Skip's 4x4

 Mt Augustus / Karijini trip - July 2003
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Trip Leader: Skip
Start date: Saturday 5th July, 2003 (1st day of school holidays)
Duration: 9 or 11 days
Distance: 3000k approx.
Trip Summary: Drive from Perth to Mt Augustus, Karijini, Exmouth, Coral Bay and home.
Rough plan: Drive from Perth via minor bitumen roads, through the wheat-belt, between Brand highway and Great Northern highway, spending 1 night camping in the bush. Then onto Mt Augustus for 2 nights. Then North through Paraburdoo to Karijini for 3 nights, then west to Exmouth, then working our way down the coast on sand tracks, through Yardee creek, spending 1 night camping on the beach, and another night at Coral bay. The journey home will be broken up by 1 night at Kalbarri. Those who can't get the full 11 days off (getting home Tuesday arvo), can skip Exmouth & Coral bay, getting home Sunday evening instead. 

Detailed distances. All waypoints have fuel available (see notes below)...

Latest Update - July 2: Murchison, Mt Augustus, Ashburton,  all report ROADS OPEN. We are GO for launch!

Day Waypoint Distance from Last Waypoint Distance travelled that day Distance from Start Road?

~Diesel
price/L

ULP?
1 Sat Perth 0   0 sealed

 

 
1 Sat Mullewa (via Bindoon, Moora, Carnamah, Mingenew)
Servo bp 99611606		 431     sealed

.97

Yes
1 Sat Murchison (Night 1)
servo 99637968		 202 633 633 gravel road

1.25

Yes
2 Sun Glenburgh 187     gravel road

 

 
2 Sun Landor 99     gravel road

 

 
2 Sun Mt Augustus (Night 2 & 3)
servo 99430527		 99 385 1018 gravel road

1.40

NO
Unleaded!
3 Mon *** explore Mt Augustus        

 

 
4 Tue Paraburdoo (via Pingandy, Ashburton downs 91898161)
servo 91895382		 419     gravel road (350k), bitumen & gravel

1.02

Yes
4 Tue Karijini (Nights 4, 5, & 6) ~95 514 1532 bitumen & gravel

 

 
5 Wed *** explore Karijini        

 

 
6 Thu *** explore Karijini        

 

 
7 Fri Whitenoom
NOTE - Depending on how many K's we do in Karijini, we may duct into Tom Price to top up fuel before the next leg of our trip.
Note that the government has issued a Wittenoom travel warning.		 ~30     gravel

 

 
7 Fri Nanutarra Roadhouse (99430521) 379     gravel (160k), bitumen

1.18

Yes
7 Fri Exmouth (Night 7)
servo Exmouth fuel 99491051		 295 704 2236

sealed

1.03

Yes
8 Sat Yardee creek (Night 8) 90 90 2326 sand track

 

 
9 Sun Coral Bay (Night 9)
servo 99425971		 65 65 2391 sand track

1.10

Yes
10 Mon Carnarvon 239     sealed

 

 
10 Mon Overlander Roadhouse 201      

 

 
10 Mon Kalbarri (Night 10) 243 683 3094 sealed

 

 
11 Tue Geraldton 163     sealed

 

 
11 Tue Perth 422 585 3679 sealed

 

 
Total Estimated K's     3679  

 

 
NOTE: I am currently checking fuel availability and pricing. I will also be checking with local shires to make sure the outback roads are open.

Fuel Cost Estimates...       

The following figures are assuming an average price of $1.20 per litre for Diesel and ULP.
3700k @ 12L/100k it will cost $ xxx in fuel. (Hilux 4cyl turbo diesel manual)
3700k @ 16L/100k it will cost $ xxx in fuel. (Pajero V6 manual)
3700k @ 20L/100k it will cost $ xxx in fuel. (Landcruiser 6cyl Petrol manual)

Recommended: 2 rolling spare tyres & puncture repair kit (plugs). Must be fully self sufficient. All camping gear, adequate water and non-perishable food, first aide kit, spare tyres and parts, etc. UHF CB Radio is a must (we use channel 10). Vehicle must be capable of more than 450k between fuel stops (it is a good idea to carry 1 or 2 jerrys just in case). Each vehicle must have a minimum of 2 occupants.

Recovery & safety gear: We already have GPS, ropes, snatch straps, air jack etc, but we still encourage everyone to bring whatever tools and recovery gear they have.

Starters: 
Skip (Hilux turbo diesel), Dino (Pajero), TC (Patrol turbo diesel), CHris W (Hilux Surf turbo diesel)
NOTE: This trip is open to CLUB MEMBERS ONLY!

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