Saturday, April 28, 2012
27th April
It was up bright and early, we had every thing sorted and were on the road by 7am. We were crusing along when I realised a big truck had apeared in our dust cloud so I moved over and he tore off leaving us in a cloud of dust that lasted for about 10 min. we had seen a few camels on the road, but now with that truck in front we knew we would see no more for a while.
we called into Cosmo as they call it a settlement for thr aborignies., Not a sole in sight.
started to take a few photos ,till Teresa read a sign saying no photography. so we pushed on.
As they day wore on we saw lots of Camels and the odd Kangaroo, lots of car wrecks that have just been left next to the road. and a few more cars travelling the road in one big hail of dust. the last time I was on this road was 1963 and it was a single lane track, but now its
the width of 6 cars. We arrive at Tjukayiria Road house, and refueld at $2.40 a ltr. the owner told us he got his fuel delivered from Darwin.
while we were there a Pajero arrive and got fuel also, it was trvelling the same way as us.
Two girls we the only people in it much to Teresa's suprise.
Will post this again now
T and m
we called into Cosmo as they call it a settlement for thr aborignies., Not a sole in sight.
started to take a few photos ,till Teresa read a sign saying no photography. so we pushed on.
As they day wore on we saw lots of Camels and the odd Kangaroo, lots of car wrecks that have just been left next to the road. and a few more cars travelling the road in one big hail of dust. the last time I was on this road was 1963 and it was a single lane track, but now its
the width of 6 cars. We arrive at Tjukayiria Road house, and refueld at $2.40 a ltr. the owner told us he got his fuel delivered from Darwin.
while we were there a Pajero arrive and got fuel also, it was trvelling the same way as us.
Two girls we the only people in it much to Teresa's suprise.
Will post this again now
T and m
Their has been no internet with our provider for the last few days so I have a bit of catching up to do
We left Kalgoorlie late in the morning on the 26th and drove on to leonora, had a lot of mining trafic on the road hauling long and wide loads in a 8 truck convoy The mining convoy was stuck behind a four trailer road train that really slowed up the works.
Just as we were arriving into leonora we decided to take a break and check out a
old mining town, its sort of all run down and left as if people just walked out of the place.
We left Kalgoorlie late in the morning on the 26th and drove on to leonora, had a lot of mining trafic on the road hauling long and wide loads in a 8 truck convoy The mining convoy was stuck behind a four trailer road train that really slowed up the works.
Just as we were arriving into leonora we decided to take a break and check out a
old mining town, its sort of all run down and left as if people just walked out of the place.
After we filled the ute up we headed to Laverton. It was about 1963 when I was there last, so it was all new to me. we checked out the Hospital that my Dad built in the early 70's went and got a bit of information at the tourist office, just before it shut for the day and decided we would free camp along the road a a place they told us about further up the road.
Laverton was the last of the sealed road, the next 1100 odd Klm was all dirt road to Ayres rock.
we stopped for the night at a nice spot ( a view point). we had a very quite night with only about 5 cars going by in the early part of the night. followed by one at about 1.30 am. The night sky was fantastic and the milky way was just above our heads.
Will get this posted now hope theirs not too many mistakes.
T and M
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Kalgoorlie
Had a good run to kalgoorlie, we did a detour on the way to go to a small town called Westonia. Terea's Dad worked there in the early fifties as a wood cutter with both his Father inlaw and Brother inlaw. Camped over night at Karalee Rock which is about 150 Klm from Coolgardie. all was quite in Coolgardie so we just got enough fuell to get us to Kalgoorlie.
will try and get a few photos posted here but, the connection is very slow?
Both of us enjoying the trip so far T and M
will try and get a few photos posted here but, the connection is very slow?
Both of us enjoying the trip so far T and M
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Driving the Great Central Road Start
24 April 2012
Over the past few weeks we (Teresa and Mike) have been busy sorting out our 4WD ute for
the drive across Australia from Perth WA to the top of Cape York QLD.
The plan is to travel across central Australia via the Great Central road from Laverton to Ulura and beyond.
The first part of the journey is Perth - Kalgoorlie - Laverton - Warburton - Docker River -Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) and Uluru (Ayers Rock)
We have set our Nissan Navara 4WD with a new canvas camper that folds out from on top of the utes tray,
which will provide us with a double size bed and a small living area,
Our original Plan was to use our slide on camper, but with the weight of the camper (800KG) and the lack of room to carry extra water and spare wheels etc. along with several hundreds of klm of unsealed roads we decided to play it safe so to speak.
We have all the permits to Cross both WA and NT Aboriginal lands, so its all go go on 25th April.
Teresa and Mike
Over the past few weeks we (Teresa and Mike) have been busy sorting out our 4WD ute for
the drive across Australia from Perth WA to the top of Cape York QLD.
The plan is to travel across central Australia via the Great Central road from Laverton to Ulura and beyond.
The first part of the journey is Perth - Kalgoorlie - Laverton - Warburton - Docker River -Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) and Uluru (Ayers Rock)
We have set our Nissan Navara 4WD with a new canvas camper that folds out from on top of the utes tray,
which will provide us with a double size bed and a small living area,
Our original Plan was to use our slide on camper, but with the weight of the camper (800KG) and the lack of room to carry extra water and spare wheels etc. along with several hundreds of klm of unsealed roads we decided to play it safe so to speak.
We have all the permits to Cross both WA and NT Aboriginal lands, so its all go go on 25th April.
Teresa and Mike
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