The Dawson Simpson Desert/Kimberley adventure begins. We left on Saturday 13th July about a month later than what we had originally planned but many things had to be done and a trip like this doesn't happen without a great deal of preplanning. The most important decision was to keep our 25yr old Landcruiser instead of buying a new one and bring it up to "speed" with new gearbox, fuel tank, springs, brakes, windscreen, front wheel bearings and hubs, tie rod ends and or course painting and rewelding to make it look "spivvy". We also added a 60L water tank underneath and annexes both side for eating and sleeping. It now runs really well and looks ok!
Our first stop was in Toowoomba at Liz's place. Her friend Win was also there and their gorgeous dog Sophie. Liz had dinner for us and we stayed the night there. Plenty of music was played and Liz was rueing her sore finger tips from not enough guitar practice. Liz went on a 100km bike ride on Sundau morning and we left early to do a spot of car shopping (filters etc) and then onto Chinchilla via the back roads thus avoiding loads of road work on the Dalby road.
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