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    A few pics from my Simpson Trip

    Well, in August I went for a bit of a drive, roughly 8000k's, in a round trip from Perth, across the Simpson, and back. (Puma was faultless by the way ).

    Anyway, here goes.....

    Picture taken on the longest straight in Aust:



    Sunrise at the Caravan park in Peterborough (SA):



    Everyone getting ready to set off:



    Mine site we stopped at on the way, (really big hole in the ground):



    Tom Kruse's Truck in Marree:



    Old boiler in Marree:



    Abandoned train in Marree:



    Sunset across the plains, (Marree):



    Marree township:



    Sunset Marree:



    Sunrise Marree:



    Dalhousie Springs:





    Pink Road House, Oodnadatta:







    Moon-rise in Dalhousie:



    Sunrise in Dalhousie:



    Little bird sitting on the roof of the 110:



    Getting into the desert















    Desert flowers:









    Crusier bum prints in the sand



    Preping food:





    Sunset in the desert:







    Night sky over the desert, (not the best astro-photogrophy):



    Sitting round the camp fire, (one of my favourite pics of the trip):



    Poeppel Corner:



    Toymota looks like it's **** itself :



    Frank just couldn't help himself!



    On top of Big Red:



    Toymota trying to get to the top of Big Red



    Sunset in Birdsville:



    SA Plains:







    Flowering Gum Trees:



    Cameron Corner:















    Sunset heading back into Peterborough:



    Storm coming in:





    Wilmington toy Museum:



    Sunset at the Pier in Ceduna:





    Cheers,

    Tim

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    Here's a link to a Photobucket Slideshow for anyone interested Pictures are a bit bigger, and there's a few more:

    Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket

    Cheers,

    Tim

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    Great shots Tim!

    Could I get an honest opinion on how the General Grabbers went in the desert, mud and over the gibbers?

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    Hi Rimmer, they were fine, not a problem at all. We didn't see any mud, so can't comment on that. There were 6 vehicles on the trip, (most had muddies of some sort fitted, one of the LC's was on road tyres), and there were no problems at all.

    Cheers,

    Tim

    Edit: If I were to do the trip again I wouldn't bother with the second spare.

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    Fanatic photos, brings back memories of our Simpson crossing 5 years ago. Got to do it again someday.

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    Thanks for that TimNZ. Great reminder of my trip. Just for the record that shot that you labelled Dalhousie Springs looks more like Coward Springs to me .

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    Gday Tim

    great photos, brings back many memories of when my father took us away and hopefully soon i will be doing it all again with my family.
    Question what camera and setup were you using.

    Thanks simon

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    Thanks for the thanks and the comments everyone

    Simon, I was using a Nikon D3100 with a Sigma 17-50 f2.8 lense for the trip.

    Cheers,

    Tim

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    Some nice photos there Tim.
    And your astrophotography shot isn't too bad,it just happens to be toward the centre of the galaxy,and shows the constellations of Sagittarius and Scorpius.

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    Enjoyed looking at these.
    Thanks Tim,
    Tim.

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