Thread: Red Centre trip

I was trying to decide where to post this and I have settled with here as it's the closest to what I'd call home on AULRO. If there is a reason why this thread should not be here, I'm sure the moderators will help me find where it should be.

This thread is going to cover the trip I will be taking starting Monday. Our 1979 S3 will be travelling alongside an almost new Jeep Cherokee Rubicon 5 door. Hopefully We'll prove that despite the age and technology difference, an old S3 can still go where any modern vehicle dares.

Along the way I'm keen to see any local AULRO members who fancy catching up for some Landy talk and some Jeep bashing in front of my mate.

Here's the schedule:

Monday, 20 September 2010 Collie Kalgoorlie 681
Tuesday, 21 September 2010 Kalgoorlie Tjukayirla 671
Wednesday, 22 September 2010 Tjukayirla Warakurna 463
Thursday, 23 September 2010 Warakurna Uluru 313
Friday, 24 September 2010 Uluru 0
Saturday, 25 September 2010 Uluru Alice Springs 440
Sunday, 26 September 2010 Alice Springs 0
Monday, 27 September 2010 Alice Springs Tennant Creek 508
Tuesday, 28 September 2010 Tennant Creek Mataranka / Katherine 567
Wednesday, 29 September 2010 Mataranka /Katherine 0
Thursday, 30 September 2010 Mataranka /Katherine Kununurra 618
Friday, 1 October 2010 Kunurrua 0
Saturday, 2 October 2010 Kunurrua Gibb River Road 310
Sunday, 3 October 2010 Gibb River Road Gibb River Road 0
Monday, 4 October 2010 Gibb River Road Gibb River Road 310
Tuesday, 5 October 2010 Gibb River Road Broome 310
Wednesday, 6 October 2010 Broome 0
Thursday, 7 October 2010 Broome 80 Mile Beach 339
Friday, 8 October 2010 80 Mile Beach Karratha 558
Saturday, 9 October 2010 Karratha Carnarvon 644
Sunday, 10 October 2010 Carnarvon Geraldton 479
Monday, 11 October 2010 Geraldton 0
Tuesday, 12 October 2010 Geraldton Collie 643

Along the way I'll be posting updates and photos as well as any hardship or problems we have and how we solve them along the way. Hopefully this will help people in the future decide what is good to take on a long trip, what is not worth taking, etc.

I've spent almost a year building the S3, here are the specs:

Rebuilt 186P (Done 550kms) with Modded Land Rover 4 core radiator,
Mechanical Holden fuel pump, electric Land Rover fuel pump as back up,
60L drivers side tank, 5 door S3 tank as auxillary (about 120L total),
Parabolic springs (Britpart! 2 leaf front, 4 leaf rear),
Pro Comp 9000 shock absorbers,
Rebuilt diffs (Detroit Locker Rear, Detroit TruTrac front),
Rebuilt S3 4 speed gearbox with a S2A bellhousing and clutch mounted to a modified Holden flywheel,
Ashcroft High Speed Transfer Case,
Wolf Tubeless rims,
Cooper ST 235/85 R16 tyres,
One spare S3 rim and tubed tyre, one spare 16" tube,
Rewired from head to toe,
HID high beam headlamps, no spotlights or extra lights,
2500W 240V continous inverter,
120Ah Deep Cycle "Vision" battery,
240V 700W microwave, toaster, kettle, double 36W flouro,
Two military rear Jerry can holders, two water bags on front (60L total),
"Helton" in vehicle hot water system,

Fingers crossed.

See you tomorrow in Kal all things being good.