early to catch the sunrise. No aircon!
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Living on a house boat can't be beat.
I stay on a mates house boat at Brooklyn.
We have some crab traps which get a few muddies and the occasional bream.
And like you some ducks that come right inside who never crap inside.
There is nothing as nice as waking and looking out at that flat water. Rainy days are ok as well.
You have the right idea thanks for the photos.
..........Couldn't sleep so woke up early to catch the sunrise. No aircon!
OK, OK we're all jealous!! Can't you post a pic of a dead fish or something so we don't feel so bad?
I am sitting in my dingy little office, where a stingy Ray of sunlight struggles feebly down between the houses tall,
And the foetid air and gritty of the dusty, dirty city Through the open window floating, spreads its foulness over all.
That last shot had me thinking: don't they grow a lot of oranges down that way?
OK, OK we're all jealous!! Can't you post a pic of a dead fish or something so we don't feel so bad?
There's plenty of dead roos on the side of the road, so maybe that will suffice? oranges and grape vines are everywhere around here.
You've definitely picked a great part of the country to live in a lot of people I know say that it's boring, but I think it's only as good as you make it. There are some great bushwalking trails through Paringa Paddock (arcoss from the Big4 caravan park) and the tourist office has pamphlets with a map and information to go with markers along the trails. My mum and I often take our dogs through there on the weekends.
I've seen many dead roos so far, plus foxes with their guts hanging out and many other such sights. I've had dead fish floating by my boat and just today, a seagull disposed of a half-eaten baby Carp right on my back deck.
My AU Wagon has bought my 12" SDM, 8" Dob and mount, 4" F/15 refractor, 80mm Vixen refractor plus mount, and my 130mm Vixen Newt plus all my accessories along with a boxed up Bintel Skyview Alt-Az mount plus all my clothing, pillows, bedding, food, drinks and other essentials here in one go up from Melbourne. Put a full tank of unleaded in it back in Melbourne....I switched over to LPG in Mildura but it would've made it to Renmark on that tank of unleaded.
You've definitely picked a great part of the country to live in a lot of people I know say that it's boring, but I think it's only as good as you make it.
I absolutely loved growing up in Renmark and wouldn't change my first 21 years for the world. It's only now that I don't live there anymore that I realise how boring it is. Still, family and friends are there so I go back for visits and remember how good the sky is. So there is still that upside, plus the serenity.
BTW, Wolf Creek was filmed in Hawker, just a few hundred kilometres away in the Flinders Ranges.