Sorry mate, it's not mine but a mate that I was travelling with at the time...

@@robmacca67 Haha, all good, thanks

Not sure what you are getting at?

@colinduncan908 That’s very useful to know as I have an identical Perentie 6x6 to what you have and I’m actually fixing up the PTO atm. By the way can you tell me which wheels and tyres you have on it please. I’m looking at replacing the 7.50 R16’s it came with as they are over 10 years old and I don’t trust them on the highway. I’m trying to workout what are the tallest off road tyres that will fit with and without playing with the offsets. Not looking to go too wide as it’s mainly for sand driving and I know from having lived on Straddie that skinny tyres do just fine in the sand as long as you lower your tyre pressures appropriately. I would like to go to taller tyres to effectively increase overall gearing albeit slightly, gain a little extra ground clearance and increase the tyre footprint when running low pressures for sand driving.

255/ 85 r16 yokohama geolandar g003. Zero offset wolf rims from klr automotive in Windsor NSW.

@@colinduncan908Thanks for that mate👍😊

Hey Mate... we went east to west, so in theory u supposed to use more fuel in that direction. I believe now u can only go from west to east which is a bit easier on the fuel. In the Defender which was probably a bit over-weight I carried 230ltrs (50ltrs on roof and 180ltrs under the car). I never touched the 50ltrs on the roof. We did do a few side trips and the distance we covered between fuel top-ups was 1097kms and used 168.82ltrs = 15.4ltrs/100kms (family of 5 was onboard, so we were heavy) - Hope that helps

@@robmacca67 cheers rob, that helps a great deal.

Cheers mate.... hoping to get back there next year for more exploring

Hey Kev... that is us and it was my defenders first outing. Still wanting to visit Geo Ctr next year and if all goes well I’ll keep u in the loop as to what’s happening

Gascoyne Guy, Partly... it wasn’t a LR Club trip but the 3 Defenders are LR Club members...

@@robmacca67 Thats cool, I flipped open my new Hema Map book a shrt time ago & discovered the Madigan Line.. Bucket list for my Cruiser for sure.. btw I liked the Video..

@@R00RAL Yeah, we found the Madigan smoother than the French/QAA Lines as those were severely chopped up... unfortunately as the Madigan Line becomes more popular, it will just become as rough as the other tracks...

Also, u are starting to see the Madigan Tracks appear on the free OSM,etc sites

@@robmacca67 Popular, reminds me of the Finke pre-car days.. when only bikes raced the event.. Now look how chopped it is.. Ive got some saving to do to mod my cars suspension, replace rear axle & housing to widen it.. engine tune, exhaust.. fit out camper on the tray ( single cab ) missus wants a wrap put on it too..

These tracks are in Sundown National Park and its called the Rats Castle Loop... It's getting quite chewed out now the more people visit the place... There is some other tracks too which I can't really say where they are located

Nah... its an old 2.5 Tdi300 - old school :) I do also own a 2.4 Defender 110 version as well

maree quinn around 15 front and 18 rear at cold temps. This would increase by a few psi as the tyres heated up through out the day. Could have gone lower with the tyres we were running

Thanks mate ;)

Hey Rick... That's very interesting as I too 1st visited Kuddaree Waterhole back in 1994. Back then I knew nothing of it as I was just following an old fella who knew about it and wanted to show us. We camped there the night, then followed Eyre creek all the way south until we reached the QAA line. I remember we passed an old rusty steel boat along the way as well. Kuddaree Waterhole did have water in it as well when we visited in July'94

Thanks for the reply...yes there was water. We crossed the Simpson west to east and travelled up Eyre Creek via Annandale to Kuderee. We were a supply group for a crew that had done the Madigan. There was no track in those days but there was a lot of tyre repair. The trip was organised by a 4x4 mag and was led by Geoff and Lisa Portman. Geoff led the Madigan trip and Lisa led the Simmo. It was just after the Birdsville races in 1994. I still have photos from that trip. All the best...

Matt Luszczak Thanks mate... coming from Toyota’s all my life, I’m absolutely loving the Landies... 👍

Mujahid Rasheed I believe it’s the HDFT engine out of the 80’s

@@robmacca67 No wonder.. cos it definately dint sound / seem like either of those two.. Good Stuff!

Thanks mate..... it’s a great spot for exploring....

Yes, there is an easier track down way off to the right b4 u get to these more difficult sections. You need to keep an eye out for it otherwise u will miss it

Yes.... I haven't been up there for a couple of years but I would assume it's changed a fair bit too...