Thread: The recent Simpson Desert Family Saga

Originally Posted by Tins

Don't see why not...
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You should try the local K Mart Car Park instead of the Simpson on a Sunday morning before they open, would be best.

Originally Posted by 4bee

You should try the local K Mart Car Park instead of the Simpson on a Sunday morning before they open, would be best.

In al honesty, no power on earth would get me up on those things. I can fall over in an OKA.

Originally Posted by Tins

In al honesty, no power on earth would get me up on those things. I can fall over in an OKA.

So, the Simpson is deffo off then? A wise decision my son.

Our first Simpson trip was in 1985 and was fairly easy as most tracks were still being used by oil exploration mobs and the rig road was definitely 2wd, there were road trains out there.
We stopped counting Simpson trips at about the 25 mark and have driven all the different routes many times including a lot of places that are no longer accessible. Trip duration has varied from your typical 4 days to over three weeks depending on route and what we were doing on said trip. The short ones were when we were travelling over to WA and the shortest distance was a straight line and longer ones were usually with Friends of the Simpson project trips doing cleanup, signposting and plant and animal surveys over the years.
Like has been said if it rains be prepared to camp on a dune until it dries out and if its wet already stay away. Never ever drive onto a wet claypan ;-))

So , if it's got wheels , I think someone or their club has tried to cross the simpson in/on it.

I'm pretty sure you could make a pair of skates to do it.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

So , if it's got wheels , I think someone or their club has tried to cross the simpson in/on it.

I'm pretty sure you could make a pair of skates to do it.

maybe if you modify the skates and fit larger wheels such as these

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gonna be a big item by the time you use any of those.....

maybe something more like a grass ski might work.....

wasn't a serious suggestion

but it would be pretty funny