Around Africa in a Shorty - Now includes Australia in an older Shorty

[Cruisn]

In todays blogs, I lick the worlds largest meteor and we see heaps of cool stuff at a museum.

Tastes Like Space < WrongTurn.com.au

Waking up to a beautiful sunrise or a poorly parked car, take your pick. Lol. We skip brekky and pull back onto the main road. We take a minute to stretch a bit while the tyres air back up. It takes about 2-3 minutes a tyre to go from 12 to 45psi. so very happy […]

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Old Timey Stuff < WrongTurn.com.au

A day at the local museum, there is so much cool stuff to see. A good way to stay busy. The curator is a 3rd generation German who gives me some history on the tractor out front and some of the info on mines around the area, very copper rich. They also have a ton […]

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[Cruisn]

Asareh tests a 12v vacuum, I cook a steak, then we end up on a farm watering animals?

The Vacuum Works < WrongTurn.com.au

Up and molecule. Today is the cleaning day, the wagon has filled with dust over time and the tent needs a sweep out. We have access to laundry here so we get right to it stripping the tent empty and Asareh gets to test the 12V vacuum I bought. It actually works alright. Worth the […]

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Wait Wait, Turn Around < WrongTurn.com.au

Making our way for a quick stock up we head out hunting for a solar panel, no luck. I was hoping to take some stress of the battery while parked up for longer amounts of time. Back in SA I will take care of this issue. But we did nab a headlamp for the bathroom […]

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[Cruisn]

In today's adventure I hit a bird, Asareh cuts my hair, and we open a few gates.

I Killed It, I'm Going To Eat It < WrongTurn.com.au

In order to pay it back for the night, we do breakfast. 2 coffees later and a shower we are packed up and almost ready to hit the road, but first the owners grandpa has to show us his workshop. Now this place is cool, not only is it organized, but he has a WW1 […]

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Dead Ends And Dirt Roads < WrongTurn.com.au

Eggs on toast followed by a cold shower, Lets roll. Pack up and were off. We hit the pavement, I put the foot down, then promptly begin braking, we have hit our 300 meter quota of black top for the day and hit the gravel again. Packing up If you want to travel on gravel […]

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[Cruisn]

In todays adventure we head North towards Ruacana through the powerlines. we celebrate day 40 on the road and even make popcorn.

4 Maps, Not On A Single One < WrongTurn.com.au

Day 40 on the road, This has been great so far. We pack up as 2 locals walk past camp, I ask to confirm that this track does in fact meet back up with the highway. It does so we continue on, We hit the highway for a small amount then head back into the […]

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Border Solutions < WrongTurn.com.au

We start the day negotiating a washout and picking a wheel up. Good road to begin on and wake up to. Shortly we find a turn off and head towards what should lead us to the highway? We will find out. Pushing on we come across a dry rocky area, a horse slowly walks across […]

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[Cruisn]

After 2 days of relaxing in Epupa things start to heat up in the bush, The mercury soars over 40c and the climbs are 45*, but we push on. The wagon eats it up.

Relaxing In Epupa < WrongTurn.com.au

Waking up around 830, we are in no real rush today as we only have a short drive to Epupa. It takes us till 11 to get moving. 3 hour drive is ahead of us. The road has been upgraded over the years to the anger of a few travellers as now anyone can use […]

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Dead Ends < WrongTurn.com.au

7AM the monkeys have gotten into our dishes. Noise noise noise. They were even taking my cutlery out of its window holder and jumping all over the awning. Clearly having a great time on their new playground. The hungover humans are not overly impressed. We start the day with coffee and chill...

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[Cruisn]

In todays story we head for imfamous Van Zyls Pass and challenge it head on. It has a reputation, but we find its been over talked heavily. we push through no problems. I will add though, i reckon 10 years ago it would of been a challenge though.

Mental Preparation < WrongTurn.com.au

Van zyls bound!! We’re getting close but nervous. We bail camp by 8:20am. The flies. 1 hour later we near Okongwati and roll through town collecting a few little supplies, well, sugar and onions as that is all that is available. Although Asareh lucks out and spots fat cakes being freshly cooked...

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Van Zyls Pass < WrongTurn.com.au

Van Zyls Pass today!!! We are a little nervous as this has been rated as the hardest pass in Africa due to remoteness and how hard the track actually is. I had been in contact with Dawid from the pajero club who had been through 2 days before us, and he said he would never […]

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[Scott Brady]

So great!

Love those shorties!

