Sydney to Birdsville snorkel?

Have a great trip.
Check your air filter daily. Maybe take a spare.
Take a second spare tyre. Practice changing it before you leave. Take a block of wood or a jack base for the sand.
Depending on where you're going you may need a Desert Parks Pass - Google it. Also a sand flag to meet the specs.
Be prepared to let your tyres way down - maybe to 16 - to get over some sand dunes.
Might be a good idea to practice some low range driving before you go.
Your Defender is very capable as standard - more than most fourbys - so don't sweat it too much. Enjoy.



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Thank you everyone for all the advice. Awesome!!

As a fellow novice, i can recommend

https://www.google.com.au/webhp'sour...4wd%20handbook

Oh, and one more thing. If you do go for the snorkel ensure the plumbing is correctly connected to the air filter. Don't won't to find out the is a big gap there the hard/expensive way. Just a thought ;-)


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If your tyres are in good order and relatively new you dont need a second spare - too much weight for nothing...

Take a puncture kit and a spare tube or 2...

Some people here believe the Simpson may as well be the Moon :cool:

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Originally Posted by Tombie

If your tyres are in good order and relatively new you dont need a second spare - too much weight for nothing...

Take a puncture kit and a spare tube or 2...

Some people here believe the Simpson may as well be the Moon :cool:

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Easier for a first timer to take a second spare IMHO. And I wouldn't go anywhere bush without one. Each to their own.

I once had two flats simultaneously in a remote area. Without a second spare we'd have been stranded. So, in a remote area, I think slinging a second spare on the roof rack is cheap insurance.

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A TPMS can help you identify a slow leak and repair it before it becomes a ruined tyre

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Originally Posted by Tombie

If your tyres are in good order and relatively new you dont need a second spare - too much weight for nothing...

Take a puncture kit and a spare tube or 2...

Some people here believe the Simpson may as well be the Moon :cool:

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however.........if you are going to carry a spare tube than have a crack at fitting one in the front yard before you go, good chance it will convince you to carry a second compete spare. Keep in mind you will have 1000 willing helpers......1000 'flys'........by the way I have changed maybe 20+ tyres by hand, it's way easier swapping a complete wheel twice before having to get the elbow grease out......my take is you're on holidays, a garage eventually comes along.

FWIW I carried two complete spares, two tubes, tyre changing gear and plugs.

Oh and have never had a flat while touring.

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I once had two flats simultaneously in a remote area. Without a second spare we'd have been stranded. So, in a remote area, I think slinging a second spare on the roof rack is cheap insurance.

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Based on that logic you better take 4 in case of simultaneous punctures..

Add a spare diff centre, nope better make that 2..

And a complete engine in case something goes wrong there...

A large percentage of people on here rarely go truly remote. The balance do. I worked remote doing between 500-1500km a day for days on end.

We lugged 2 Spares around and **never** in over 70,000km of gibber, sand, rock, shale, dirt and corrugations and raw tracks into virgin areas did we change a tyre.

I suffered a single tyre leak due to mud into the bead which required pumping up twice to get back to the camp.

What we did do was replace suspension constantly due to the additional weight of the rear carrier, twin Wheel and tyre assemblies, water, extra fuel, ROPS gear...

Tyres were Silent Armour and run at 25psi on tracks and 38psi on formed roads (unsealed).

Basic tools, first aid/snake bite kit, a spare aux belt, compressor and plug kit was all I carried. Just have an itinerary and if you don't report in have the party advise rescue...

Most of all. Have fun....