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General => Previous Member Trips => Trips, Tracks, Touring and Reports => 2014 Red Centre Trip => Topic started by: Mandrake on April 14, 2014, 12:41:41 PM
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A friend of mine recently posted these few photos on facebook ...
(http://www.mandrakessolar.com.au/Myswag Photos/ScreenDump011.jpg)
As you can see most of the gorges are flushed and full and even the claypan lake at Rainbow Valley is flooded ..
Looking good peoples !!!
Mandrake
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Looks absolutely stunning!!
Below is our Pajero and camper when arriving in Alice Springs after driving on a very wet Mereenie Loop.
$50ea at the car wash plus another 8 hours later the car and camper were back to normal again!!
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Rainbow Valley claypan was dry again yesterday. We washed off a similar amount of mud at the Alice Springs car wash yesterday too. Ours was from the Oodnadatta Track. We have just spent a relaxing 5 days stuck at William Creek.
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Looks absolutely stunning!!
Below is our Pajero and camper when arriving in Alice Springs after driving on a very wet Mereenie Loop.
$50 at the car wash plus another 8 hours later the camper was back to normal again!!
didnt show these when you were selling paj;D
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didnt show these when you were selling paj;D
No - but it looked the same as the camper after it too had a clean! The car was only 4 months old then - there was no way it was going to stay that dirty for any longer than it had to. I even dropped Catie and the boys off at the CP entrance when we arrived so they could check in while I drove straight to the car wash! :angel:
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Ive done the same when I got back to Cairns after a wet muddy CREB track. Almost blocked drain at car wash lol
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half a chance I will be up that way in mid June (around Surveyor Generals Corner). Does this mean it is likely to be GREEN rather than red?
cheers,
Steve
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Hi Steve,
We live 30 minutes from the SGC and unless the rain kicks on, it will be starting to dry out by then.
It is beautiful out here any time of year though :)
Cheers
John
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Hi Steve,
We live 30 minutes from the SGC and unless the rain kicks on, it will be starting to dry out by then.
It is beautiful out here any time of year though :)
Cheers
John
Hi John,
I am looking to do a trip to SGC in about 18 months time. Might have to give you a hoy when it comes time to plan if that is OK.
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Not necessarily the red centre but Strzelecki Track in 2010
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t126/exbrockowner/Birdsville%202010/DSCF0946.jpg) (http://s159.photobucket.com/user/exbrockowner/media/Birdsville%202010/DSCF0946.jpg.html)
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Hi Steve,
We live 30 minutes from the SGC and unless the rain kicks on, it will be starting to dry out by then.
It is beautiful out here any time of year though :)
Cheers
John
thanks John,
really looking forward to it as I have never been in your area before
sorry for the hijack Mandrake
cheers,
Steve
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glad I went with the MTs on the Patrol now
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Is there any other carwash in Australia that cops the hammering that the alice springs car wash does?
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Last week was the first big rain we had experienced since dec 2012, so they have had a bit of a break. Some people keep off the roads when they are wet too......so don't keep the carwash owners in business like others.
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glad I went with the MTs on the Patrol now
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Looks absolutely stunning!!
Below is our Pajero and camper when arriving in Alice Springs after driving on a very wet Mereenie Loop.
$50ea at the car wash plus another 8 hours later the car and camper were back to normal again!!
Awesome.....
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very much hoping the roads will have well and truly dried out and that the landscape will look stunning. Will not be looking forward to sliding around in mud for 4 weeks.