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Originally Posted by Vince
I live 10 miles south of Welshpool, about 100 metres from England.
Racing circuit track days are popular now. Speed cameras are everywhere!
I think I have some idea of the distances in Australia, probably not the remoteness. I've driven the whole way from Connecticut on the East Coast USA to Moab 2200 miles away in less than 5 days. 500+ miles per day, 8-12hrs of driving per day. That's been my longest single road trip with just sleep and fuel stops so far. I have driven lots of 500 to 700 mile single journeys mostly on improved roads but not that distance on just dirt tracks.
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Yep, here too..speed cams are everywhere now.
Driving in USA is easy, plenty of gas stops, etc.
I broke an axle at Pritchett Cyn, got out in 3 WD and fully repaired in about 2 hours by Steve Nantz at Moab 4x4 Outpost. Costed me $295 all up.
Not so here where parts could take a while. Tow & repairs are exxy too...
You may want to join a local club when they do their big cross country trips.
I second contacting XXXpedition Sven for more info.
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the xj had to stay in australia...
well, after a lot of hesitation we decided to sell the truck down under. it had over 250k miles on it and after rolling it twice in the states its body took its beating. thousands of miles of corrugated road in oz didn't help. the roofrack broke through the gutter three times. although we welded it every time the roof separated completely from the rest of the body. due to this condition the rig was not going to survive the technical inspection it would have to go through in europe. therefore it wouldn't have been road worthy and couldn't have been registered. for this reason we thought it's not worth spending a lot of money to ship the vehicle around the globe.. |
PM me if you're coming to Sydney, we'll take you out and around the Blue Mountains, Central and South Coasts.. Show you around the colony a bit.