Thread: Kookynet - the French ARE coming!

OK - here is Robert & Martine's 1st draft of their itinerary. If you see that you might be in an area as they pass through on or around the dates they are thinking of, please let me know. This is only a draft - so any input would be much appreciated. We are looking to "do-ability", so some dates and distances, given the season may or may not be viable.

Sorryt about the format here, but you can download their original document file for here: http://www.omaroo.net/documents/AUSTRA-itin1.rtf

Cheers
Chris

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City / Nat. Park - planned stay or transfer trip - duration approx. arriv leave date other visits in the area via way points (approx GPS)
> todo's, remarks approx km
+ transf
* visit

Perth - 5 days Sept, 00-00 Nambung NP >car Aquis and Customs clearance km 42 000
transf - 3days +800
Shark Bay Marine Park - 2d *100
transf - 2d +600
Ningaloo Marine P, Exmouth - 2d *100
transf - 2d +700
Karijini NP - 3d desert wildflowers blooming ! *150
transf - 1d +300
Newman (main rd 95)
transf - 6d See Xing-Gibson detailed doc. +1200
Warburton (S22 E127) - min 1d See Xing-Gibson detailed doc.
transf - 4d See Xing-Gibson detailed doc. +800
Uluru Ayers Rock - min 5d +41 days
OCT, 10 Kata Tjuta, Kings Canyon, Henbury Meteorites Conservation reserve > oil change around 48 000 km *500
km 48 000
transf - 1d +200
Eridunda or Kulgera (main rd 87) 1d 01/10/11 Chambers Pillar Historical reserve
transf - XXXXXXXXXXXX 5d See Xing-Simpsondetailed doc. +800
Birdsville (S26° E139°) - 1d Oct, 17-18
transf - 3d via Durrie, Windorah, Stonehenge +800
Longreach-1d Oct 21-22 Qantas' hangar, Hall of Fame
transf - 2d +600
Carnavon NP- 4d Oct 24-28
transf - 2d via Anakie, Rubyvale, Dipperu NP +500
Mackay - 5d Oct30-Nov 4 visiting the area and Great Barrier Reef MP
transf - 4d +1000
Brisbane - 10d Nov 8-18 visiting the area *600
TRIP ABROAD TO SE Asia
Brisbane Jan 5-6 km 51 500
transf - 3d +900
Sydney & NSW - 21d Jan 9-Jan 30 visiting the area *800
transf - 2d +300
Narooma - 10 Feb 1- 11 Oomaroo, fun w friends ! visiting the area *600
transf -2d +800
Melbourne & Victoria - 10d Feb, 13-23 visiting the area *600
transf - 1d
Tasmania - 10d Mar, 24-Apr 4 visiting the area *1000
transf - 4d +700
Adelaide - 7d Apr 8- 15 visiting the area >service 60 000 km
replace Shoks, tyres, brake pads *500
km 57 800
transf - 5 d +1300
Nullarbor - 5d April 20-25
transf - 7d Xing Great Victoria Desert trip to be detailed +900
Fregon (S27 E132) - 1d May 2-3
transf 3d +600
Alice Springs - 6d May 6- 12
transf 6d Xing Tanami Desert to be detailed via Truer Range +700
Tanami (S20 E130) - 1d May 18-19
transf 4d via Billiluna, Sturt Creek, Gordon downs, Turner River +600
Purnululu NP - 6d May 23-29 *300
transf 15d via Kununurra Nature reserve, Gregory NP +1300
Darwin - 3d Jun 15-18 *100
TRIP ABRAOD TO INDONESIA Jun 18-Jul 19
Darwin - 5d Jul 20-25 *200
transf 15 d via Ngukum, Borrolooia, Westmoraland, Doomadgee, Burketown +1700
Karumba -3d Aug 10-13
transf 8d via Staaten River NP, Dunbar, Gamboola +1200
Mapoon -1d Aug 21-22
transf 2d +300
Rokeby NP -3d Aug 24-27 *200
transf 1d +200
Lakefield NP -3d Aug 28-31 Split Rock
transf -1d +200
Cooktown
transf 2d +200
Cairns - 10d Sept 7-17 > oil change km 68000
transfer
Brisbane or Sydney according to the
port of shipment of the car oct or nov

Hello Chris
I announced at our club meeting on monday nite about what u said on our website and I am trying to organise a day trip of sorts and also they are welcome to our next club meet. All of our members were keen to see them and talk about their adventures.

Gorden are you going to ask Kevin for the donation of the 60 k service or do you want me too?

If he is unable I can ask others that I can twist arms with (who owe me)
I will contact Rob Robson who does a article in every Saturday West Aust paper on 4wd as he is always looking for new material
ABC radio would be good mabey Macca?

My only problem is I will be away on holidays myself as 15th sept to 1st oct so may perswade someone else to run the trip.
I was thinking drive to Lancelin on beach then to pinnacles.
Our next club meeting is on the 11th sept so dont know how this fits in with their schedule or how long they are in Perth for for the day trip which poss would have to be on weekend unless I can get a retiree to do it for me during the week.
Keep in touch
Brad

To all helping and welcoming them. Good onya! I admire the landy comraderie coming thru fellows its the best.

