Originally Posted by
John Eacott
Try riding a motorbike: "In 1,200 kilometres make a left turn"
We supported an oil exploration drill off Eucla, near the WA/SA border. Two S61Ns and we doubled the population: bore water for the settlement, and 1 litre of fresh water/day for 'personal' use. Forrest was the nearest airstrip, alongside the railway line, and I've refuelled there a few times.
Talk about beyond the black stump: but the challenge was pre 1970-ish when the road was unsealed, and not unheard of for smaller cars to disappear in some of the hidden holes full of bull dust.
Reading that while sitting in lockdown in a flat in Newcastle (upon Tyne, not NSW) it sounds strangely exotic, but I'm guessing the novelty wore off after a couple of days, John
