Off to Perth

[JDNSW]

First thing Monday morning I am off to Perth in the 110. Anyone who is in Perth or along the way and wants to meet up with me, please PM me with a phone number.

My first night will be stopping with friends in Broken Hill, after that it will be "where I get to" each day, with the only constraint being I have to be in Perth by the 18th.

John

[ellard]

PM sent

Stop of at Wilmington SA on the way through.

Wayne

[JDNSW]

PM sent

Stop of at Wilmington SA on the way through.

Wayne

PM not yet received! Any accommodation at/near Wilmington? Looks like about a day's drive from Broken Hill.

John

[CraigE]

Depending on which way you are going through to Perth, you are welcome to drop in if I am home in Esperance.
Cheers
CraigE

[ellard]

Hi there John

My mistake - check again.

I am currently at work - but will keep an eye on returning PM........

All the best

Wayne

[Killer]

Hope you have a good trip John.

Cheers, Mick.

[UncleHo]

G'day JDNSW :)

Have a good trip:) and keep the Shinyside UP and the Greasyside DOWN ;):D


Recieved your remittance today. Thank You;)


cheers

[LandyAndy]

Hi John
Welcome to stop the night if you are travelling between Albany/Perth,Im at Williams,160k south of Perth,220ks aprox Nth of Albany.
Will PM you
Andrew

[mudmouse]

Have a safe run mate.

[JohnE]

JD
have a good and safe trip ,
it will probably rain for a week once you leave.


john

[JDNSW]

JD
have a good and safe trip ,
it will probably rain for a week once you leave.


john

Thanks, I guess it will. Probably be troo wet to get home when I get back!

John

[Dinty]

G'day All, John knock up a A-frame and nick the LRPV from the musuem over there in Perth, snig it back to your place and I will come and pick it from there on my way home from Cobar on Monday next;):D, anyway mate have a safe journey and enjoy the drive in the best Land Rover that Land Rover ever made, Isuzu powered 110, cheers Dennis

[RichardK]

PM sent

[JDNSW]

Just got to have breakfast, put the last few things in the car, do the washing up, and lock up.

No point in leaving too early, I have to do some banking in Dubbo.

John

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Just got to have breakfast, put the last few things in the car, do the washing up, and lock up.

No point in leaving too early, I have to do some banking in Dubbo.

John

Have a safe trip John :)

[LandyAndy]

He has missed out today,42deg at 3pm according to the readout on the grader I was steering this arvo.
Rain soon,the skys a blackening and a rumbling.
Andrew

[BMKal]

Forecast for Kal is 36 today, 40 tomorrow and Wednesday, 39 Thursday with possible late showers.

Sounds like a hot drive across the paddock - hope your air-con is working well.

[Dinty]

G'day All, I waqs keeping an eye open for you JD but I didn't see you on Monday, we left Cobar 1816hrs 12/11 anyway cheers Dennis:wasntme:
PS If you saw a 110 with a Series bulkhead on the roof rack, twas me after "The Raid" LOL

[JDNSW]

Got to Perth on Sunday, this is my first chance to get on. The trip over was pretty uneventful, flat tyre thirty kilometres past Wilcannia, star in the windscreen in WA. Only real advice I can give except the obvious, is to avoid buying fuel at Border Village - it was 30c more than any other I saw. Quite hot, but not impossibly so. Noted that fuel consumption dropped from about 11 to 10 l/100km by driving at 100 instead of 110.

The quarantine inspection at both SA and WA borders are quite strict and thorough, especially the WA one. No fruit, vegetables, plant material, used vehicles or machinery (unless spotlessly clean for these).

Arrived at Norseman on Friday, but since the accommodation in Perth was not flexible, spent the weekend touring SW WA.

Anyone going anywhere near it is advised to stop at the Toy Museum in Wilmington, even if not interested in toys - it is easily spotted by the row of Landrovers in front in the main street, and if you are in a Landrover David will greet you with open arms.

Many thanks to Wayne (Ellard) for putting me up for the night and for putting up with me for an afternoon.

John

[isuzurover]

The quarantine inspection at both SA and WA borders are quite strict and thorough, especially the WA one. No fruit, vegetables, plant material, used vehicles or machinery (unless spotlessly clean for these).


Thanks for the info.

Somehow I missed this whole thread up till now. How long are you here for John? You are welcome to drop into my place for a beer/cuppa if you are nearby (just south of the river).

[JamesH]

I missed this thread. Sorry.:(

Is there a meet and drink happening? If not can I propose one?

[JDNSW]

I am pretty tied up while I am here, probably leaving Friday morning. I am at the ASEG convention at the convention centre. If anyone wouold like to meet me they could ambush me in the lobby of the convention centre around 5.30-6 tonight or tomorrow morning about 0800. I am easy to spot - wearing a hat, greyish beard and with a name tag "John".

For obvious reasons I don't want to put my phone number here. I have limited internet access, so may not see a reply.

