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Lance Dean
Corrugated Dust Roads
Backtracking from Bathust to Kowpowar Ranger Station, the roof rack with jandals on it's feet seems to be holding so we forged on to Musgrave Road House, opting to empty the roof top jerry cans instead of re fueling, we stopped there for a nice hot shower, lunch, and a box of gold beer for James.
Now we hit the corrugations of the Development Road, no nursing the broken roof rack, go hard or go home! 80-100 km was optimal speed to smooth out the bumps, thankful for the engineers designed Nitro Iron man Shock Absorbers, Torsion Bars and Airbagman Firestone Airbag assist, the Mitsy Challenger floated along the roads alot like driving a boat through the chop, to a town called Coen, but I've heard the roads only get worse.
Backtracking from Bathust to Kowpowar Ranger Station, the roof rack with jandals on it's feet seems to be holding so we forged on to Musgrave Road House, opting to empty the roof top jerry cans instead of re fueling, we stopped there for a nice hot shower, lunch, and a box of gold beer for James.
Now we hit the corrugations of the Development Road, no nursing the broken roof rack, go hard or go home! 80-100 km was optimal speed to smooth out the bumps, thankful for the engineers designed Nitro Iron man Shock Absorbers, Torsion Bars and Airbagman Firestone Airbag assist, the Mitsy Challenger floated along the roads alot like driving a boat through the chop, to a town called Coen, but I've heard the roads only get worse.
After James brought a loaf of bread from the servo for $5 (I think we will have to teach James how to make his own bread or damper or scones on the open fire), we found a free camp just out side Coen, a nice shady spot by the river, no facilities apart from a long drop Dunny.
The next morning I rung around to find a replacement roof rack, finding a load rated track mounted Rhino Rack system at TJM Cairns, but it's going to take two weeks to get it to Weipa.
The next morning I rung around to find a replacement roof rack, finding a load rated track mounted Rhino Rack system at TJM Cairns, but it's going to take two weeks to get it to Weipa.
We decided to forge ahead for the tip, Cape York, and do the new roof rack when we return - hopefully the jandalls will hold, of course bro, kiwi & ozzy ingenuity at its best!
Along more corrugated roads we pulled into a side track about an hour out of Weipa, set up a free camp next to a Billabong, boiled the billy and chucked a roast chicken & veges in the fire pot, can't wait.
Weipa tomorrow. Maybe I'll find some new jandals, there's too many bindies up here.
Along more corrugated roads we pulled into a side track about an hour out of Weipa, set up a free camp next to a Billabong, boiled the billy and chucked a roast chicken & veges in the fire pot, can't wait.
Weipa tomorrow. Maybe I'll find some new jandals, there's too many bindies up here.
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| The Make Shift Roof Rack |
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| James the swagman camped out by a Billabong near Weipa |
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