Thread: 5 days on the Gibb River Highway

Hopefully most of the idiots will have disappeared in the next couple of weeks when we get there.
Then we'll only have to put up with Fritz in Britz with their foot flat to the floor.
AlanH.

Head out next week from derby, fitzroy, then back up the leopold rd. Should be fun. :/

Originally Posted by ATH

Hopefully most of the idiots will have disappeared in the next couple of weeks when we get there.
Then we'll only have to put up with Fritz in Britz with their foot flat to the floor.
AlanH.

Yep plenty of them too. I heard the western end had just finished being graded so that may explain the highway driving attitude.

Enjoy your trip.

Cheers Ean.

When I was at Thrifty Kununurra a few weeks ago ,there was a rolled Thrifty troopy in the corner of the workshop at the request of the police.
The driver is in a world of trouble as told to me by the Manager of the Thrifty Franchise.
He is under 25 and driving on the Kulumburu road which both cancel his insurance which does not allow departure form The GRR.
His female companion was bounced around the cabin, and there was blood all over the passenger window and roof. She was not expected to live .

Why do people ignore common sense and take risks like that?

When I was at Drysdale 4 years ago there was an ironic story going round that a German couple had rolled their hired Hilux slide on on the Mitchell Falls road and she was desperately trying to hitch a ride to Drysdale that day to cancel her credit card, so the Hire company could not charge them the full write off cost .
I must say that except for one guy in a cruiser who came out of my dust cloud at warp speed when I thought I was going well on soft tyres at 90Kmh I had a pretty good run. That was about 3 June when the WAs from Esperence etc had not yet got there. The Derby council were then completely reforming the road in the King Leopold ranges after the wet.
No damage to the screen luckily.

Regards Philip A

That traffic sounds like its come straight from Sydney's atrocious traffic chaos.

cheers

We had similar experience, but thankfully avoided the school holidays. We sat between 70 and 90kph but backed off as people came towards us or from behind and moved well over to the side. No broken windscreens. We passed a few people further up the track who had overtaken us. They were changing wheels. Met one at El Questro and he said he'd buggered a nearly new tyre. I didn't say anything, but the thought that went through my head was "Serves you right!"
Some people don't seem to make the connection between spiked tyres, broken windscreens, and speed on dirt roads.

Coop

"he refused to talk and was going to report me to the cops for threatening him if I didn't leave him alone, all from the locked doors and windows of his Prado."


I think this would have been a good occasion to push the point! I am not saying get a ball-pein hammer and alter the aerodynamics of his vehicle, nor would I suggest the smallest of nudges into the drivers door ("by accident Officer"), just to engage in continued, if not somewhat direct, dialogue with said Rabbit.


I would like to thank AULRO for providing a place to vent, thanks.


Anyway how often do you get to use your ball-pein hammer?


Cheers,
PeterW

Originally Posted by TwoUp

"he refused to talk and was going to report me to the cops for threatening him if I didn't leave him alone, all from the locked doors and windows of his Prado."


I think this would have been a good occasion to push the point! I am not saying get a ball-pein hammer and alter the aerodynamics of his vehicle, nor would I suggest the smallest of nudges into the drivers door ("by accident Officer"), just to engage in continued, if not somewhat direct, dialogue with said Rabbit.


I would like to thank AULRO for providing a place to vent, thanks.


Anyway how often do you get to use your ball-pein hammer?


Cheers,
PeterW

Maybe the fact I had a rock in my hand and pointing to his windscreen may have had something to do with his reaction.

Not that I would have used it, but was just trying to illustrate the issue.

Cheers Ean.