After my last post, Mum (Jenny) sent through the following insights from our Cape York trip. After reading your last instalment concerning the Simpson adventure and the discussion Re: photography, I thought I would remind fellow travellers that you can, in fact, have too many cameras. Those on the Cape York trip may or may […]
Yes, we made it to the tip. What a great journey and one that everyone should take. You don’t need a hardcode 4WD, nor do you even need a tent, you just need some time to plan, a sense of adventure and a fondness for corrugations would help. Yes, corrugations are the norm up this
The trip up to Atherton was quite uneventful. The only point to note what the constant road works along the way. They just never seemed to end. Thankfully they started to thin out after Rocky, but never the less there were still many more between there and Atherton. The only major issue that the Jeep
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The day has finally arrived and we’re all packed and ready to hit the road. The Jeep looks good and with all the hard work put in by Hammond 4WD it’s running better than ever! The trip up the coast will be leisurely and as there are quite a few road works along the way,
Approximately 365 days ago I set up a count down timer on our Cape York 2013 website, and at the time I remember thinking how it felt like an eternity before we would hit the road, and how much preparation there was to be done. Well, that time has come and the count down timer
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There is only 3 more sleeps until we head to the cape! Unfortunately there has been a last minute change to the numbers with Keith & Marg having to pull out due to health reasons. We all wish Keith a speedy recovery. Some last minute things to make sure you pack: – Extension cord and
12 people, 5 vehicles, 4 weeks. After a year of planning and prep we are only 1 week away from departing for Cape York. Today we spent time making up the bed in the roof top tent, checking nuts & bolts on the Jeep, doing a final pack of the food & cooking boxes, testing
Only 12 days to go now, getting very real. We picked up the last of our clothing needs today, with some water friendly shoes for Kath and some more convertible shorts for me. We also picked up some 2mm fencing wire in case we need to wire something back onto the Jeep, and some aluminium
We have 2 weeks to go and we hope everyone is getting sorted. Today’s efforts involved: Sort out electrical spares (fuses, wire, connectors etc) Sort out fishing gear (lures, hooks, sinkers, reels etc) Sort out recovery gear (shackles, straps etc) Sort out first aid kit Wash tent linen Trial setup of Awning Sides Trial pack
Second stage completed today which included: Replacing Leaking Rear Main Seals Replacing Sump Gasket Repaired Leaking Power Steering Pipe Replacing Radiator Cap One more to go with the replacement of all the shock absorbers next Thursday.
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Local word is Palm Creek is only ankle deep but very muddy and for the last couple of days cars have only needed to winch out ( not in and out)! Cockatoo is still very deep but cars are going through. Bramwell Station – I have booked us in for dinner – it is $25 pp
This weekend we spent a lot of time working through lists and purchasing the final items for the trip. With everything we need on hand, we attempted a trial pack of our roof box. To our surprise we’ve been able to fit everything in as well as some additional items that will make life easier in other areas
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We had the pre-trip inspection yesterday, this was also the 72,000k service for the TJ, which is now 7 years old. As part of the inspection, the mechanic uncovered a few worrying issues. Specifically: Sway bar bushes faulty, replaced Front left axle UNI joint faulty, replaced Front right disc rotor faulty, replaced Steering damper faulty,
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I phoned the Siesia Supermarket: The barge usually comes in Monday and Friday and they stock a large selection of fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy products , fresh bread as well as plenty of pantry items (plenty of variety not just your basic stuff). They also stock GLUTEN FREE – bread, pasta, flour , biscuits etc,
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Thanks everyone for a great day yesterday. It was great to have everyone in the one place at the one time so we could go through some of the important things (like alcohol restrictions, and toilet ‘issues’). Some images below from the day: This morning we received out neoprene seat covers and our mud grabber
33 days and counting… where does the time go. The Ando’s had their winch installed in the past week and it looks tops! Makes me feel better that we’ll have a 12,000 pound winch on the trip. Not sure if the 9000 pounder on the TJ will be happy pulling the Patrol and the Landrover
One of our favourite meals is the humble risotto. Tonight we’re making our Cape York Risotto which will be one of the meals that keeps us going for the 4 week trip. Ingredients (Serves 2 or 3) 1 tbsp Oil, or there aboutsAbout a Cup Basmati Rice (not Arborio as we only have room for
We are finally down to weeks and days, so not long to go now and things are coming together quite well all round! Just need to get a few things sorted and then we will do a final trial pack. You only need 1 change of clothes right ?? The big news for today is
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Well, there is less than 3 months to go before heading off on our adventure and you can almost hear the panic setting in. There is still so much to do and so little time with work getting in the way. I’ve just created a new ‘Checklists’ topic in the forum which is a combination
Well, we have 1 year to go. There is a lot of planning to do and a lot of excitement to look forward to. The Jeep is pretty much ready, apart from a new set of rubber, but that can wait until may next year. Next on the agenda is the sort out the schedule.
