Tour Nominations

People category:

Babe of the tour: Twin Falls G-string (ask Rob for details!!!)
Hunk of the tour: Peter skipper of The Wild Thing
Jerk of the tour: Cooinda Lodge uttering: "mine is the coolest car in the car park"
Airhead of the tour: Ubirr Rock, stoned out of her tiny mind - girl spinning with 'happiness'


We don't mind if we didn't used it:

Shovel
Extra cash
Spare tubes
Cheque books
Spare wheels
Chain and shackles
All spares except fuses
Tyrelevers (one of them)
Highlift jack with extension strap
Royal Flying Doctor Services (RFDS) radio (phew)


Should have brought:

Dive tickets
Receipt for battery
Rubber solution glue
Less cold weather clothes
Spatula for pancake turning
Video camera (if it'd worked)
More warm weather clotes
More water carrying capacity (bigger day sack + more bottles)


Should have left:

Tomato puree
3 green plastic plates
Old solenoid (between Darwin and Perth)


Most fun:

Max (GPS) Tap-Tap and tape recorder


High lights:

BHP tour
The Wild Thing
El Questro Gorge
Tanami Goldmine
Gunlom in Kakadu
Twin Falls river crossing * 2
Alien Resurrection (as seen in Alice)
Gulyambi Cruise (East Alligator River)
Bojangels (excl. emu) - Restaurant in Alice


Low lights:

Katherine
Breakdown (not afterwards)
Rain into the tent at Tulki Beach
All river crossings except Twin Falls
Being dehydrated at the Bungle Bungle
Alice Breakfast TV ("don't eat kangaroos")
Lunch at the conference (according to Rob)
Finke (missed challending 4WD conditions
Yardi Creek without water and without soft sand
Merl (cooking with bugs + taking the tent down)


Used little:

CB radio
Water tap
Tomato purree
Rear tow hooks
2 pouring spouts for diesel
2^nd spare tyre + roof bars + straps


Surprises:

Positive Gunlom Pine Creek the Wild Thing Gulyambi Cruise Gunlom - huge lizard 24 hour Coles (supermaket) Marakai Appartments (Broome)

Negative Show in Alice Stoctake in Giles Rodeo in Katherine Sunday in Halls Creek Stocktake in Warburton Wednesday in Katherine

Best ideas before departure:

Fuses
Cup-a-soups
Clothes pegs
Netting shelf
Fluorescent light
Mashed potatoes
Little milk jigglers
Trangia meths bottle
Splitting Polly's box
"Stretchie" for the rear door
Wooden shelf + tiedown straps
Tennis ball for the rear spare wheel
JEMS (John, Elizabeth, Matthew & Simon) pen for the tapedeck


Most used (work):

Tape recorder
Netting shelf
Trangia stove
Enamel cups + plates
Conan the compressor
"Stretchie" for the rear door
Tap-Tap and 12 vold inverter
Base plate for jack used as table
Polly the portable 12 volt battery
Kramer, Elain and George (Jerry cans)


Useful by surprise:

Tarpauling
Lilo fixer
Baseplate
Fly netting
Clothes pegs
"Twisty" wire
Battery tester
Hild's thongs
Alcohol swabs
Socket set for seat
Chubbs (Wet-Ones)
Water carrier with spout
CRC 5.56 (can of spray)
Rear bumper to pour water
Not stopping Saturday night
Frying pan to put out the Trangia flame!!


Kitchen ideas:

Baseplate
Dried veggies
Lavash bread
Mashed potatoes
Tuna in prawn curry
Breakfast bars (Rob's idea)

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