Our first trip underway

[TimSta'sBeach]

Kata Tjuta (formerly The Olgas)

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

Kings Canyon
155km of corrugated dirt/rock/sand road after this stop.
- That will test her (Cali) out!
Standard highway tyres & suspension.
Most worried about the tyres - we only have 1 spare. Finding the right speed can overcome the corrugations.

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

She made it.
About 90-100 kmph was about right but that did mean dust holes came up quite quickly. The suspension got a bit of a work out & she was a bit floaty in sections.
Glen Helen (Finke River) & Grosse’s Bluff Crater on the way.

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

West McDonald Ranges
Ormiston Gorge & The Pound Walk

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

West McDonald Ranges cont.
Ochre Pits
Serpentine Gorge

 

[Ozzy Pete]

It’s not the dust that you kick up it’s the dust that’s kicked up by the road trains. Best thing is keep your eyes closed and hope there isn’t another right behind it.

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

More West McDonald Ranges
Stanley Chasm
Simpson Gap

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

Now at Alice Springs
2 days here & then all the way back home

 

[Ozzy Pete]

Kings Canyon
155km of corrugated dirt/rock/sand road after this stop.
- That will test her (Cali) out!
Standard highway tyres & suspension.
Most worried about the tyres - we only have 1 spare. Finding the right speed can overcome the corrugations.

In the 70s there was no tar on the road up to Alice. So 850 miles of corrugated dirt till you hit the outskirts of Alice. Always carried 2 spare tyres and that wasn’t enough.

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

My photos don’t seem to have uploaded
i’m not sure why!

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

It’s not the dust that you kick up it’s the dust that’s kicked up by the road trains. Best thing is keep your eyes closed and hope there isn’t another right behind it.

Thankfully, no Road Trains on the Meerenie Loop It goes from no where to no where
Kings Canyon (a pub & Camp Ground) to a bit short of Hermannsburg (an old mission & outpost)

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

The Australian version of the Beach has an electric option
also 4motion which I believe is not he case there.p

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

Kata Tjuta (formerly The Olgas)

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

Been a bit remote for a while - week or no connection.
Photo updates attached & following.
Uluṟu, the Base Walk & Field of Lights.

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

Been a bit remote for a while - week or no connection.
Photo updates attached & following.
Uluṟu, the Base Walk & Field of Lights.

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

Kata Tjuta (formerly The Olgas)

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

Kings Canyon
155km of corrugated dirt/rock/sand road after this stop.
- That will test her (Cali) out!
Standard highway tyres & suspension.
Most worried about the tyres - we only have 1 spare. Finding the right speed can overcome the corrugations.

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

She made it.
About 90-100 kmph was about right but that did mean dust holes came up quite quickly. The suspension got a bit of a work out & she was a bit floaty in sections.
Glen Helen (Finke River) & Grosse’s Bluff Crater on the way.

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

West McDonald Ranges
Ormiston Gorge & The Pound Walk

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

West McDonald Ranges cont.
Ochre Pits
Serpentine Gorge

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

More West McDonald Ranges
Stanley Chasm
Simpson Gap

 

[Ozzy Pete]

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Sure brings back some old memories. Both good and not so good..

 

[kurienp]

O! wow! stunning! simply stunning! Thank you for sharing.

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

East McDonald Ranges - Trephina Gorge

 

[TimSta'sBeach]

East McDonald Ranges - N’Ghara Gorge