April 2008 Tour Summary
Started Tour, Woomera - 14th April at 8:50 am
Finished Tour, Coober Pedy - 28th April at 12.30 pm
13 days of travel - several early afternoon camps
One day spent around Woomera, another easy day around Maralinga Village
Average daily start time = 8:50 am
Average daily stop time = 3:40 pm
GPS Odometer = 2137.2 kms
Average daily travel = 142.5 kms
Most distance travelled in one day = 229.5 kms GPS
Least distance travelled in one day = 3.2 kms GPS
Camps - Woomera, "Mt Eba" Station, Nullabor Roadhouse, Maralinga for 2 nights & Coober Pedy. All other camps were in the bush.
Usual amount of track clearing on all desert roads
Saw quite a number of vehicles for so early in the season, unusual
** We were allowed to tour Maralinga for 2 days - a significant privilege. **
Two flat tyres, sidewall stake & tread stake - repaired
One fridge failed
Damaged CV boot on IFS vehicle
"Waldana" Well & "Muckera" rockholes contained water
Only 2 Camels (very good), Dingos, Thorny Devils, Wedge Tailed Eagles, Hawks, Kestrels, Pied Butcherbirds, Crows, Magpies, Mynas, Black Faced Wood Swallows, Wagtails, Singing Honeyeaters, Brown Honeyeaters, Pipits, Black Faced Cuckoo-shrikes, Crested Bellbirds, Chiming Wedgebills, Field Wrens, Red Capped Robins, Galahs, Major Mitchells, Ringneck Parrots, Mulga Parrots (a great many), White Browed Babblers (a great many), Barn Owl
*Inland Dotterels (quite a few pairs in more than one location)
Average Fuel Price = $1.83/Lt (Coober Pedy & Nullabor)
Fuel Consumption average for Land Rover TD5, 130, fitted with 12 Ply Bias Tyres = 13.04 Lts per 100kms
Fuel consumption average per Hour for Land Rover = 4.86 Lts per hour
Mick Hutton & Connie Sue Beadell
Beadell Tours, 2008
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