John

[RichardK]

Did'nt see it in time so I missed out............unfortunately I have a meeting at 8.00 in the morning.

hope you enjoyed your visit

[LandyAndy]

Hey John
Did you stay at the Williams motel last Fri nite???
There was a blue County with NSW plates,it did a bog lap of town sat morn,saw it heard the isuzu diesel but didnt get out to the front of the house in time to flag it down.
Andrew

[Dinty]

G'day All, I would say that you are most likely correct, I missed him in Cobar last week, anyway we will see when he replies cheers Dennis:wasntme:

[JDNSW]

Well, I got home last night. 10,111km. Total car problems, one star in the windscreen and two flat tyres, one a new tyre job. Not too bad for a 21 year old vehicle with 450,000km on the clock.

Travelled to Perth by the direct route via Broken Hill, Port Augusta to Norseman, then poked round SW WA for a few days. Coming back coastal to Esperance and via Port Lincoln, then via Port Augusta, Nurioopta, Renmark, Morkalla to Mildura and Hay, Yass ands Home.



More details later when I have a bit of time.

John

[ellard]

Hi there John

Its great to see you made it home safe and sound.

All the best

Wayne Ellard

[JDNSW]

Hey John
Did you stay at the Williams motel last Fri nite???
There was a blue County with NSW plates,it did a bog lap of town sat morn,saw it heard the isuzu diesel but didnt get out to the front of the house in time to flag it down.
Andrew

Yes - didn't get this message until now. I tried the number you gave but didn't work. I thought of knocking you up, but it was a bit early!

Thanks anyway,

john

[Ken]

Yes - didn't get this message until now. I tried the number you gave but didn't work. I thought of knocking you up, but it was a bit early!

Thanks anyway,

john

Where you towing a trailer and a Green D2 passed you and waved on Thomas Rd ?

[LandyAndy]

Bugger JD
When I left work Fri arvo I saw the County at the motel,you must have spotted BlackBetty parked over the road,our Shire carpark is almost opposite the motel.
Sat morn I was out the back of the house.I heard the rattling diesel sound coming up the road,saying to myself that HAS to be a Landy 3.9 isuzu.
You were just heading up the road when I checked!!!!
Great to see you had a good trip.
Andrew

[JDNSW]

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

I learnt English a little earlier than you, it appears!

John

[JDNSW]

Where you towing a trailer and a Green D2 passed you and waved on Thomas Rd ?

Nope! Couldn't have been me - no trailer.

John

[JDNSW]

Bugger JD
When I left work Fri arvo I saw the County at the motel,you must have spotted BlackBetty parked over the road,our Shire carpark is almost opposite the motel.
Sat morn I was out the back of the house.I heard the rattling diesel sound coming up the road,saying to myself that HAS to be a Landy 3.9 isuzu.
You were just heading up the road when I checked!!!!
Great to see you had a good trip.
Andrew

Yes, from memory I did see it - but somehow did not connect it with you, although obviously I should have.

John

[Pedro_The_Swift]

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:


couldnt resist huh NM,,,:p





glad to see you made it back OK John:D

[Bigbjorn]

Knocker uppers are a thing of the past John :D Come to think of it "getting knocked up" is probably a thing of the past too :D except it still happens they just probably call it something different

In my GM-H days for a while I worked alongside a Pom whose father had been the "knocker-oop" for a cotton mill in Burnley near Manchester. The concept was hard to accept for an Australian who had spent most of his life in towns and cities where people lived so far apart that such a task would not be feasible.

[LandyAndy]

Hi John
Very easily conected to me,the numberplate LANDYANDY.
Sorry we didnt connect,so near yet sofar!!!
Andrew

[JDNSW]

Hi John
Very easily conected to me,the numberplate LANDYANDY.
Sorry we didnt connect,so near yet sofar!!!
Andrew

Sorry too - I did not see the number plate, only saw it briefly, long enough to recognise as a Defender - and was driving and could not take my attention off the road.

John

[JDNSW]

A bit more detail on the trip (fairly long!)

I left home on 13/11, and headed west from Dubbo (I had to buy a few things). The first problem showed up when I stopped for a cuppa and leg stretch about 30km W of Wilcannia. Walked round checking for hot tyres or bearings - and I could hear this hissing. Tracked down to the LH rear tyre. Changed the wheel, couldn't see any problems.

Stayed the night at a friend's place in Broken Hill. Next morning found a place in South BH that dropped everything, fitted new tube (it was a lifted patch on the tube, tube tore when he tried to pull it off) - twenty minutes and $20 including the tube! Refuelled and on my way.

Had lunch in Peterborough, interesting town, wish I had more time there. Arrived in Wilmington early afternoon, and stayed with Wayne (thanks).

Left next morning, refuelled at Port Augusta, then Ceduna, and stopped for the night at Nullarbor Roadhouse. Left early and drove to Border village, where alarmed by the much higher fuel price, I topped up at $1.79. You can imagine my disgust at finding the price was under $1.50 just over the border in WA and at Eucla. Arrived at Norseman about dinner time and stopped for the night.

