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Alby wrote:You will be if you are going to Poeppel's cnr

doh, sorry I meant Haddon and Cameron

packeteer wrote:

Alby wrote:You will be if you are going to Poeppel's cnr

doh, sorry I meant Haddon and Cameron

Hahaha.......don't get lost mate

heh, wouldnt be the first time

and I accidently left my paper maps at home too!


(s'ok, I have 2 different GPS units with me)

well we're back after a fun 5500km trip.

Sydney, Narrabri, Tambo, Longreach, Winton, Middleton, Dajarra, Boulia, Georgina River, Bedourie, Birdsville, Haddon Corner, Innamincka, Cameron Corner, Tibooburra, Bourke, Dubbo, Sydney
ps. don't listen to the rumours, it wasn't me lost in the desert

pics (not chronological order, click for fullsize)
making a quick stop:


gotta love the roads in NW NSW:


sunset at Haddon Corner (awesome little spot):


Deon's Lookout near Betoota:


the coppa at Dajarra likes his snakes


old copper mine on the road between Middleton and Dajarra:


music fence at Winton:


sandstone formation at Captain Starlight's lookout:


I swear I'm not lost:

Great photos mate. Can't wait to get back out there in September.

cheers mate. it was a good trip, but I still wish I had the time to also do the Hay River track with the other friends that were on the trip

btw, having a copper as "tour leader" was pretty good. we camped in police yards, used their showers and topped up water from their tanks

Nice pics, looks like your boys enjoyed it too

Great stuff Packets, good to see dads out there giving their kids positive memories of this great land that they will carry with them throughout the rest of their lives.

cheers guys. it was a boys only trip as mum stayed home to work and handle paperwork on the new house

Tease !!

I've gotta go back !!!

oooh, ninja edit

I have Bud's dimple die sliders. they've been really good, even stopping a big stake from going through my door (bent the top plate!).

I could do with some mudguards tho (removed for 33's)

Jealous of your awesome trips
Love those snakes too. They look tame as, did he show you the teeth at all on those things?

the snakes were numbed by cold, so barely moved. iirc they're an Aussie green tree python. non poisonous, non aggressive. the bloke had other more deadly snakes which we had a view of (behind glass), and lots of live mice for feeding

Yeah they're awesome snakes, I was going to get one a few years back, but the green tree pythons were a bit out of the budget. The teeth on those are quite cool, you'll have to google 'em. It's like a row of curved needles.

Sorry, I'm hijacking your thread...

no dramas mate, I'll look em up (I'm no Herpetologist)

Ya got me I didn't look hard enough at first.

packeteer wrote:got a Yukon Grizzly installed
not to bad on the street, just have to drive smoothly and stay off the throttle when going round corners.

How do you find it with the vsc and tc?

yeah, no problems at all.

I just have to remember to disable it when I want to do silly stuff like donuts in the dirt or getting sideways in the wet

Something I will have to look at I think, not liking the open diff, makes it hard when flexed up trying to park at work on firm sand and it digs a hole.
Better then a locker? Air/electronic

the Yukon Grizzly is a great budget option, only cost me $1050 installed

I dont like air; elockers are the best, but they're not cheap.