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Postby De-Ranged » Wed Mar 19, 2014 6:59 pm

Thats not bad I was pegging a crack at 3 ton given your liquid load

Hmmm ditch the anchor you have a shovel and a spare wheel to dig in as an anchor lol
ditch the ratchet spanners go get a set of double open enders from a good brand.... in four spanners you will cover every combination you'll need

I would also add a big mosquito net that you can hang inside and leave the truck doors open

As for the solar option check out AULRO.com lol they will tell you what you need and where to get it and to be honest wouldn't surprise me if a few wouldn't be keen to show you around

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Postby DieselBoy » Thu Mar 20, 2014 3:05 pm

I'll try and get it over the weigh bridge before we go, it will be interesting to see if I'm close.

It weighs 1900kg from factory, and I reckon I must have pulled out at least 100kg or so of seats and trim, and saved an incredible amount by swapping rear diffs. My cupboards and cabinetry weigh half what the seats and trim did.

So at 2800kg that's 900kg of extra shit on board and a potential 200kg's of that is fuel and water if/when fully loaded.

You got me curious now, might go to the weigh bridge tomorrow :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby DieselBoy » Thu Mar 20, 2014 3:15 pm

Thought this might be of interest to someone.

How do you take a cordless drill with you and keep the batteries charged??

My solution:

Take one shitty 12V cordless drill that the batteries died long ago on, and modify to get rid of the battery clip on the handle :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Then take a piece of two core wire you have lying around, some aligator clips and a couple of spade terminals, and there you have it, a nice little drill that will never go flat provided the engines running :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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The wire is going to be changed for something lighter gauge, but that's all that was lying round at the time when I was feeling creative :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby coxsy » Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:10 pm

got two 12v drills on my shelve at work to convert, got pics now to how as well thanks
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Postby badnuz » Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:11 pm

Redarc do a neat portable folding solar kit for around $700 but there are plently of cheaper ones out there (well here in aus) that will do the trick for short term :)
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Postby DieselBoy » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:52 am

Righto, put it over the weight bridge today

As it stands here in the photo, we are doing a shake down trip this weekend, so it's fully loaded with everything, food, tools, parts, two spare wheels, recovery gear, clothes, 50L of water and 125l of fuel, pretty much everything on that list I posted earlier.

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:D :D 2560kg :D :D


It could have another 40L of water on board and another 40L of fuel if required, so a max of 2640kg.

I'm happy with that :D :D
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Postby De-Ranged » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:59 am

Not bad given the list

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Postby UBZ » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:03 pm

got to be happy with that !

going through your list , how many sets of jumper leads do you have on board .
ideally you would want to be able to hook up 3 battery's for bush welding , ie 36volts . prob have to beg borow the 3rd whille on tour.

Are the front door monsoons from LRS ? they look real good !
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Postby Bubba » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:15 pm

OMG I may have something to contribute to this most excellent topic.

My portable worklight (Supercheap) has alligator and cigi-lighter connections, on a nice long lead. Buy one (cheap as chips) and re-purpose the leads, would be handier if you need to drill something in the cab
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Postby DieselBoy » Wed Apr 02, 2014 11:30 pm

A rough route plan:

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Up north, a few detours if all is going well.
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Across a bit of the Savannah Way, might head further along if it's all going well, then down to Alice.
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This is roughly the route through the central region:
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I'm going to head across the Simpson Desert from Mt Dare to Birdsville following the French Line,
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Then down through Innaminka and through the Strzelecki Desert. Coober Pedy is worth a look, the town is almost completely underground, and from there we will head to the Flinders Ranges for a nosey around.
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Then we head back to Hervey Bay for a clean up ready for shipping back to NZ.

That's one rough plan any way :D :D

I'm working on the distance, but so far it's looking like 16,000kms give or take 1,000ks, and that's with out any side trips and ticky touring.


