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Day 14 - Alice Springs - Sun 25 Oct 2015
What do you do on a warm (39 degrees), sunny Sunday in Alice Springs? Prepare and pack up to go to an even warmer and sunnier Simpson Desert. Our next challenge is the Simpson. It is iconic in outback Australia, and creeping into our thoughts and conversations as the day draws on.
What else did we do? Had a nice breakfast, went to the pub, spent $700 on groceries and over $200 on beer, had more haircuts, fixed more stupid trailers, visited the RFDS Tourist facility, fixed the drone, fixed the electrical issues on Max, put everything that we had pulled out of everywhere back in, restocked the trailer and fridges, washed clothes, swam, did 100 push-ups, called home, rang Macca on the ABC (but he didn’t answer), drank beer, had a swim, worked on writing this, had a nap, worked on the website and probably a dozen other things.
Back to our plan for the next week or so. On Monday we pull out again with Eddie and Ohso as well, so 6 bikes, 3 cars, 2 trailers, and go down towards Old Andando. Then, on Tuesday, we push across to Mt Dare and Dalhousie Springs, where we meet Rohan Yorstan to make it 7 bikes. Then on Wednesday we hit the Simpson.
The first bloke to see the Simpson was Charles Sturt, who visited the region from 1844-1846. It was named by Cecil Madigan after Alfred Alen Simpson, an Australian industrialist and philanthropist. It was crossed by the Leyland Brothers during their 1966 crossing of the country that we are following, and we will cross it too. There was much thought and discussion tonight about how to go about it, what to expect, how hard will it be, how hot. As HEMA Maps says “The Simpson Desert is close to the collective hearts of explorers all over Australia, its history and notoriety making it a golden reference on the resume' of any four-wheel driver.”
We modern day explorers are ready.
http://www.hemamaps.com.au/en/Trip-Preparation/How-to-Cross-the-Simpson-Desert
What do you do on a warm (39 degrees), sunny Sunday in Alice Springs? Prepare and pack up to go to an even warmer and sunnier Simpson Desert. Our next challenge is the Simpson. It is iconic in outback Australia, and creeping into our thoughts and conversations as the day draws on.
What else did we do? Had a nice breakfast, went to the pub, spent $700 on groceries and over $200 on beer, had more haircuts, fixed more stupid trailers, visited the RFDS Tourist facility, fixed the drone, fixed the electrical issues on Max, put everything that we had pulled out of everywhere back in, restocked the trailer and fridges, washed clothes, swam, did 100 push-ups, called home, rang Macca on the ABC (but he didn’t answer), drank beer, had a swim, worked on writing this, had a nap, worked on the website and probably a dozen other things.
Back to our plan for the next week or so. On Monday we pull out again with Eddie and Ohso as well, so 6 bikes, 3 cars, 2 trailers, and go down towards Old Andando. Then, on Tuesday, we push across to Mt Dare and Dalhousie Springs, where we meet Rohan Yorstan to make it 7 bikes. Then on Wednesday we hit the Simpson.
The first bloke to see the Simpson was Charles Sturt, who visited the region from 1844-1846. It was named by Cecil Madigan after Alfred Alen Simpson, an Australian industrialist and philanthropist. It was crossed by the Leyland Brothers during their 1966 crossing of the country that we are following, and we will cross it too. There was much thought and discussion tonight about how to go about it, what to expect, how hard will it be, how hot. As HEMA Maps says “The Simpson Desert is close to the collective hearts of explorers all over Australia, its history and notoriety making it a golden reference on the resume' of any four-wheel driver.”
We modern day explorers are ready.
http://www.hemamaps.com.au/en/Trip-Preparation/How-to-Cross-the-Simpson-Desert