Here's some photos and videos of our trip to the Kimberleys from Brisbane via the Simpson Desert (French Line) and Tanami Track…
We had made some extra preparations for the desert trip with a second spare (on the roof), a 50litre water tank, an InaWise Tyre pressure monitoring system, and the Low Coolant alarm system that AJ120 used, a 2.7metre sand flag, plus tools, spares, etc.
Turned out to be quite easy going, with tyre pressures set at 20PSI front, and 23PSI rear (hot temperatures).
We left Birdsville at midday (long story) and after two nights camping in the dunes, arrived at Purni Bore on the third night. Next day, drove to Alice Springs...
Starting out, on "Little Red" dune:
QAA Line before Poeppel Corner:
First Salt Pan crossing, before Poeppel Corner: Pity the group in front of us had a couple of trail bikes - ruined many a scene for us following...
A reminder that Mt Dare Hotel is 375km (2 days) away:
We went with friends who have a white GX Prado, so the following scenes show their car sometimes.
The following videos are taken from a Drift170 HD model in-car camera which has a fairly wide angle lens, making the car look like it's going faster than it is...
Video: QAA Line, and a Salt Pan near Poeppel Corner:
https://vimeo.com/45827419
Video: French Line:
https://vimeo.com/45827418
Video: Further along the French Line:
https://vimeo.com/45830854
To be continued...
We had made some extra preparations for the desert trip with a second spare (on the roof), a 50litre water tank, an InaWise Tyre pressure monitoring system, and the Low Coolant alarm system that AJ120 used, a 2.7metre sand flag, plus tools, spares, etc.
Turned out to be quite easy going, with tyre pressures set at 20PSI front, and 23PSI rear (hot temperatures).
We left Birdsville at midday (long story) and after two nights camping in the dunes, arrived at Purni Bore on the third night. Next day, drove to Alice Springs...
Starting out, on "Little Red" dune:
QAA Line before Poeppel Corner:
First Salt Pan crossing, before Poeppel Corner: Pity the group in front of us had a couple of trail bikes - ruined many a scene for us following...
A reminder that Mt Dare Hotel is 375km (2 days) away:
We went with friends who have a white GX Prado, so the following scenes show their car sometimes.
The following videos are taken from a Drift170 HD model in-car camera which has a fairly wide angle lens, making the car look like it's going faster than it is...
Video: QAA Line, and a Salt Pan near Poeppel Corner:
https://vimeo.com/45827419
Video: French Line:
https://vimeo.com/45827418
Video: Further along the French Line:
https://vimeo.com/45830854
To be continued...
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