Just to put the distance into perspective :D

The whole of Europe overlaid over Australia:
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And little ol' NZ overlaid over Australia (with Antarctica in the back ground)
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I'm still struggling to get my mind to comprehend the distances. One of the problems growing up in a small island nation I guess :lol: :lol:
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Postby catalystracing » Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:16 am

That looks so awesome, mate you deserve to have a brilliant trip, seriously hope its all and more than you anticipate. 8) 8) 8)

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Postby DieselBoy » Thu Apr 03, 2014 6:35 pm

This is also going to be a handy resource, its a shame its only going to be accessible when we have 3G, but even so, i should still be able to plot the potential camp sites onto the Hema app in advance when reception is available.

http://www.4x4earth.com.au/campsites.html
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Postby Twodiffs » Thu Apr 03, 2014 6:52 pm

Extremely envious :mrgreen: , You've obviously done all your homework and planning...have you thought of liaising with other 4wd forums in Australia?. Some guys over there might be keen to join you for a day trip or help you out if you have a breakdown etc.

NICE Landy by the way..very noice - 2560kg was about what my swb Safari weighed last time I put it over the weighbridge...with just me and half a tank of fuel :lol: .

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Postby DieselBoy » Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:17 pm

I have been a paid up member of AULRO for a few years now since we started planning the trip. That forum has been awesome in terms of vehicle set up, places to go and see, and most importantly the best places to go to get parts when on the road :wink: :wink:


Between the AULRO forum, 4x4earth, youtube and the odd magazine there's just about everything you need to know :D :D

This is gonna be handy too, courtesy of AULRO:

spudboy wrote:The Land Rover Register of SA published this list of LR repairers around Australia, so I thought it might be useful to copy here for a wider audience and for future reference.

Sorry the formatting is not up to much, but it came from a PDF newsletter....

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Mitchell - Canberra Motor Works 38 Hoskins Street Mitchell, (02) 6241 8777
Phillip - Lennock Land Rover ** 126 Melrose Drive Phillip, 2606 (02) 6282 2022

NSW
Albury - Blacklocks Land Rover ** Wagga & Kaitlers Rds Lavington, 2641 (02) 6049 5500
Bellingen - MJK Discovery, 527 Kalang Rd, Kalang, NSW 2454 (02) 6655-2443
Byron Bay - Byron Classic Cars 14 Bayshore Drive Byron Bay, 2481 (02) 6680 7533
Central Coast - English Auto Parts 4/188 Pacific Highway Tuggerah, 2259 (02) 4353 2844
Coffs Harbour - BellBowrie Motors ** Pacific Hwy & Halls Road Coffs Harbour, 2450 (02) 6656 8700
Coffs Harbour - Coffs Harbour 4WD Centre 52 Hi Tech Drive Toormina, 2452 (02) 6653 1800
Dubbo - Dubbo Land Rover ** 94 - 100 Wheelers Lane Dubbo, 2830 (02) 6884 9755
Dungog - Modern Motors Dungog 282 Dowling Street Dungog, 2420 (02) 4992 1486
Newcastle - All Four x 4 Spares, 4 McDougall Street Kotara NSW 2289‎ (02) 4957 1112
Port Macquarie - John Patrick Prestige Cars ** 169 Hastings River Drive Port Macquarie, 2444 (02) 6584 1800
Sydney - Trivett Land Rover ** 75 O'Riordan St Alexandria 2015 (02) 8338 2162
Sydney - Davis Performance Landys 233 Annangrove Rd Annangrove 2156 (02) 9679 1978
Sydney - Cremorne Prestige Service 1/39 Hotham Parade Artarmon 2064 (02) 9906 5266
Sydney - KLR Automotive, 5/83 Cox Ave, Kingswood (02) 4721-3675
Sydney - Alto Land Rover ** Chandos Street St Leonards, 2065 1300 881 239
Sydney - Purnell Land Rover ** 990 King Georges Road Blakehurst 2221 (02) 8558 7000
Sydney - Ayers Automotive 15 Ade Ave Brookvale 2100 (02) 9905 6048
Sydney - British & Swedish Motors 64 Garden St Nth Narrabeen 2021 (02) 9970 6654
Sydney - T.R.Spares 45 Fairford Road Padstow 2211 (02) 9709 6124
Sydney - Trivett Land Rover ** 60 Church St Parramatta 2150 (02) 9841 4144
Sydney - Graeme Cooper Automotive 99 Princes Highway St. Peters 2044 (020 9550 2689
Sydney - Rangeland Automotive mobile mechanic Sydney area 0410 664 194
Sydney - Greenlight car Care 7b Pioneer Avenue Thornleigh, 2120 (02) 9481 7363
Sydney - A.T.V Automotive 94 Queens Road Five Dock 2046 (02) 97128001
Sydney - Macarthur Land Rover ** 8 Yarmouth Place Narellan, 2567 (02) 4636 8444
Sydney - Land Vehicle Spares, 36 Econo Place, Silverdale, NSW 2752 02 4774-1741
Sydney - Roving Mechanical, Peter Davis, 0410 503 500 (Mobile mechanic)
Wollongong - Southern Classic Land Rover ** 188 - 194 Corrimal Street Wollongong, 2500 (02) 4254 2000

