Continuing the fine tradition of SA Parrotheads 2009
event
"We Didn't Start The Fire"
Come and enjoy the October Long Weekend traversing Googs
Track.
Googs Track runs north from Ceduna until you meet the
Transcontinental Railway Line at Malbooma passing through the
Yumbarra Conservation Park and the Yellabinna Recreation Reserve
along the way.
Googs Track was named after John (Goog) Denton who envisioned that
a road heading from Ceduna to Tarcoola would be of considerable
value to the region. Goog decided to undertake this enormous task
in 1976 and with the help from his family, the track was finished
in around three years.
Googs Memorial
The Main Event
With last years event being a dinner event this year will be a
cookup for breakfast to showcase your culinary skills at preparing
the most important meal of the day.
Pancakes, omlettes, waffles or just plain old porridge come along
and show what you can do to start off the day.
Itinerary
Friday 1st
October
Meet on Friday 1st Oct at 0715 at the Caltex Service Station on the
way out of Adelaide on Pt Wakefield Road with a departure time for
the first packet of 0730 sharp and the second packet departing an
hour later at 0830.
The first day will be spent travelling to Gawler Ranges NP via Pt
Augusta, Kimba and Wudinna.
Distance of approx 620km with the night spent camping in the
national park at one of the campgrounds.
This is a long drive so the departure times will be adhered
to!!
Gawler Ranges NP incurs the standard natinal park camping fee per
vehicle payable at the self registation stations within the
park.
Saturday 2nd
October
Day two will be spent travelling to Goog's lake via Minnipa,
Poochera, Wirrulla and Ceduna.
Distance of approx 350kms, with a possible side trip to Lois Rocks
(to find cache Comet Nalara-Lois) of 104kms return.
The night will be spent bush camping at Googs Lake.
Googs Track will incur an access/camping fee payable in Ceduna
prior to begininng the track.
Sunday 3rd
October
Day three will include the main event and will be spent finishing
off the track and travelling to just below Woomera, via Mt Finke,
Tarcoola, Kingoonya, Glendambo and Woomera.
Distance of approx 450kms.
The last nights camping will be bush camping near the cache
'Gunson'.
Monday 4th
October
And the last day will be spent travelling home along the Stuart
Hwy.
A distance of approx 450kms.
Fees and charges for
camping/access will be updated as we get closer to the event
date
Like all good itineraries this is flexible and open to change,
however to fit it all in within 4 days means a few long days
driving.
Camping near Goog's lake
Vehicle Requirements
This is a terrain 5 cache
for a reason
It is a necessity that your vehicle is a high clearance, low range
equipped 4WD,
You must carry a minimum of 1 spare tyre AND tyre puncture repair
equipment,
You must have some recovery equipment ie shovel, snatch strap
etc,(this can be shared between vehicles)
Specific sand recovery equipment if you have it ie MAXTRAX,
You will need to air down your tyre's in order to drive on Googs
Track as it is very sandy so a compressor would be a good
idea,
The fuel capacity to travel 400km between stops, fuel is available
at Kingoonya via a credit card with a PIN only, otherwise the next
available fuel is Glendambo after leaving Ceduna
And a UHF radio would be a good idea to join in the convoy
chatter
A Sand Flag
Convoy Procedures
The convoy will be split into 2 packets of a roughly equal amount
of vehicles to each packet.
Each packet will have a 'Packet Commander' in charge of the
vehicles within the packet.
There will also be a 'Convoy Commander' in charge of the overall
convoy.
The second packet of vehicles will depart 1 hour after the first
packet. This will help to alleviate trying to manouvre a large
number of vehicles.
There will be limited time for caching on the first day. This is
essentially a travelling day to get us close to the start of the
track.
If you want to pick up any caches feel free to do so but the convoy
will not wait for you.
It is assumed that all people will have a UHF radio, if not then we
will do the headlight thing.