Personally would have loved to meet and have a chat with them. What they are doing is for starters amazing. How many people actually follow through with a life long ambition. Talk is cheap they are doing it in reality. That takes tons of guts fullstop. Whatever support they can get will be appreciated I think.

im South African, my mums French dads German, and all I can say is its actually easier looking for the good qualities in people. Dealing with lotsa people over the net in all countries buying stuff for landy, fishing, boating and whatever comes up makes you realise one thing. Common decent people are nice to meet and chat and deal with anywhere. Hanging a tag of "being from that country" is so wrong. Good and bad people are everywhere and being from a country definitely does not have anything to do with it.

I could say the same thing about Aussies what the one fellow is winging about. I was in the country two weeks (thats 8 years ago) and I got spat at and insulted by two blokes at a pub. And thats just hearing my afrikaans south african accent. "You f***** racist, what are you doing in our country ?, you messed up your country treating the blacks like that and now you are in our country" was the crap i copped. Now 8 years later I can at least laught about it. What a idiot. Probably will never get out of his small little twisted world anyway.

In spite of that I have made the best of friends in oz (and yes mostly with aussies , at work, fishing and boating and in general not just expats from SA ) and its going good. My girlfriend is as Australian as you can get and it actually helped me understand a lot about the country I never did.

So yes mate **** happens in all countries and it was just a bad experience. I suggest you get over it and its a pity that it happened to you in France. Could have happened anywhere. The real France and the people out of the cities are the most warm welcoming open hearted people you could meet. And thats mostly the case in any country.

Cheers

I was supposed to meet them a couple of time in Dubai, but could`nt make it due to work commitments. One of my friends out here who is a LR nut invited them over to his Villa a couple of times for a few beers, he spoke highly of them, shame I never got to meet them and got to check out their truck.

Pass on Sharky`s (Gordon Smiths) regards to them.

As for anyone who slaggs off the French for the sake of it, you should get out more, I have probably spent about 3 months in France all up over the years and found them great people, even with the language barrier. The people in Paris are more of a pain in the @rse, but so are most people in big cities around the world.

The french would never spit at an Australian purposely if they did`nt deserve it, you were probably p1ssed and making an @rse of yourself. The English maybe, no love lost there on either side.

Originally Posted by Bradtot

Hello Chris
I announced at our club meeting on monday nite about what u said on our website and I am trying to organise a day trip of sorts and also they are welcome to our next club meet. All of our members were keen to see them and talk about their adventures.

Gorden are you going to ask Kevin for the donation of the 60 k service or do you want me too?

If he is unable I can ask others that I can twist arms with (who owe me)
I will contact Rob Robson who does a article in every Saturday West Aust paper on 4wd as he is always looking for new material
ABC radio would be good mabey Macca?

My only problem is I will be away on holidays myself as 15th sept to 1st oct so may perswade someone else to run the trip.
I was thinking drive to Lancelin on beach then to pinnacles.
Our next club meeting is on the 11th sept so dont know how this fits in with their schedule or how long they are in Perth for for the day trip which poss would have to be on weekend unless I can get a retiree to do it for me during the week.
Keep in touch
Brad

Hi there Brad

Thanks for taking the initiative in having them along to the club, and to go out with you guys. I guess that timing is the key as they will start travelling... and then just keep on going. Lancelin sounds fantastic - and I'll let them know of your schedule tonight so they can plan to try and match it. Still to find out what day they actually arrive on - but it's very close to the 11th. I'll keep you posted here.

I'm sorry about the 60K service - it looks as though they won't need it until they reach the east coast now, so sorry about that. I'm trying to organise one in either Melb or Sydney. What they will need though is a postal address for the sponsors to start sending parts to. From there they'll have to be able to fit them, or have them fitted somewhere near there. Any ideas fellas?

Originally Posted by f_b

To all helping and welcoming them. Good onya! I admire the landy comraderie coming thru fellows its the best.

That's why I love Land Rovers so much f_b The comeraderie even eclipses that which you find in the Jeep fraternity's.... and that's pretty good too.

Originally Posted by cols110

I was supposed to meet them a couple of time in Dubai, but could`nt make it due to work commitments. One of my friends out here who is a LR nut invited them over to his Villa a couple of times for a few beers, he spoke highly of them, shame I never got to meet them and got to check out their truck.

Pass on Sharky`s (Gordon Smiths) regards to them.

As for anyone who slaggs off the French for the sake of it, you should get out more, I have probably spent about 3 months in France all up over the years and found them great people, even with the language barrier. The people in Paris are more of a pain in the @rse, but so are most people in big cities around the world.

The french would never spit at an Australian purposely if they did`nt deserve it, you were probably p1ssed and making an @rse of yourself. The English maybe, no love lost there on either side.

hehe... will do Col. Thanks

How much is a 60k service anyway? Perhaps a whip around between members could pay for one if sponsorship doesn't work.