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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Nifty1 on March 12, 2016, 03:58:29 PM
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Wife has a torn tendon which doesn't require surgery but does need a bit of care and rest, so I'm thinking that our plan to do the Mungo - Flinders - Oodnadatta - Uluru - Kings Canyon trip might be a bit of a waste of time. She can walk but not climb and walks need to be short and easy anyway (we were going to do the trip last year but family illness got in the way). It has been hard to get the time sorted out (parking the MIL with another daughter overseas) so we don't want to waste the time this year. Trip starts just after Easter.
Options are to do the trip accepting she won't see everything, or do a different trip altogether. Thinking about Eyre peninsula or Esperance WA area, but it looks like we'd have the same sort of problem. We'll have 6 or 7 weeks in a 4WD camper leaving from eastern Victoria. The easy way out is to just veg out with extended beach and High Country stays closer to home, using the camper trailer instead. How much value would we miss out on with the Uluru trip, do you reckon?
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Have you been through any of that country before? I reckon you can see an awful lot of new things just from the car window in the Flinders and Oodnadatta track. Lots of scenic drives. You can do stuff like the Ridgetop tour at Arkaroola for instance in the back of their truck. A flight from William Creek.
Yes, there will be stuff you miss out on, but there always is! Just make a list as you go of the things to see 'next time'.
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Nifty,
As long as SWMBO is happy, just do it... Seriously, apart from Kings Canyon [which has a serious amount of climbing & walking] most of the others can be done in short walks with limited climbing. You don't have to climb Uluru, walks are only a K or so & it can be driven around or ridden on a bike.
Hem