September 2012 Tour Summary
Interesting Data
Started Tour, Gunbarrel Laager W.A. – 11th September at 9:07 am
Finished Tour, Kulgera Roadhouse N.T. – 30th September at 2:50 pm
GPS Odometer = 2486.5 kms
Average morning start time = 8:48 am
Average afternoon stop time = 3:20 pm
Average daily travel = 124.3 kms
Average daily engine hours = 3.46 hrs/day
Engine hours for entire trip = 69.17 hours
Most distance travelled in one day (September 22nd) = 244.1 kms
Least distance travelled in one day (September 13th) = 66.6 kms
Coldest morning = September 29th @ 6.9 C
Surrounded by Fires during the night of Tuesday 18th & morning of 19th
Windiest night (quite breezy for a while) on the 27th
Camps – Gunbarrel Laager, Carnegie Station, Warburton Roadhouse & Kulgera Roadhouse. All other camps were in the bush
Tyre Trouble - 10 (see tyre report for more detail)
7 x tubeless tyre problems – sidewall, shoulder, tread stakes & slow leaks
3 x Split Rim problems – old tyre damage & slow leaks
Everything was repaired & serviceable.
Vehicle Problems (see vehicle problem report for more detail)
A number of minor things cropped up that were taken care of....
IFS front boot damaged – replaced with old tyre tube (worked well)
Airbag lines damages due to heat – holes located and cut out of lines
Wildlife
Camels – hundreds of camels seen in the APY Lands
Dingos
Euros, Red roos & western grey roos
Quite a number of bungarras
Thorny Devil
Birds
We had some real birdos on the trip so I didn’t keep any sort of bird list.
Water
CSR reconditioned wells had good water and a few of the collapsed old wells also had some water showing, others were filled in and dry.
There had been little or no recent rain so rockholes, waterholes etc were dry, but deep rockholes had water well down under the silt and gravel.
Fuel Figures for Land Rover Defender TD5, 130 Dual Cab (Bias 7.50-16)
Fuel used = 306.6 Lts
Average consumption = 12.33 Lts/100kms
Average fuel used per day = 15.33 Lts
Hourly average = 4.43 Lts per hour
Best fuel figure = 10.34 Lts/100kms
Worst fuel figure = 14.70 Lts/100kms
Mick Hutton & Connie Sue Beadell
Beadell Tours, October 2012
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