Queensland
Brisbane - Greg Tunstall Mechanical Unit 3/ 255 South Street Cleveland 4163 (07) 3821 0622
Brisbane - Austral Prestige ** 773 Ann St Fortitude Valley, 4006 1300 852 162
Brisbane - MR Automotive Anzac Ave Redcliffe, 4020 (07) 3284 6688
Brisbane - Rover Care 6 Monte Street Slacks Creek 4127 (07) 3209 1970
Brisbane - Knights House of Rover 3/56 Burrows Street Bowen Hills 4006 (07) 3257 1611
Brisbane - Southside Land Rover ** 187 Logan Rd, Wollongabba, 4102 (07) 3895 3531
Bundaberg - Bundaberg Land Rover ** Boubong & Tantitha Streets Bundaberg, 4670 (07) 4152 000
Cairns - Hyper Tuned Land Rover 196 Hartley Street Bungalow, Cairns 4870 (07) 4035 1118
Cairns - Trinity Land Rover ** Florence & McLeod St Cairns 4870 (07) 4050 5071
Cairns - Jeff's Land Rover Spares 2 West St Cairns 4870 (07) 4053 2813
Cairns - Landy Centre Cairns 2/2 West Street, Manunda 4870 0458 504 083
Cairns - Range Rover Solutions 32 Gadd Close Julatten, 4871 (07) 4094 1450
Gympie - Gold City LandRover repairs Bruce Highway Gympie, 4570 (07) 5482 8722
Hervey Bay - Anderson's Land Rover 80 Boat Harbour Drive Hervey Bay, 4655 (07) 4124 1885
Mackay - Land Rover Spares 9 Turner St Mackay 4740 (07) 4957 7282
Maroochydore - Pacific Land Rover ** 129 Sugar Road Maroochydore, 4558 (07) 5458 9739
Nerang - Rick's 4WD Centre, Unit 1 / 21 Lawrence Drive, Nerang, Qld, 4211, (07) 5596 6662 Mob: 0411 425 292 Email: info@ricks4wdcentre.com
Southport - Bruce Lynton Land Rover ** 96-100 Minnie Street Southport, 4215 (07) 5571 1011
Sunshine Coast - British Off Road Bruce Highway Forest Glen 4556 (07) 5445 1094
Toowoomba - Southern Cross Land Rover ** James & Anzac Avenue Toowoomba West, 4350 (07) 4690 2333
Townsville - Tony Ireland Land Rover ** Woolcock & Duckworth Streets Garbut 4814 (07) 4726 777

Northern Territory
Alice Springs - Sutton Motors ** 12 Smith St Alice Springs, 0870 (08) 8952 1334
Darwin - Darwin Land Rover ** 34 Stuart Highway Stuart Park, 0800 (08) 8946 4444
Darwin - Top End Land Rover 544 Stuart Highway Winnellie, 0820 (08) 8946 4444

South Australia
Adelaide - Triumph Rover Spares 7 Magna Court Lonsdale 5160 (08) 8384 6933
Adelaide - Solitaire Land Rover ** 32 Belair Road Hawthorn 5062 (08) 8272 8155
Adelaide - Sovereign Britparts 80 King William St Kent Town 5067 (08) 8362 5997
Adelaide - PCB Land Rovers 19 Starr Avenue, North Plympton 5037 (08 ) 8350 0110
Adelaide - Belcar Walkerville 130 North East Road Walkerville 5035 (08) 8269 2922
Adelaide - British 4X4 Automotive 21 Petrova Avenue Windsor Gardens 5087 (08) 8266 4506
Millicent - Mac Land Rover ** 44 Mt Gambier Road Millicent, 5280 (08) 8733 2325
Port Lincoln - Lincoln Land Rover ** 83 - 85 Liverpool Street Port Lincoln, 5600 (08) 8682 1927

