Kalgoorlie-Geraldton
Leaving Kal
28.06.2011 - 28.06.2011
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First stop will be Geraldton to leave some excess gear with Trish's mum and seeing as this excess gear is piled high in the caravan, we need to make Gero in one trip.
Quickest and shortest way is Kal, Southern Cross, Bullfinch, Mucca, Cordeux, Dalwallinu, Dongara, Gero. Anyone wanting a quick scenic route there is no better than this. It gets you away from all traffic on the highway, supports small wheatbelt towns and at the right time of year the wild flowers put on their spectacular display.
Unfortunately this time we copped a howling gale just outside of Kal which turned into driving rain 300 k's from Gero. Hence a lot of fuel stops and an economy return of just 4.9 km/L or 20.5L/100km. Pretty shocking in anyones language but the foul weather had a lot to do with it. Well I hope so anyway, don't want those figures for the rest of the trip.
Left Kal at 5:00 and arrived Gero 17:00 usually takes an easy 9 hours by car, the caravan and conditions added the rest.
Posted by john-trish 08.08.2011 21:25 Archived in Australia