 

[Cruisn]

So great!

Love those shorties!

Cheers. thanks mate

 

[Cruisn]

Leaving the marble mine we head south towards Puros for the night through baren land, then we move onto a river run where we find green grass and water!!

Moonscape < WrongTurn.com.au

We wake up with our guard dog at the foot of the tent, we have no water though so we use our own tanks to get the day started. A quick coffee later we are at the marble mine having a look around. Very cool to see in person, we spend a few minutes studying […]

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Hoarusib River Run < WrongTurn.com.au

A shower and coffee get us running at a decent hour and we pick up Chiko, and with Asareh sitting on the center console we go to meet his family and buy some diesel from a local house. We meet his wife and child and gift them the rest of the cake we made the […]

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[Cruisn]

We decide to head into town, well we dont, the fuel needle does. If you average i out we use 20L per day and we have hit the limit. We also check out some cool rocks and carvings to fill the next day.

Running On Empty < WrongTurn.com.au

We get the fire started back up and use it to make coffee as we are pretty much out of LPG in both tanks. The sun takes ages to creep over the mountains. But a short time later we find ourselves working through the rocks to get back to the river bed to continue on. […]

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Tourist Stuff < WrongTurn.com.au

Waking up we shower, which is welcome after a few days in the dust and have a relaxing coffee. They must water the bushes near our tent as the bonnet is a bit wet and I absolutely eat ******** off the bonnet, A good start to the day, we are off to the shop for […]

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[billiebob]

Fabulous story, love the photos where the Paj looks tiny and the landscape expansive. Big Sky country.



ps, I wish we had 2 door Utes in Canada

 

[Cruisn]

Today we spend sometime picking rocks in an old mine site then begin the drive towards the ocean via a dry river bed. Now this is exploring.

The White Lady < WrongTurn.com.au

Back in the wagon I cut across the back routes and we head south towards white lady, we stop about 10kms south for lunch. Russians and ciders. A good call as it’s a bit cool out with the wind. A family of giraffes wander around just down from the wagon paying us no attention. Moving […]

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Ugab River Run < WrongTurn.com.au

No one wakes up happy today; I am in slightly better shape and meander for breakfast. Asareh sleeps till 11, and even then was not feeling very well at all. Lunch really did a number. To fill in the time I do some cleaning and small repairs on the wagon. With Asareh up and moving […]

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[Cruisn]

We finish our river drive today and to celebrate I crash my drone into some rocks, we visit the skeleton coast and discover seals stink

Sugar We're Going Down < WrongTurn.com.au

Today our drone fights the earth… Check out that tube But we must start our day with the most important meal, coffee, alcohol and boiled eggs, the breakfast of champions. Hitting the road we quickly end up in a dead end, I figure by looking at the maps it’s a solid 200m of bush, I’m […]

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Swako, Sushi, And Seals < WrongTurn.com.au

Seafood is all we want, it’s been months since we have had anything fish related. So we proceed south, on route we pass a seal colony so we stop in, I had no idea how loud they are, let alone stinky. You basically walk through them, very cool, babies all over. We even see whales […]

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[Cruisn]

Time to go smash through the dune south of walvis bay, then we cook lunch in the middle of no where.

Dune Bashing < WrongTurn.com.au

The wagon gets a decent clean which will be pointless in an hour, but preventive care right? We grab a decent breakfast at the hotel and head towards Walvis Bay, there are oil rigs all along the coast which is very cool to see. In Walvis we refuel and grab coffee and some sweets from […]

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Windhoek Bound < WrongTurn.com.au

Making a quick exit from the hotel gets our day running. On the hunt for a good carwash as the wagon is 10 pounds heavier in just salt crust. I find a place with underbody washing so up on the ramps she goes. We grab a coffee and relax, it takes about 30 minute to […]

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[Cruisn]

Today we wander around town, get the pajero serviced and enjoy a night of wind.

Wandering Around Town < WrongTurn.com.au

Our day in Windhoek, with some quick planning in place we head out for a laundry stop, and drop the wagon off for a service. I lucked out and the local Mitsubishi dealer was able to squeeze the wagon in. The shuttle us to downtown and we begin exploring. First stop, the meteorites on display. […]

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The Big Windy < WrongTurn.com.au

We tried to stay an extra night in town, but the place was fully booked, so instead of looking for a new place we start heading south which is a good idea as we only have 2 more days left in the country before we overstay our visas. Packing up and a quick breakfast […]

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