Tasmania
Hobart - Hobart Land Rover ** 118 Argyle Street Hobart, 7000 (03) 6234 0350
Hobart - Justin Cooper, Unit 2/34 Browns Rd Kingston, (located behind Reece Plumbing) Mobile 0408 995 635, (03) 6229 1102
Launceston - Neil Buckby Motors ** 37 - 41 St John Street Launceston, 7250 (03) 6334 8444

Victoria
Corryong - Mildren & Coysh Pty Ltd Towong Rd, Corryong VIC 3707 (02) 6076 1151
Geelong - Rex Gorrell Land Rover ** 212 - 224 La Trobe Terrace Geelong West, 3218 (03) 5244 6233
Gippsland - DeJong Prestige 55 Newton Crt Nicholson, 3882 (03) 5156 8878
Melbourne - LoPiccolo Automotive 61 North Street Richmond, 3121 (03) 9428 6251
Melbourne - Ritters 116 Highbury Road Burwood 3125 (03) 9834 3545
Melbourne - Melbourne City Land Rover ** Lorimer & Ingles Street Docklands 3205 (03) 9684 1000
Melbourne - Rangie Automotive Factory 14, 16 East Crt Lilydale 3140 (03) 9739 6989
Melbourne - ULR Land Rover ** 1303 Malvern Road Malvern 3144 (03) 9864 3555
Melbourne - AMV Automotive 1/513 Maroondah Hwy Ringwood 3134 (03) 9870 9904
Melbourne - Les Richmond Automotive 41 Wood Street Thomastown 3074 (03) 9464 4094
Morwell - Massaro Motors ** 497 Princes Highway Morwell, 3840 (03) 5134 1422
Shepparton - McPherson Motors Goulburn Valley Highway Shepparton, 3631 (03) 5823 2100
Wodonga - Clarke Automotive, 8/204 Melbourne Rd, (02) 60246664

Western Australia
Albany - Land Rover Albany ** 400 Albany Highway Albany, 6330 (08) 9882 0850
Broome - Broome Mechanical 1 Tanami Drive Broome, 6725 (08) 9193 6006
Broome - Shinju Motor Group 108 Guy Street Broome, 6725 (08) 9192 1250
Bunbury - Panuccio Autos 19 Stuart Street Bunbury, 6230 (08) 9791 4449
Geraldton - Whyatts Automotive 90 Anderson Street Geraldton 6530 (08) 9965 4333
Kalgoorlie - Gold City Land Rover 4 Federal Road Kalgoorlie, 6430 (08) 9091 7676
Kununurra - East Kimberley Motors 5 Mango Street Kununurra, 6743 (08) 9168 3001
Perth - Southern Land Rover ** 1286-1288 Albany Highway Cannington, 6107 (08) 9231 9777
Perth - Barbagallo Land Rover ** 354 Scarborough Beach Road, Osborne Park, 6017 (08) 9231 5555
Perth - Discovery Auto 4/22 Paramount Drive Wangarra, 6065 (08) 9302 6680

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Postby albundy » Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:10 am

Give the frenchline across the simpson a miss. everyone takes it, it's rough and boring. If you take the southern tracks you will have less dickheads to deal with, better things to look at and smoother roads. Looks like a good trip DB. I'm heading out that way myself next winter doing a big triangle from Burke and Wills dig tree to Flinders ranges via Strezleski track, Ooandatta track, Ulura and Olgas, Macdonnell Ranges, Alice, Ghan, Mt Dare, Simpson Birdsville, Burke and Wills Dig tree...4 weeks in total in the desert. Enjoy mate.
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Postby DA RAM » Sat Apr 05, 2014 8:01 pm

All the best with the trip and safe travels D B looks awesome :mrgreen:
.shipping is cheaper than I thought any time limits on your 4x4's stay in oz ?
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Postby on2it » Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:39 pm

Awesome. Will be an epic trip. You not tempted to do kakadu national park?
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Postby DieselBoy » Sun Apr 06, 2014 9:07 am

albundy wrote:Give the frenchline across the simpson a miss. everyone takes it, it's rough and boring. If you take the southern tracks you will have less dickheads to deal with, better things to look at and smoother roads. Looks like a good trip DB. I'm heading out that way myself next winter doing a big triangle from Burke and Wills dig tree to Flinders ranges via Strezleski track, Ooandatta track, Ulura and Olgas, Macdonnell Ranges, Alice, Ghan, Mt Dare, Simpson Birdsville, Burke and Wills Dig tree...4 weeks in total in the desert. Enjoy mate.


