Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Tanami Crossing success

Lisa and I made it across the Tanami desert without significant drama. We popped out in Alice Springs NT after the 1050km desert crossing from Halls Creek in WA. The track was rough and corrugated but we managed a moving average of around 70kms per hour. We had to let the tyres down on the car and the camper to around 24psi to cope with the incredible corrugations. The Camper didn't escape unscathed, with the door breaking off and now held on by cable ties and 100 mile an hour tape. Also there is so much dust inside the camper that it is virtually uninhabitable. The car handled the road with ease, it was bloody amazing. I never thought id say that about the car I've always loved to hate on. We didnt see many other travellers. In fact we only had 1 other traveller going in our direction. The longest distance between fuel stops was 700km. We made it by filling 3 x  20 litre jerry cans and putting them on the roof of the car. Made it with one to spare. We filled up twice at aboriginal communities. That was a real eye opener. They allow Europeans in only to buy fuel. I will put up some photos shortly.




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