First day on the road

[bblaze]

Well our first day on went well. Currently sitting in a free camp about 30km west of Horsham. Old disco cruised on 90kmh all day and got bloody thirsty on fuel, but what can youi expect really. when we pulled up at the camp site I went to turn around and got the disco and van bogged to the axle. Had to unhook the van and whinch the disco out and then turn around and winch out the van, now all covered in black smelly mud.
cheers
blaze

[justinc]

Well our first day on went well. Currently sitting in a free camp about 30km west of Horsham. Old disco cruised on 90kmh all day and got bloody thirsty on fuel, but what can youi expect really. when we pulled up at the camp site I went to turn around and got the disco and van bogged to the axle. Had to unhook the van and whinch the disco out and then turn around and winch out the van, now all covered in black smelly mud.
cheers
blaze

hi rob!

wind the main fuel back off a little if you want, save you a fair bit of fuel over a long trip:)

jc

[kaa45]

So Horsham's not under water, huh?
Come on Blaze, you know the
:rulez:

Have a great trip
cheers
Danny

[BigJon]

So Horsham's not under water, huh?


Nope, water went down pretty quick here.

Bblaze, if you want to swing past here for a shower in the morning (assuming you are heading west) let me know. I will be here til mid morning.

[bblaze]

hi rob!

wind the main fuel back off a little if you want, save you a fair bit of fuel over a long trip:)

jc

Want all the power I can get JC, EGT's are creeping up a little at times (seen 750 a few times for short periods), normally around 350 to 450. Engine temp seen 105 today for a while with the aircon on,sorted that and turned to aircon off (didnt seem that good anyway), mostly in the high 90's
thanks for every thing Jc (your one of kind mate)
cheers
blaze

[bblaze]

Nope, water went down pretty quick here.

Bblaze, if you want to swing past here for a shower in the morning (assuming you are heading west) let me know. I will be here til mid morning.

Thanks kindly for the offer Bigjon, we have a shower in the van. But I just went into the toilet block where we are and tipped a couple of buckets of water over me, oh it was so refreshing.
cheers
blaze

[bblaze]

So Horsham's not under water, huh?
Come on Blaze, you know the
:rulez:

Have a great trip
cheers
Danny
D
doing a trip report in the muti state trip reports, I will keep it going intil we get home to tasssie when ever that is, sadly there is no pics of the van being pulled out, wish I had of now.
cheers
blaze
ps
suppose I could take a pic of the muddy wheels on the van

[BigJon]

I am heading to Adelaide tomorrow, I will keep an eye out for you on the road.

[The ho har's]

I am heading to Adelaide tomorrow, I will keep an eye out for you on the road.


hope all was well Jon...you were safe...and others of course

Ms hh:angel:

[digger]

Well, IT BEGINS!!

I was going to offer you a park in the shade of gumtrees, rainwater and power and even a BBQ tea on the way past, but you seem to be going "the low road"!!

So enjoy, there is still lots to see on that route..bordertown,kieth , tinty, murray bridge and freeway to adelaide...lots to see in hills, eg hahndorf (hans hysen gallery and "the pines" (his house) If I recall correctly good bakery in bordertown too! (The big fella would be better suited to advise)

or divert to the coast- some nice stuff around there too!

(are you geocaching along the way? Find lots of interesting stuff & places youd never know were there otherwise)

Have a great (and easy!) trip... Doing the worlds longest golf course across the "flat" to WA?


PS (well not PS its before the end...MMM... maybe its just "S" ??) Anyway fuel price cycle in adelaide hits the lows on wed/thurs I believe so refuel then if you can! (I dont live in adelaide so am going on what Ive been told so I hope thats right!)

Cheers, lots of pics please!
digger

[BMKal]

If you're playing "the golf course" Blaze, and it's two weeks or more before you get to this end of it, give us a yell.

I'm off back up north to work this morning (currently sitting drinking coffee at Perth airport) - but will be back home in two weeks.

Cheers .......... BM

[bblaze]

well the old disco struggled today with the temps. struggled to keep it down under 105 degrees, at 105 the gauge starts going up and not nice when seeing 108. I know its still in the safe zone but its a worry when towing about 1850kg. Had to turn the aircon off as that seemed to give me about 5 degrees more. Will see if I can find someone in the barrossa to have a look tomorrow.
cheers
blaze

[Ace]

Sounds like the radiator needs a good clean out. My disco is doing the same thing, going into Natrad for a rodding out when I have the cash.

Matt

[bblaze]

Sounds like the radiator needs a good clean out. My disco is doing the same thing, going into Natrad for a rodding out when I have the cash.

Matt

new radiator and water pump in october put in by the jc legend, just bloody hot I think is the problem. the temp has been 43 degrees
cheers
blaze

[bee utey]

Slight drop in temperature forecast tomorrow (35), hope it helps. Find a cool wine cellar...:)

[justinc]

Sorry to hear Rob, yes 43 degrees ambient has got a lot to do with it I'm afraid.

Knock off 10 degrees and unhook the van and it'll be fine:D

I actually was wondering if you were going to park it up for today, or get an early start and rest during the middle of the day.

JC

[Ace]

I actually was wondering if you were going to park it up for today, or get an early start and rest during the middle of the day.

JC

Sounds like it might be a good Idea, bugger driving in 43 degree heat. I am hoping it will break soon, i hate hot weather, but looks like its here till the end of the week.

[bblaze]

Parked up for today with a cool change coming in at lunch tiime (35 Degrees), so will spend today sitting in front of my sister aircon and see what tommorow will bring.
cheers
blaze