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| OUR BIG TRIP MARY & OLI GOING AROUND AUSTRALIA |
INNAMINCKA - BIRDSVILLE - Page 1
30 June 2007, Saturday
Off to Birdsville following the Cordillo Downs Road. Today it was about 430 km's to Birdsville and no real idea on how the
track is. The only info we got was that it should take about 6 hours and it is the best way of going to Birdsville - well at the
end it should have taken us 6 hours driving and this is actually the only way to Birdsville which was open. Actually 6 hours -
well you will see later why it took a little more than planed. On the way to Birdsville you find the largest Woolshed in Australia
- Cordillo Downs. Also the Caldega Homestead Ruins, both of which we have photos below.
30 June 2007, Saturday
Off to Birdsville following the Cordillo Downs Road. Today it was about 430 km's to Birdsville and no real idea on how the
track is. The only info we got was that it should take about 6 hours and it is the best way of going to Birdsville - well at the
end it should have taken us 6 hours driving and this is actually the only way to Birdsville which was open. Actually 6 hours -
well you will see later why it took a little more than planed. On the way to Birdsville you find the largest Woolshed in Australia
- Cordillo Downs. Also the Caldega Homestead Ruins, both of which we have photos below.
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Exit from Innamincka before the Cooper Creek Causeway - which was actually not flooded. The Gate at Cordillo Downs
Station and the entrance to the Woolshed area.
Station and the entrance to the Woolshed area.
Cordillo Downs Woolshed - now more used as Garage and
Storage place. At the end this was quite disappointing, but it was
on the way and good to stretch the legs. The corrugations are
killing my right arm and leg from being on the steering wheel
and acc. pedal all the time. And they will have more influence on
other parts of the car later.
Storage place. At the end this was quite disappointing, but it was
on the way and good to stretch the legs. The corrugations are
killing my right arm and leg from being on the steering wheel
and acc. pedal all the time. And they will have more influence on
other parts of the car later.
The Caldega Homestead Ruins including car with lots of bullet
holes. People are just having too much fun, I guess.
holes. People are just having too much fun, I guess.
This was part of the Cordillo Downs Road on the QLD side, which
was much better than the SA side. Finally we got to Birdsville
after about 7.5 hours driving rather than 6 - why that?
was much better than the SA side. Finally we got to Birdsville
after about 7.5 hours driving rather than 6 - why that?
Here is the reason why !!!
I guess the corrugations have done
some fatigue work to one of the rear
shock mounting brackets and the
road today was quite bad in areas.
After hitting the Birdsville
Development Road which was much
better I got back to driving 80-90 km/h.
This is not really fast considering the
speed the other cars drive out here,
however it was enough that during
one DIP the car went down at the rear
quite heavily and I heard a funny
noise. After the next few ones and
feeling the car quite soft and loosing
the rear shock adjustment pressure
we stopped. Here is the result in
pictures. Luckily with the Poly Airbags
at the rear the drive to Birdsville
(about 90 km's left) was not too bad,
just took much more time than what
we thought. Obviously cars driving by
where asking questions through the
UHF radio and yes I am used to those
owning a Jeep. "Are you cooling down
your Jeep?", "Bloody Jeep drivers -
what's up, mate, any fuel problem?".
Monday we get it fixed in Birdsville -
the guy wanted to start straight away
but we told him that we wait until
Monday to solve it, because we were
planning to stay 3 nights anyway. On
the right the trophy at the Birdsville
Caravan Park. The old shocks are
going back on the rear - Old Man Emu
instead of Ranchos.
I guess the corrugations have done
some fatigue work to one of the rear
shock mounting brackets and the
road today was quite bad in areas.
After hitting the Birdsville
Development Road which was much
better I got back to driving 80-90 km/h.
This is not really fast considering the
speed the other cars drive out here,
however it was enough that during
one DIP the car went down at the rear
quite heavily and I heard a funny
noise. After the next few ones and
feeling the car quite soft and loosing
the rear shock adjustment pressure
we stopped. Here is the result in
pictures. Luckily with the Poly Airbags
at the rear the drive to Birdsville
(about 90 km's left) was not too bad,
just took much more time than what
we thought. Obviously cars driving by
where asking questions through the
UHF radio and yes I am used to those
owning a Jeep. "Are you cooling down
your Jeep?", "Bloody Jeep drivers -
what's up, mate, any fuel problem?".
Monday we get it fixed in Birdsville -
the guy wanted to start straight away
but we told him that we wait until
Monday to solve it, because we were
planning to stay 3 nights anyway. On
the right the trophy at the Birdsville
Caravan Park. The old shocks are
going back on the rear - Old Man Emu
instead of Ranchos.
