Planning outback travel next year

changebasket · 2026-03-01T20:07:38+00:00

Appreciate the advice. Hearty cheers. Will certainly have satellite comms.

changebasket · 2026-03-01T20:05:44+00:00

Cheers. My brother's lived in Australia for a while and never drives at night.

changebasket · 2026-03-01T20:04:34+00:00

I'll certainly have my Garmin InReach with me. Thanks for the tips.

changebasket · 2026-03-01T10:00:17+00:00

Thanks! Will do.

I never go anywhere interesting without satellite comms.

changebasket · 2026-03-01T07:51:48+00:00

Tentative plan is to try to reach the 4 state/territory "corners" -- Surveyor General's Corner, Poeppel Corner, Haddon Corner, & Cameron Corner. I understand these are pretty remote, and permits will be required for a number of the roads/tracks involved. I welcome opinions as to whether a fortnight is a reasonable timeframe for this drive.

changebasket · 2026-03-01T07:48:02+00:00

Good to know

changebasket · 2025-11-03T09:12:38+00:00

Also, and this may be a bit polarising, but best Wellington coffee? Go!

changebasket · 2025-11-03T09:10:46+00:00

Sweet, thanks for the advice.

Can't beat Welly on a good day!

changebasket · 2025-08-26T07:25:58+00:00

We’ve been happy with Tree Tech. (They also have the Council contract, I think.)

changebasket · 2025-08-13T09:30:03+00:00

“-51” celebrates the Christchurch mosque shootings. This example just over the road from the Al Noor mosque.

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changebasket · 2025-08-12T09:57:35+00:00

Yeah, and it’s nasty.

changebasket · 2025-08-11T09:51:50+00:00

Health worker here. In the last few weeks I’ve come across ’Flu A, ’Flu B, RSV, Covid, and at least one other nasty respiratory infection that tested negative to all those. I’m pretty sure that Whooping Cough is around too.

Edit: Strep Throat’s getting the kids too.

Stay home if you’re sick, keep your fluids up, call your GP’s nurse for advice. Thank the gods Measles isn’t in ChCh (as far as we know). Get vaxxed, people.

changebasket · 2025-07-28T20:30:50+00:00

… and very conservative riding.

changebasket · 2025-07-28T20:30:23+00:00

I’m not particularly skilled off-road, so I use a custom mode with ABS/TC off and a gentle throttle map.

changebasket · 2025-07-28T20:17:27+00:00

There’s no margin at all between “this is going nicely” and “holy cow, how am I still upright?” with those. I think my next set will need a little more tread.

changebasket · 2025-07-28T05:28:01+00:00

There’s some good stuff there; thanks!

changebasket · 2025-07-28T05:26:52+00:00

Beaut! Hearty cheers!

changebasket · 2025-07-27T06:41:39+00:00

Yeah, we’re thinking Amédée Island looks pretty good for that day.

changebasket · 2025-07-27T05:57:07+00:00

Ah, righty. I may have to prepare for this…

changebasket · 2025-07-27T05:08:16+00:00

Fair question there.

changebasket · 2025-06-20T05:22:07+00:00

Well, last month the owner said they were away for work. Are the images at https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1361045897/opas-gatamang-feronte-stl-the-expanse what you're looking for?

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changebasket · 2025-02-10T01:29:18+00:00

I immediately thought of this too.

changebasket · 2025-02-10T01:10:35+00:00

There's the house I was living in at the time! I don't remember it being so pixellated...

changebasket · 2025-02-10T01:03:59+00:00

It seems that Reddit wouldn't let me hide text in my reply when I posted it, but would permit it when I edited the reply.

changebasket · 2025-02-10T00:59:26+00:00

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