That sounds like a good piece of advice Al, I had read similar on AULRO, people towing their camper trailers through the Frenchline had wrecked it, and it's getting worse every year.

What route would you recommend?? Do the WAA line??

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Postby albundy » Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:12 pm

yep WAA line mate. I have just read a trip report from the Simpson on the Patrol forum...Frenchline is at it's worst. If you type "simpson desert" into google you'll come up with a lot of stuff that you have to sort thru and it will give you a good feel for past and current conditions. Mt Dare has it's own website with good info on track. This will be the most isolated you will get on your trip.
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Postby Crash bandicoot » Sun Apr 06, 2014 1:37 pm

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should be interesting bog mats and a mile of winch cable all round i'd say
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Postby DieselBoy » Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:28 pm

albundy wrote:yep WAA line mate. I have just read a trip report from the Simpson on the Patrol forum...Frenchline is at it's worst. If you type "simpson desert" into google you'll come up with a lot of stuff that you have to sort thru and it will give you a good feel for past and current conditions. Mt Dare has it's own website with good info on track. This will be the most isolated you will get on your trip.


Cheers, will check out the report on the Patrol forum, been waiting for a good report to come out now its open for the 2014 season.

Rest assured, I have done plenty of googling, youtubing and forum surfing over the last few years of planning :wink: :wink: :wink:
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Postby fisho » Mon Apr 07, 2014 6:12 pm

Hi Pete, hope you enjoy your trip and look forward to a report when you get back, should be a great adventure.
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Postby DieselBoy » Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:44 pm

Cheers Flag, I have no doubt it will be!!!!!!


For those that are interested, here's a quick a vid of the Simpson Desert. It doesn't really portray the 1100 sand dunes you have to cross, but you get an idea of the vastness



Bit of a Cape York vid too:


Nolans brook is a worry, its got a soft sand bottom and you wouldn't want to get stuck at that depth!!!


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Postby on2it » Tue Apr 08, 2014 5:41 am

How many kms to cross the simpson desert?
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Postby DieselBoy » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:03 am

on2it wrote:How many kms to cross the simpson desert?


About 450 to 500ks depending on the route through. 3 to 4 days driving if you just drive, we might go for 5 or 6 if the temperatures ok and fuel consumption is as good as I hope.
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Postby on2it » Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:18 am

Are you going solo or hooking up with a couple of others to make the trek?
Are there organized groups to join in on?
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Postby DieselBoy » Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:55 pm

I have been preparing the vehicle and our selves to do the whole trip solo.

July and August are peak times for both the Cape and the Simpon, being in the middle of the open season, so we won't be alone.

The plan up the cape is to stay at one of the popular camp sites before we get to Nolan's Brook and make sure we have a company for that crossing :lol:

I'm sure tyres down at 18psi and the correct amount of momentum it will be fine. There's lots of videos of failed attempts, but how much of that is due to lack of knowledge, experience, skill and to much beer???
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Postby on2it » Wed Apr 09, 2014 6:07 pm

awsome! good luck with your trip. Since your driving solo make sure you have a couple of PLB's (just incase) :)

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Postby wjw » Thu Apr 10, 2014 6:49 am

on2it wrote:awsome! good luck with your trip. Since your driving solo make sure you have a couple of PLB's (just incase) :)

Bloody jealous!!


Personally I would buy one of these:

http://au.findmespot.com/en/

I did alot of research at work to find something that would allow you to check-in, ask for pickup etc... We have used them in Fiji, Borneo, Panama, all over the place..
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Postby DieselBoy » Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:47 am

wjw wrote:
on2it wrote:awsome! good luck with your trip. Since your driving solo make sure you have a couple of PLB's (just incase) :)

Bloody jealous!!


Personally I would buy one of these:

http://au.findmespot.com/en/

I did alot of research at work to find something that would allow you to check-in, ask for pickup etc... We have used them in Fiji, Borneo, Panama, all over the place..


That's awesome, cheers for that link, I had no idea something like that existed :D :D

That's the cost of hiring a Sat Fone for two weeks, and way more versatile than an over priced PLB.

Cheers 8)

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