Next day refuelled and drove to Esperance and on to Ravensthorpe and Hyden where I visited Wave rock, but was not inspired by a $4.50 parking charge or the number of flies. Made it to Williams that night, and the next morning refuelled before going on to Bunbury and Busselton. On the Sunday drove to Fremantle and on to Perth.

The conference finished on Thursday night, and meantime I was joined by my brother who flew in from Houston to drive back with me. We left first thing Friday, refuelling at Witchcliffe, and driving via Busselton to Cape Leeuwin, before stopping for the night at Pemberton. Lunch at Albany and stayed the night at Esperance, where we refuelled.

Driving north to Norseman, we stopped to help a Corolla with a flat tyre - and no jack handle or wheelbrace, about 20km north of Salmon Gums. South of Norseman we turned off at the sign to Dundas Rocks and followed the "heritage trail" into Norseman. Recommended! In Norseman we refuelled and had lunch, before heading East. Stopped briefly at Frazer Range and at Balladonia Roadhouse and again at Old Balladonia Telgraph Station, before camping for the night at one of the stops on the ninety mile straight.

Very windy, very poor ground for tent pegs, not a very comfortable night. Next morning left early after a disturbed night and refuelled at Mundrabilla, stopping briefly at Eucla, the border, several lookouts over the ocean and Nullabor, before stopping for the night at Ceduna.

From here, after refuelling, we followed the coast to Port Lincoln and on to Port Augusta for the night. Blew a rear tyre south of Whyalla, and had to replace it in Port Augusta.

From Port Augusta, after refuelling and getting a new tyre, drove to Wilmington and then south, stopping at Stone Hut, where my wife's father was born just over a century ago, and found the school (now a house) where his father taught. Drove on to Nurioopta and then to Swan Reach and Renmark for the night. Next morning refuelled and drove to Morkalla in the very NW corner of Vic, where my brother worked forty years ago. On to Merringur, where I strongly recommend the historical village, and then to Red Cliffs, Mildura, Balranald and Hay, where we stopped the night.

My mother taught in Hay in the thirties, and we looked at the high school and various other landmarks, including the place she lived in. Next morning we proceeded along the Sturt Hwy. At Narrandera the highway was closed due to a truck accident, and we detoured via Coolamon, which was also almost closed due to flash flooding. Arrived at my son's place in Yass on the Friday afternoon, eight days from Perth. Next day, having picked up my dog, drove home.

Total of 1085litres of fuel to cover 9678km, or 11.2l/100km. This consumption varied remarkably little, despite varying conditions, from 10.0 to about 11.4. Speed was mostly maintained at around 110km/h, although the best economy was on legs where we kept to 100kph.

Oil consumption (mostly leaked) was less than a litre, and the only problems were a cracked windscreen and two flat tyres.

Pictures to follow when I resize them.

John

[Pedro_The_Swift]

WOW John,, sounds like one of those Great Ozzie Road Trips,, cant wait for the pics:D

[CraigE]

John,
Shame you did not give me or Jamo a call when you were in Esperance.
Sounds like a good trip, all be it quick.
CraigE

[JDNSW]

John,
Shame you did not give me or Jamo a call when you were in Esperance.
Sounds like a good trip, all be it quick.
CraigE

I left a message on Jamo's phone - but he had left it in his car - that was on the way over; on the return trip we were in a hurry because my brother had a plane to catch in Sydney, and we were only in Esperance for about half an hour.

I did not have a lot of luck catching up with any Landrover people except did manage to contact RichardK in Perth, and, of course, had a superb reception in Wilmington from Wayne (Ellard) and David - can't recommend them too highly.

I would have liked to have spent a lot more time, but there were quite severe time constraints all round. But the trip went well, although apart from a few side excursions and some roadworks, it was all on bitumen.

As I said in an earlier post - not bad for a 21 year old car with close to 500,000km on the clock. Says something for Landrover reliability and durability? Apart from the tyre problems, all I did was put fuel in and check levels each day - and clean the windscreen several times each day!

The only "preparation" was to give her a service, replace all shockers, fit a long overdue new steering box, and one new tyre, and put an extra five pounds in all the tyres.

John

[CraigE]

I left a message on Jamo's phone - but he had left it in his car - that was on the way over; on the return trip we were in a hurry because my brother had a plane to catch in Sydney, and we were only in Esperance for about half an hour.

I did not have a lot of luck catching up with any Landrover people except did manage to contact RichardK in Perth, and, of course, had a superb reception in Wilmington from Wayne (Ellard) and David - can't recommend them too highly.

I would have liked to have spent a lot more time, but there were quite severe time constraints all round. But the trip went well, although apart from a few side excursions and some roadworks, it was all on bitumen.

As I said in an earlier post - not bad for a 21 year old car with close to 500,000km on the clock. Says something for Landrover reliability and durability? Apart from the tyre problems, all I did was put fuel in and check levels each day - and clean the windscreen several times each day!

The only "preparation" was to give her a service, replace all shockers, fit a long overdue new steering box, and one new tyre, and put an extra five pounds in all the tyres.

John
Next Time.:)