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I thought you might like to know what AJ is up to on his trip; he'll post something more substantial when he gets back, but I thought I'd post a bit of a progress report.
They left the Riverland at 7.30 on Friday morning and made it to 20km south of Coober Pedy by about 7.30-8pm that night. One of the group members dropped out a few days before they left, so I think there were 6 vehicles left. AJ and one other vehicle are travelling solo. Since they headed bush and off the formed roads they've come across their fair share of problems; there have been multiple punctures and flat tyres, engine problems, batteries dying and fridges not working.
Today AJ was leading the group and managed to put a hole in his radiator. He says that he is very grateful for the Low Coolant Alarm he installed because the concentration required to pick a path to follow whilst following GPS coordinates means that he rarely has an opportunity to check out the temperature. Once the alarm sounded, he quickly found the problem and poured some gunk in the radiator that he'd bought before he left (no, I have no idea what it was...some powder stuff, lol). He also staked a tyre, but because he also just bought low pressure alarms for his tyres, he stopped and plugged it before it became a problem.
The temperature has been soaring whilst they’ve been out there with most days hovering around 40degrees. Because of the fires through the area last year there is very little in the way of shade, so the Ostrich Wing is getting a work-out and sounds like it’s the place to be any time they stop during the day.
The going is awfully slow too … they’re averaging around 4 – 5 kms per hour, except when they leave the campsites and there seems to be a bit of a vague track to follow; this morning when they left camp they got up to a whopping 20kms per hour.
He says that there’s no question it’s an adventure and that it’s tough going, but it sounds like he’s having a blast.
They left the Riverland at 7.30 on Friday morning and made it to 20km south of Coober Pedy by about 7.30-8pm that night. One of the group members dropped out a few days before they left, so I think there were 6 vehicles left. AJ and one other vehicle are travelling solo. Since they headed bush and off the formed roads they've come across their fair share of problems; there have been multiple punctures and flat tyres, engine problems, batteries dying and fridges not working.
Today AJ was leading the group and managed to put a hole in his radiator. He says that he is very grateful for the Low Coolant Alarm he installed because the concentration required to pick a path to follow whilst following GPS coordinates means that he rarely has an opportunity to check out the temperature. Once the alarm sounded, he quickly found the problem and poured some gunk in the radiator that he'd bought before he left (no, I have no idea what it was...some powder stuff, lol). He also staked a tyre, but because he also just bought low pressure alarms for his tyres, he stopped and plugged it before it became a problem.
The temperature has been soaring whilst they’ve been out there with most days hovering around 40degrees. Because of the fires through the area last year there is very little in the way of shade, so the Ostrich Wing is getting a work-out and sounds like it’s the place to be any time they stop during the day.
The going is awfully slow too … they’re averaging around 4 – 5 kms per hour, except when they leave the campsites and there seems to be a bit of a vague track to follow; this morning when they left camp they got up to a whopping 20kms per hour.
He says that there’s no question it’s an adventure and that it’s tough going, but it sounds like he’s having a blast.
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