Australia bottom to top.. and back again!

[miller_au]

Havnt been on Portal for a while, so figured id get back into the swing of things by sharing some photos of our trip from the south to the north of Australia and back.

2 Nissan Patrols for a little over 4 weeks long. We traveled 8500km (5282miles) from the south of Oz to the north was fantastic!

We tried to stay off the black top as much as possible and included another crossing of the simpson desert in our trip.

Had a few hickups along the way..

Broken front spring
Failed swivel hub seal
Failed wheel bearing
and a hundred new squeeks and rattles from thousands of km's of corrugated dirt roads..

For those that are familiar with the area here are some of the places we saw along the way..

Geelong, Port Augusta, Maree, Birdsville, Purni Bore, Mt Dare, Old Andado track to Alice Springs, Darwin, Alice, Old Ghan via Finke, Oodnadatta, Coober Pedy, Peterbough then home.

For nearly 2 weeks we were doing a max of 20km/h. Very slow and ruff gonig!

Anyway heres some pics..

Mungerannie Hotel camping right next to the pub!

Simpson desert...

Dads GU got pretty bogged in the soft afternoon sand...

4.2ltr GU to the rescue..

 

[miller_au]

More poser picks in the simmo...

Salt pan..

 

[miller_au]

Then we hit a dust storm...

 

[miller_au]

BIG CROC!

 

[miller_au]

Camel racing...

The geographical centre of Australia

 

[miller_au]

Our undergroung motel at Coober Pedy...

Repairs...

 

[whatcharterboat]

Mate, thanks for posting them . Great pics . How green is it out there at the moment, heh.

Regards
John

 

[stolenheron]

awesome pics, great journey! when is your next outing?!

 

[Street Wolf]

That is some of the best stuff ever.

 

[LaOutbackTrail]

I'd love to do an trans Australia trip. Love it.

MORE!

 

[Street Wolf]

I'd love to do an trans Australia trip.

I'll join, only if it involves not coming back. :sombrero:

 

[LaOutbackTrail]

I'll join, only if it involves not coming back. :sombrero:

You buy the plane tickets, I'll do allllllll the driving.

 

[Street Wolf]

You buy the plane tickets, I'll do allllllll the driving.

Deal, but only after you pay to get my Disco over there when we arrive so you can drive it. :sombrero:

 

[bobDog]

You buy the plane tickets, I'll do allllllll the driving.

Okay, throw in another ticket and I'll do all the cooking. and I'm a good cook I might add. Promise I won't whine about driving either.:chef:

 

[Wes Craiglow]

You buy the plane tickets, I'll do allllllll the driving.

Check out the Aussie version of eBay... then type in FJ45. (They're there by the gangload.)

My plan? Buy one. Fly in and drive it around for a month or two. Ship it home.

Anyone wanna join me?

(BTW, Miller: amazing story with amazing pics! Just last week I was mapping out a route similar to what you've described here. Now I must go. Thanks for sharing!)