Trip Plan - Wyperfeld/Big Desert Sept holidays

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 1:10 am

Ok, plan is to hit up the Wyperfeld and Big Desert in the first week of the school holidays.

Dates: Saturday 21st September (arrive) - Saturday 28th September (depart).

Plan will be to meet up on Saturday the 21st - a day to travel and relax when we arrive.

Meet Point: I'm thinking first night's camp would be at our classic - O.T.I.T. Other option would be Snow Drift for a different angle into the area.

If at O.T.I.T. we can take the Northern track with the possibility of that wet weather only track. After this I've got to find my map that's gone AWOL it's been so long

But I have thoughts of heading into Big Desert and hitting up a camp site or two in there - The Gums is one of them. The Boarder Track could be an option depending on time.

Fuel Points: Best to carry at least a Jerry can for this trip, but Fuel is available from Rainbow, Underbool and Murrayville. Rainbow has some weird opening times:

^ Hoping these haven't changed since I was last there in September last year, I'm itching to get out again!

Really I'm keen to just get out there for a week and cruise around - I'm keen to try out some new tracks and am open to suggestions.

Looking forward to this and I'm hoping some "new" members might make it as well as the usual gang

Cheers

Bennie

PS - image works in the preview but wasn't coming up in the thread, hope it works for everyone!

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:39 pm

I'd love to go, esp having missed the last one, but will have to play it by ear...

El_Freddo wrote: Meet Point: I'm thinking first night's camp would be at our classic - O.T.I.T. Other option would be Snow Drift for a different angle into the area.

Whats OTIT?

Maybe they go fishin' Saturday arvo

Post by **yarney** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 4:07 pm

Would love to do this trip Bennie nearly got there in April
But am doing another trip around Coffs harbor area

Jan

PS what is O.T.I.T

subaruby · Post by **subaruby** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:14 pm

Love to come on this trip but not sure I can, it would not be for the whole 7 days. I will have ave to wait and see

Venom · Post by **Venom** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:57 am

I'll be up for some if not the full trip.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:51 pm

NachaLuva wrote:I'd love to go, esp having missed the last one, but will have to play it by ear...

No worries, I'm hoping you can make it!

NachaLuva wrote:Whats OTIT?

yarney wrote:PS what is O.T.I.T

Well, I have no idea what it actually stands for but it's a pretty good location to camp at!

yarney wrote:Would love to do this trip Bennie nearly got there in April
But am doing another trip around Coffs harbor area

Either bring them with you or leave them and join us!

subaruby wrote:Love to come on this trip but not sure I can, it would not be for the whole 7 days. I will have ave to wait and see

That's all good, it'd be great to have you there for some of it! Bring the family

Venom wrote:I'll be up for some if not the full trip.

Sweet.

More to come on the planning front later

Cheers

Bennie

Rodeo4jake · Post by **Rodeo4jake** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 10:35 pm

I will make it to one of your Mallee trips eventually. I would rate that area as probably my favourite in Vic. As much as I would love to come, I'll unfortunately be on a 6 week trip touring around in my new Hilux with the ineffective LSD

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Here's a pic of it, as it's been mentioned a couple times now.

I know it's a Toyota, but I'm pretty proud of my efforts in getting a standard car to this stage in my shed in a very short time.
Have fun guys & gals.

Cheers Jake

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 10:55 pm

Rodeo4jake wrote:As much as I would love to come, I'll unfortunately be on a 6 week trip touring around in my new Hilux

Yeah, sounds really "unfortunate"!!!

Have fun mate - can't add this into your trip??

Cheers

Bennie

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 7:56 pm

Trip itinerary:

Day 1: Saturday: travel, arrive and camp at OTIT

Day 2: Sunday: From OTIT head to Snow Drift or Casurina to camp via Wonga Camp

Day 3: Monday: Underbool to refuel, then hit up the fire break tracks to get into Big Desert SF, Camp at Red Gums.

Day 4: Tuesday: Head East deep into the Big Desert SF picking tracks as we go - camp at Big Billy Camp Ground.

Day 5: Wednesday: Fuel up in Murray Ville, then turn around and head south to Chinaman Well Track, Pella Track and Milmed Rock Track to camp at Round Swamp Camp Ground - or just take Milmed Rock Track to write in the Milmed Rock Guest Book

Day 6: Thursday: Head to Western Beach at Lake Albacutya and do the Perra Track West to East, camp at O.T.I.T again.

Day 7: Friday: Decide on where to head next...

Day 8: Saturday: head home from wherever we end up.

Keen to hear other's thoughts on this. I've discussed this with Venom as I was have pre trip envy overload so to speak!

Looking forward to it! Ruby Scoo should have a new setup if all goes well

Cheers

Bennie

pezimm · Post by **pezimm** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 1:10 pm

Hey Bennie,

That's quite an itinerary!! I'm keen, but will most likely have to break away either Tuesday or Wednesday arvo to be back at work the following morning - I'm also working the 28-29th weekend.

If I can get the third day off, I might hang around till Wed and head back from the end of Chinaman Well track...

This will be good!!

Pedro.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:44 pm

I'm hoping you can get the third day off mate!

Cheers

Bennie

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 10:55 pm

I would also encourage any SA members from Adelaide (or East of) to join us on this trip, your travel time is about half an hour more than what mine is from home

Thought it worth mentioning

Cheers

Bennie

pezimm · Post by **pezimm** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:21 pm

El_Freddo wrote:I'm hoping you can get the third day off mate!

Cheers

Bennie

Good news!

I've got the 3 days off!! So I will be there from Saturday when it all starts through to Wednesday arvo...

Ahh, I'll be bringing a mate along in the car... He hasn't seen a lot of Oz and he'll be fresh off the plane so we've got the task of convincing him to get a Subie and become a regular, shouldn't be too hard!

Cheers,
Pedro.

BBoypebs · Post by **BBoypebs** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:47 pm

Count me in, haven't taken the ute for a run for a long time

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:11 pm

Awesome!

I think that makes 4 now - Venom could still be out depending, but hopefully all goes well and he's there

I'm getting really amped up for this trip - it's been a while coming and this weekend is all about setting the car up for the trip and getting "a few" last things done on Ruby Scoo.

I'll keep my eye on this thread during the week, probably update it next Friday before we had off on the Saturday.

Cheers

Bennie

pezimm · Post by **pezimm** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:14 pm

Talk about preparations... I was changing my tyres from road to off-road and noticed a shiny little round thing on one of the spares, took it off and who would have thought: it was a screw! Massive air leak, just check the video below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJoGv14WwtE

Really pays off to check your stuff before you hit the road, even more so the off road...

Having said all that, I'm really looking forward to this!!

Pedro.

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 9:35 pm

Bugger...that tyre really looks screwed!

:rolleyes:

This always goes with me now:
Bushranger Plugga II Tyre Repair Kit | eBay

If you get a tyre repair kit, only get the type with the metal handle. The plastic ones are known for breaking, resulting in the shaft being embedded in your palm under much force!

These are great to get back to civilisation to get your tyre repaired properly, however I have heard of these "temporary" repairs lasting many years.

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:47 am

i don't think they are a temporary fix at all. the tyre shop does exactly the same thing...

I have plugged a few different tyres and they all lasted until the tyre was ready to be replaced.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:55 pm

Packing is going well. Still got quite a bit to do but I'm happy with the progress.

Radio channel 28 I reckon - just sounds like a good number.

Please bring a bag of wood with you as wood is not always easily available.

Close now!

Cheers

Bennie