Big Desert & Border Track August 26th - 28th

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Well after the success of the recent Border Track trip it is on again!
I was solo on the last trip so want to take Wife and son along; also this time round we will be allowing Camper Trailers

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When: Friday 26th – Sunday 28th August.

Where : Friday – Big Desert, camp overnight at yellow gums
: Saturday – Big Desert to Border track, travel Border Track to Red Bluff
: Sunday – Border Track to Keith and then home.

Meet : Those coming on Friday can meet me at the campground in Big Desert , Yellow gums, turn onto No6 South bore road 4kms west of Murrayville and foolow to campground. Those coming on the Saturday we will meet on the Border Track at the start of Ngarkat NP. Presumably most others will be coming from Adelaide so you can make your own arrangements as far as coming in convoy.

What to bring: Bring your own everything including firewood, and recovery gear.

Minimum vehicle requirements: I assume you will have a Prado, however if coming in anything else it must be a high clearance 4WD with suitable recovery points.(this doesn’t mean a lift kit is mandatory, it means don’t bring a bloody Hyundai Terrican) If you do not have recovery points other the standard tie down points that will be ok, however if you get stuck you will be on your own, If you catch me at a weak moment I may lend you a shovel so you can dig yourself out, but don’t count on me being in that good a mood. A UHF would be more than useful as well, I have a hand held that someone can borrow if needed.

Who’s coming: I would like to limit the group to 8 vehicles given that some of us will be bringing trailers. If you have your name down and things change and you can’t make it, please let me know so space can be opened up for others.

1. AJ120, Andrew, Trish and Daniel (12yo) Friday
2. MLC, Rob and Lea Friday
3. 120D4D Micheal + ?? Friday
4. Hibbo, Brad + ?? Friday
5. Foxclan, Troy + ?? Friday
6. Gunnel, Peter + Partner Friday night or Saturday morning
7. Mal56 Friday Arvo at Yelow gums
8. Ondaboat

Cheers Andrew

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Yeah - keen to go along again as my old man has been harrassing me to go somewhere when he comes over from vic...

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Count me in boss!! Will it be a morning meet on the Friday, so we can explore big desert?? I plan to have KK on the back or something similar. Should be interesting!!

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Andrew,

You can count me in mate. I have been wanting to get up to that part of the world for ages. I will leave on Thursday and stay near by then by friday i dont have to drive as far.

Cheers,
Brad.

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Going to be checking my rota shortly, I'm sure the family would love to attend this one!!! Will let you know...

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Andrew,

You can count me in mate. I have been wanting to get up to that part of the world for ages. I will leave on Thursday and stay near by then by friday i dont have to drive as far.

Cheers,
Brad.

At least with a Victorian along on the trip we'll have someone other than Matty who we can give some shit too

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Andrew,

You can count me in mate. I have been wanting to get up to that part of the world for ages. I will leave on Thursday and stay near by then by friday i dont have to drive as far.

Cheers,
Brad.

And there I was thinking I covered it all in the original post, forgot to mention no Mexicans allowed :razz: Oh well to late now, welcome along Brad. I will update the list in the first post.

Ian the KK is a heavy camper, the old standard 1kz is gunna struggle with that, might have to bring extra snatch straps to get you through.

Cheers Andrew

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Minimum vehicle requirements: I assume you will have a Prado, however if coming in anything else it must be a high clearance 4WD with suitable recovery points.(this doesn’t mean a lift kit is mandatory, it means don’t bring a bloody Hyundai Terrican)

Andrew, when we did it we had a small Pajero IO with us along with a SWB Jeep. Neither had any real issues and being light vehicles managed to get over everything.

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Sounds like a good trip Andrew.
Tick the yes box for Me please.
Unconfirmed on passengers as yet, will be swagging it so will see whom is keen out of my lot.
Cheers Troy

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AJ
Lea and I are a yes. Will head up early Saturday morning with the Challenge camper in tow. I promise to try to keep Lea out of other peoples cars, and will definitely chain her to the camper at night!!!!!

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Oh BTW the 3 inch exhaust is done and chip goes in tomorrow. May have to attempt the sand hills and bog holes WITH the camper! No need to panic, already practised my camper moves on the training track at bendleby

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And there I was thinking I covered it all in the original post, forgot to mention no Mexicans allowed :razz: Oh well to late now, welcome along Brad. I will update the list in the first post.

Being the only Vic on this trip so far, does this mean i have to supply the crows for dinner for you boys?

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Being the only Vic on this trip so far, does this mean i have to supply the crows for dinner for you boys?

I would rather you didn't mention Crows, thats a bit of a sore point at the moment.

Oh BTW the 3 inch exhaust is done and chip goes in tomorrow. May have to attempt the sand hills and bog holes WITH the camper! No need to panic, already practised my camper moves on the training track at bendleby

I will definately be attempting the sand dunes with the camper, hope to have my exhaust by then, might be a real good opportunity to compare just the exhaust to your exhaust and chip! Bog holes I will assess on the day.

Sounds like a good trip Andrew.
Tick the yes box for Me please.
Unconfirmed on passengers as yet, will be swagging it so will see whom is keen out of my lot.

Added to the list, will be good to have a local along. Look forward to cathching up again Troy.

Well nearly a full house and less than 24hrs after the first post I will need to confirm closer to the date exactly when and where everyone is going to meet, just so we all know what is happening. I will send PM's out with my contact details closer to the date.

Cheers Andrew

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AJ, Lea says Border track is too easy in the Prado. I have been told to take her Subaru AND tow the trailer AND to do ALL bog holes. Talk about a challenge! She thinks it will be fine because although the Subaru does not have a lift, 4 blokes can lift it out of the bogs ;p

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If you do not have recovery points other the standard tie down points that will be ok, however if you get stuck you will be on your own, If you catch me at a weak moment I may lend you a shovel so you can dig yourself out, but don’t count on me being in that good a mood.

AJ, Lea says Border track is too easy in the Prado. I have been told to take her Subaru AND tow the trailer AND to do ALL bog holes. Talk about a challenge! She thinks it will be fine because although the Subaru does not have a lift, 4 blokes can lift it out of the bogs

I dare you

Cheers Andrew