When someone has a minor problem that they can drive with they turn
the lights off and keep driving, the person in front of them turns
their lights off and so on untill the packet leader spots no lights
on the vehicle behind him and then he finds somewhere safe to pull
over and everyone stops in the safe place and the problem gets
sorted.
Adjusting Tyre Pressures
View to MtFinke
If you own a cache along our intended route that needs maintenance
please get in contact with someone on the attending list and we
will be happy to be of assistance if we can.
Logging Your Intentions
When logging your 'Will Attend' please include how many people are
coming with you, if you have any spare seating available in the
vehicle, your vehicle type (to assess suitability), and any
recovery gear you are bringing along.
Last year people shared vehicles and costs quite sucessfully, if
you would like to come along but do not have a suitable vehicle it
is suggested you contact someone who is coming and who has spare
seating.
Type of Vehicle, Participants by Vehicle and Spare
Seating
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Vehicle 1: Landrover Defender
Dvr- Adrian Mc
Pax 1- Muggle friend, "Cookie"
Pax 2- Mr o'cholio
Bringing shovel, snatch strap, high lift jack, compressor, open
mind, beer.
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Vehicle 2: Nissan Pathfinder
Dvr- Mr Parothead
Pax- Mrs Parrothead
Bringing shovel, snatch straps, tow straps, tree strap, bow
shackles, high lift jack, 6tonne jack, exhast jack, 2x compressor,
Maxtrax, axe, rope. Kitchen sink.
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Vehicle 3: Toyota Prado
Dvr- Mr Waldron
Pax 1- Mrs Waldron
Pax 2- Ms Waldron
Pax 3- Muggle Friend of Ms Waldron
Bringing usual recovery gear to help the Nissans out and usual
camping equipment: Taj Mahal tent x2, Louie Vuitton luggage,
personal trainer, massuse, 3 inflatable queen size
mattresses.
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Vehicle 4: Holden Frontera
Dvr- Scott Firesafe
Pax 1- Rachael Firesafe
Pax 2- Mr Setsujoku
Pax 3- Mrs Setsujoku
Bringing tow strap & compressor
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Vehicle 5: Toyota Hilux Surf
Dvr- Andrew Muggle
Pax 1- Lewis Muggle
Pax 2- Chelsea Muggle
Pax 3- Abbie Muggle
Bringing tow strap & compressor
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Vehicle 6: Toyota Prado
Dvr: Mr Whitedoggang
Pax 1: Mr emily~angel
Pax 2: Princess Consuela
Spare seats x
1
Bringing snatch staps, hi-lift, shovels, compressor, UHF & amp;
most important 80 litre Waeco for the home brew.
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Vehicle 7: Toyota Hilux
Dvr: Mr Burton
Pax 1: Mrs Burton
Bringing compressor, snatch straps, rope, SSS ( shiny shitting
shovel).
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Vehicle 8: Nissan Patrol
Dvr- Skippy
Pax 1- Unidentified mystery passenger
Pax 2-Four Fun
Spare seats x
??
Bringing winch chains, gratemates, snatch strap, hi lift jack,
Flying Doctors Radio, sky-hooks, container of welding sparks, left
handed screwdriver.
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Vehicle 9: Holden Rodeo
Dvr- Tk2
Pax 1-Gum Ako
Pax 2-Gum Nut
Bringing compressor, snatch strap, ropes ,repair kit.
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Vehicle 10: Toyota Lancruiser
Dvr- Pa Kettle
Pax 1- Ma Kettle
Pax 2,3,4 - Little Kettles
Bringing shovel, compressor, UHF, snatch strap.
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Further
information on the Gawler Ranges NP.
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/pdfs/BROCHURE_GAWLER_RANGES.PDF
Further information on Googs Track.
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/pdfs/PARKS_PDFS_GOOGS_TRACK.PDF
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/pdfs/PARKS_PDFS_GOOGS_ROAD_HISTORY.PDF
http://www.exploroz.com/TrekNotes/EyreHwy/Googs_Track.aspx