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This is a document of my first 'Outbackexperience'.
We were on the way from Mt. Ebenizer to Ayers Rock and I was happy to sit in one of the famous Landcruiser 4WD Camper vehicles. At this stage you can see the vehicle stuck in a soft sand area next to a waterhole which looked like a air reflection from a distance and only came true short before we dropped into it. I didn't have any experience in 4WDing and so I walked up the next dune in order to look out for someone to help. Of course no one was around upt to the horizon. so I grabbed a spade and began digging out the wheels. After one hour I looked as red as an indian - thnaks to sweat and red sand. The vehicle immediatelly started to dig deeper into the sand and didn't move at all in any direction.
I was pretty desperate already, when I finally checked the front wheel locks and noticed that the gearbox was not in the right position too.;-))
With locked wheels and in the 4WD high positon the vehicle easly jumped out of the hole I digged out and it was not a problem at all to drive in the soft sand back to the next road.
This shortcut took about 2 hours of sweat and gave me a experience I will never forget. A very good advice which is very usefull anywhere in Australia's outback is: stay on the road - forget thinking about any shortcut if you don't know exactly where you are. |
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Hi Thomas - an essential "outback" shot with red earth and blue sky, the tiny vehicle gives scale to the immensity of the landscape and the flowers are a nice surprise, though despite the pretty flowers, not a hospitable place to get stuck in.
Hi Thomas,
Good note and interesting view of the landscape.
I guess you chose the viewpoint because of the foreground. But the car is too centered and the wide-angle lens shows it so small. Well you had other worries then.
Kari
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