We had a truck drive into the community with some goods to unload last week. Calm down you lot – it’s not all that exciting. We usually have at least one truck visit a week! But this one came from the east. Down the Great Central Road that goes from the centre of Australia through to Perth.
He was a bit delayed.
How long does it take you to drive 200kms?
pic from Wikipedia
It took this truck driver and his truck 18 hours. Bogged three times in sand. That’s a lot of wheels to dig out. And some pretty big holes. I guess that is something to look forward to as I drive out next week.
Now this is the main road. Well, it’s the only road really. It’s all dirt
This truck is of course a road train. If you don’t know what that is, think of a semi trailer with a few extra trailers
The driver didn’t look too enthusiastic about driving back. I can understand that. A few years ago I spent a long time in the mud of Innamincka helping unbo a couple of cattle road trains. I guess he’s lucky it’s been good weather (I don’t think it has rained since December) and that the roads have improved heaps over the last few years.
edited Dec 08 Those interested in this most might also like to see a personal remote weather report and some pictures of desert country with rain.
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