2005 Tours & Expeditions page

"MARBLE GUMS & MULGA"

April 2005 Tour Summary

• Departed, Nullarbor Roadhouse S.A. - 6th April at 9:45am (Central Time Zone)
• Arrived, Wiluna W.A. - 24th April at 8:30am (Western Time Zone)
• 17 days of travel - One rest day, 15th April
• Average Morning start time = 7:54 am
• Average Afternoon stop time = 4:15 pm

• GPS Odometer = 2462.3kms (several kms walked)
• Average daily travel = 145kms
• Most kms covered in one day = 286.3kms GPS
• Least kms covered in one day = 30.9kms GPS

• Two flat tyres - stake, 80 Series
                        - stone, Land Rover

• One very windy night - Nullarbor Camp, 8th April
• One night of light rain - Cooper Hills Bore camp, 12th April
• Water drawn from Cooper Hills Bore = 80 Litres approx
• Water tested at Lynette's & Geraldton Bores - all OK
• Low water levels in Waterfall Gorge & Harry Johnston Water
• Most known rockhole sources dry.

• Camels, Dingos, Western Grey Roos, Red Roos, Cat
• Goannas, Shingle Backs, Blue Tongues, Snake
• Emus, Bustards, Eagles, Hawks, Kestrels, Pied Butcherbirds, Crows, Magpies, Mynas
• Black Faced Wood Swallows, Wagtails, Singing Honeyeaters, Brown Honeyeaters Pipits,
     Black Faced Cuckoo-Shrikes, Crested Bellbird, Field Wrens, Chestnut Breasted Quail Thrush, Topknots,
     Mulga Parrots, Ringneck Parrots, Galahs, Zebra Finches, Double Barred Finches

• Average fuel price = $1.65/Lt
• Fuel Consumption - Land Rover TD5 - Nullarbor to Leonora = 10.2 Lts/100kms
                              80 Series 4.2Lt - Nullarbor to "Carnegie" = 15.9 Lts/100kms

Mick Hutton & Connie Sue Beadell
Beadell Tours, 2005

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