tacr2man
Adventurer
Seeing as the subject of outback Australia has been mentioned , a little story , that shows remote travel is possible with the right outlook .
I was taking a vehicle into a remote part of W.A. (just to give an idea of size its 3.6 bigger than Texas) racing a possible road closure due to a cyclone coming towards land. I was towing it with my 110CSW . i had been driving about 7 hours without seeing another vehicle on a dirt road. Arrived at a creek crossing to find a Chrysler valiant 4 litre sedan sat in the creek at the bottom of the bank . So I ask the guy(aboriginal) will he be long , as he had the hood up. He says that was just drying engine ignition system , Went in a bit too fast then ?
I said , Yeah the brakes dont work too well he replies. Asks me to give him a push , which i decline as i dont want to get soaked , no he says with my 4wd . Told him would not be good for back of his car , which doesnt seem to bother him , so I drive down and push the back of the car with my bull bar , and across the creek and up the other side. When we are on level ground theother side i pull up alongside and use my onboard air to blow out his dizzy, etc . The back doors open and a load of water runs out , sat in the back are two elderly aboriginal women. Whilst under the hood i noticed that the front windscreen is held in with silicone bath sealant, and doesnt reach as far as the passenger side pillar by about 4 or 5 inches , he starts the engine , and they roar off into the distance . We come across them about 45 mins later stopped again , he says run out of gas We give them a couple of gallons that the guy I am towing has in a can , its tipped into the tank thru a hole that was where the filler pipe goes thru the floor of the trunk and they are on their way again . Less than hour later catch them again , used all the gas up. They have made a campfire and just sitting by the car , i stop and they say when we get to the settlemant about two hours ahead give them a message so that his brother will come out and get them . Which we did . Most Australian (and others) only venture out there with multithousand dollar 4x4 s , and I still had to go and get them on occasions :safari-rig:
I was taking a vehicle into a remote part of W.A. (just to give an idea of size its 3.6 bigger than Texas) racing a possible road closure due to a cyclone coming towards land. I was towing it with my 110CSW . i had been driving about 7 hours without seeing another vehicle on a dirt road. Arrived at a creek crossing to find a Chrysler valiant 4 litre sedan sat in the creek at the bottom of the bank . So I ask the guy(aboriginal) will he be long , as he had the hood up. He says that was just drying engine ignition system , Went in a bit too fast then ?
I said , Yeah the brakes dont work too well he replies. Asks me to give him a push , which i decline as i dont want to get soaked , no he says with my 4wd . Told him would not be good for back of his car , which doesnt seem to bother him , so I drive down and push the back of the car with my bull bar , and across the creek and up the other side. When we are on level ground theother side i pull up alongside and use my onboard air to blow out his dizzy, etc . The back doors open and a load of water runs out , sat in the back are two elderly aboriginal women. Whilst under the hood i noticed that the front windscreen is held in with silicone bath sealant, and doesnt reach as far as the passenger side pillar by about 4 or 5 inches , he starts the engine , and they roar off into the distance . We come across them about 45 mins later stopped again , he says run out of gas We give them a couple of gallons that the guy I am towing has in a can , its tipped into the tank thru a hole that was where the filler pipe goes thru the floor of the trunk and they are on their way again . Less than hour later catch them again , used all the gas up. They have made a campfire and just sitting by the car , i stop and they say when we get to the settlemant about two hours ahead give them a message so that his brother will come out and get them . Which we did . Most Australian (and others) only venture out there with multithousand dollar 4x4 s , and I still had to go and get them on occasions :safari-rig:
