Hey everyone! Welcome to the Roadshow.
With me today I've got Bobby.
Bobby came on the Getaway Canning Stock Route with me.
The trip last year was fantastic! What a ball we had.
So today Bobby's just going to share some of his ideas
of what he did to prepare for the trip.
I'm not saying that we're the experts mate but,
you know, just to share what we've learned and
happy to hear from you guys.
So let's go!
Bob, how would you rate yourself as a driver?
Oh fairly competent I think.
Probably if I preface this by saying that my early
years, in my 20s, 30s, I was down Northcliff
around the bush, driving log trucks, bulldozers for a farm
tractors, utes, everything. I bogged the whole darn lot
and had to get them out.
It's wet down there.
In later years I started 4 wheel driving
and first trip...oh I've had a lot of trips, I don't know,
a dozen or15, where we went way out in the desert.
The great Victorian desert, through the Great Central Rd,
Sandy Blight trip, Gunbarrel Hwy, Gibb River, Karijini...
all sorts. Just about the whole northwest.
The only place I haven't been yet is the Rudall River and
we're going there soon.
There's a lot of work to do on these trips Bobby so
how do you manage it?
Lesley, my wife... I look after the vehicle
I let her look after the supplies.
She does everything up so that she knows what
and that works very, very well and I don't interfere in that.
What sort of vehicle do you have?
It's a Nissan Pathfinder a 2012 model.
How do you prep your vehicle Bobby?
Well I had it, the steering knuckles, I had everything checked.
I had the suspension lift ... the lift is not the main thing.
The main thing is it's got the heavy duty suspension,
the heavy shock absorbers, the air bags in the back
to carry any extra weight.
Had it checked, everything.
Had the solar panel check that it would work.
The whole thing.
And had enough fuel that I could go to the max ...
no trouble for the maximum distance
that was without fuel ...and a bit more.
The longest distance in there is just over 800 kms.
My vehicle on the road does X number of kms to the litre...
yes X number of kms litre. I just added a third more
and a bit extra. Maybe more than a third more
so that I always knew that I had enough
to get to wherever it was
What essential gear would you recommend to
anyone contemplating a remote area off-road trip?
A couple of spare shock absorbers, spare bearing,
compressor, 2 spare tyres and spare tube,
a comprehensive tyre repair kit.
Probably some spare oil in case
something goes wrong and you need some oil
Have you noticed any common mistakes that people make?
They try and take far too much
They almost want the kitchen sink.
The minimal stuff you can get, the less
weight you put in that vehicle, the better.
What about water?
Water? Nearly all my trips, my experience says
you can get water just about anywhere.
You don't need to carry couple hundred litres or more
which we did on the first trip.
I think we went with about 80 L of water (on the CSR)
and that was sufficient
We never used more than half of it
because you can top up all over the place.
Even if the water's not potable, boil it, and it is portable.
When you go to these things you get where there is water
The FEMA maps and everything will tell you.
Now let's not forget a very important item, insurance.
Make sure that you're covered off road that means that
you're covered out in the desert.
There's lots of places like, say we've just done,
the CSR. Now that's not a gazetted road.
So if you're out there and your insurance
says you should be on a road
you're done. You're a gone goose.
Even if you go in a detour off the road
once you get off the surveyed road
you could not be covered in some policies.
Why do you like doing these kind of remote area
off road trips in a group or you know on a club trip?
Security and safety. And you can share the things.
Nobody needs to take everything.
This is where you keep your weight down.
If there's a group of 10, you don't need 10 shovels.
Now if there's 2 things that cause a fight
around the campfire...
its tyre pressures and corrugations.
All right Bobby - tyre pressures.
I travelled all the Stock Route, the whole distance,
on 18 in the front and 20 in the back.
And what about corrugations?
There's a great lot of contention on this.
When you get enough speed
you come to the 30 to 40 kms, in that range,
and the car starts juddering all over the road.
You've got to get over that
and it's the courage and ability,
there's a bit of skill involved, in getting up over that
to get up near the 70 or 80kms or better.
It depends on how many corners there are,
whether there's washouts or what it is
but getting up to that speed.
If you don't, you'll shake yourself and your vehicle to bits.
Get up to that better speed.
Although sometimes it seems illogical, it works.
The trial run starts when you do your first trip
and you get what you're capable of.
What you are capable of and what your vehicle is.
And as you go you'll find that
your vehicle is more and more capable
as you get more experience.
Did you do anything special to
prepare for powering equipment on the trip?
I had the cigarette power points and I had extra put in.
And I even carried an inverter so that if I did need it
and that was...the angle grinder and a welder is only
on really desolate trips like the Canning Stock Route.
These isolated trips, they're not for everyone folks.
It's not like you can get off or turn around or you know,
"I'm doing it on my own"... Can be a bit unsafe.
So Bob you've been on a lot of these trips.
What would you say?
Who is the kind of person that really needs to
think twice about doing these trips?
The person that won't compromise.
The person that will only take advice from the trip leader,
won't take a suggestion from anybody else.
You get the person that's er...
they've got their own agenda
and want the own way all the time.
Like me sometimes. Laughter.
Yes, we all need to carefully consider these trips.
They're are big commitment in terms of time and money.
Having said that
if you are considering one of these trips
here's Bobby's advice.
Have a go! Have a go!
It's far, far better than you can possibly imagine.
Hear hear Bobby. I couldn't agree more.
Thanks for sharing with us. That's great.
Again, if you've got your own ideas or
you do it differently and you're happy to share
please put it in the comments below.
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