Betsie

Hall's 4x4 Australian Tour

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Posted: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 - 21:52

Made it, Purni bore 4pm. Rig rd was great, m.way almost, 2nd hi. Saw camels, lizards, eagles. Freezing cold at nite

Posted: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 - 22:02

Hard slow goin. Dropd tyres to 17 frnt, 27rear. At Lone Gum 2nite. 174ks left to go. Rig rd out 2 French Line

Posted: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 - 21:57

Made it 166ks into th desert 2day, only took 9hrs. At Poppell corner 2nite. WAA Line 2morow p: 25 59.912s 138 00.030e

Posted: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 - 00:00

Full service tonight in the camp ground. Oil, oil filter, fuel filter, full grease, bleed brakes, check air filter (K&N, so just a visual check, still didn't need a clean) and a spanner check. Off to

Posted: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 - 00:00

Today, we went from Dujarra 156ks back to Mt Isa, got the spare panhard rod bushes pressed in, then drove the 156ks back through Dujarra and on to Boulia. I'm shooting for Birdsville tomorrow night :)

Posted: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 - 00:00

Lunch stop turned into a an over nighter here. The road from Mt Isa, while still sealed was a lot rougher than the previous days traveling. The rough road at speed showed up some handleing issues

Posted: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 - 00:00

492ks, nearly at Mt Isa.... Stopped for the night at Corella Dam. Loose king pin bearing cap on top of right front hub & small amount of fluff in drain hole on cam belt cover. Might change T.Case

Posted: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 - 00:00

Made it to Karumba !!! The road was bad, it was a hard fought 300 and something k's of pot holes, bull dust holes, corrugations and dust. Im knackered, and Betsie is filthy inside and out!!! Alex was

Posted: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 - 00:00

The road was good up untill the last 10k's when the holes started to get to big to carry any speed over the corrugations. Still getting a fair bit of dust in the back, must be a gap in the panel work

Posted: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 - 00:00

Hiding in the sticks at Chilligoe. We found an abandoned quarry and thought it looked like a fitting place to spend the evening. It was an interesting drive from Cairns, in that we missed a turn at

Posted: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 - 00:00

Made it back to Cairns. Got some parts for Betsie and checked into a holiday park for the night. Their washers and dryers will never be the same, we used them to get all the red dust out of our

Posted: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 - 23:05

Made it to the end of the dirt roads for now, camped at Laura for the night. Rotated the tyres, did a spanner check, and cleaned the air filter tonight. Ordered some new front bump stops to pick up

Posted: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 - 22:58

Camped at the Archer river for the night, heading south to Cairns

Posted: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 - 00:00

Drove up to Cullen Point and hit the beach and drove round the point for a few k's. Found an awesome spot under some trees and decided to make a day of it. Miscalculated the path of the sun for the

Posted: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 - 00:00

Hiding away at Red Beach near Weipa for the night. 27deg at 8pm, phew!!!!! Still getting lots of dust in the fridge compressor compartment, so going to try and adjust the rear door to close tighter

Posted: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 - 22:57

Nolans brook chestdeep, ovr bonet & v. soft. Turnd bak. Cmpd @ Crystal creek, headn 4 Vrilya beach 2morow p: 11 17.461s 142 17.075e

Posted: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 - 00:00

Walked to the tip. Turtles at flypoint. Campd behind dunes in 5bays. Winchd a 4wd off beach p: 10 46.220s 142 35.405e d: 16/07/2014

Posted: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 - 00:00

Fly point for lunch

Posted: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 - 00:00

We made it, just the walk to the very tip and it's a tick on the list!!!! Sand, sun, clear blue water and ya can't swim. Looking forward to stopping at fruit bat falls on the way back for another

Posted: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 - 21:48

Camped at Canal creek, swimming at fruit bat falls today, going over on jardn ferry tomorrow, deep water crossings today.

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