OKA Gathering 2018
- Lang
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Trying to plan the first half of the year and, if it fits, an OKA gathering would be on the plan.
What about somewhere like Port Lincoln to give the WA and NT mob a fair chance?
Lincoln National Park has some good camp sites and beaches. Coffin Bay has lots of more remote tracks and plenty of beaches.
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And not too far for us either.
Keep the thoughts percolating.
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We had the F350 4X4 at that time and towed a tinny out there.
I reckon it would be pretty popular in the school holidays, so avoiding those would be a good idea for those who can.
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- Lang
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If you look at Coffin Bay National Park on the map you will find there is no beach driving necessary. I think Peter is just exercising "because I can" option on his beach photo.
Having driven on beaches all my life without corrosion problems I think the instant rust fear is not justified. All it takes is a good wash afterwards to keep the vehicle rust free. Most people who have rust from beaches either work there , drive through the waves or do not wash their vehicles properly afterwards.
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But things may have changed of course.
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EDIT My memory might be a bit hazy?
My old 1:50,000 Auslig map of the area shows "4WD track along beach" along 7 Mile Beach to near Morgans Landing, so that is further west than I thought, and longer than 3km, if it is still valid.
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- Lang
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I will check, but going off the park info and Google Earth it looks like a dry run.
A lot can change in 16 years (including my hairline)
Will confirm
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- Lang
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As an exercise I just ran an arc of 1,000km from Mount Isa, Mackay, Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide. Amazingly with almost no triangle of error the lines all cross at one point - Currawinya National Park near Hungerford.
Melbournites have an extra 100km. Alice Springs an extra 250km Doesn't help Darwin and Perth people.
Currawinya has one of the most important wetland/bird areas in central Australia.
www.npsr.qld.gov.au/parks/currawinya/
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Fowlers Bay itself is a small community with a caravan park and jetty, and a not very attractive beach, but we have spent a lot of time over the years a few kms west of Fowlers Bay at a spot called Mexican Hat. One of our favourite places in SA.outyonda wrote: Fowlers Bay plenty of space west of Ceduna
Some good 4X4 tracks along the coast, good fishing and plenty of "un controlled" space.
It is NP and fees apply. We expect to spend a few days (or more) there in the next month.
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Lang wrote:
Currawinya has one of the most important wetland/bird areas in central Australia.
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... and FABULOUS campsites on the Paroo River.
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If you are looking for a coastal spot in summer, it does not get much better than this. We usually don't "share" this spot
It is accessible by 2WD and gets popular during holidays. Plenty of 4WD exploring opportunities along this section of coast, and other camping spots too, but not quite up to this one.
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It would make sense weatherwise especially if we want to make it more central and more equidistant as that means towards the centre of the continent where it is too hot in summer.
As Lang said Currawinya would be a good spot being very nearly central and would work in the cooler months.
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The 2 fingers was in answer to Margaret's question as to how long it was going to take to get out.
It was probably 3 or 4 hours using a Turfor, shovel and compressor (tyres went down to zero on the gauge)..
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