birding-aus

Tanami Desert Road

To: Alistair McKeough <>, Gregory Little <>
Subject: Tanami Desert Road
From: Alex Hunter <>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:17:40 +1100
Clearance may be like Landcruiser but the angle of approach and departure is 
where you come unstuck (or stuck).

Alex.> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:12:30 +1100> From: 
> To: > Subject: Re: 
[Birding-Aus] Tanami Desert Road> CC: > > Greg - some 
general comments without specific road knowledge.> > Is it a manual Forrester 
with low range? If so, you should be fine. The low> range is, I think, a 47% 
reduction in ratio which, while not "full 4WD low> range", means you at least 
have something in reserve if it gets rough.> > As far as clearance goes , 
although it doesn't have the elevated ride> position of the "soccer Mum" cars 
(X-trail, CRV, Kluger, RAV4 etc) it> actually has more ground clearance at 
200mm - only 25mm less than a> Landcruiser.> > Alistair> > > > > > On 
22/01/2008, Gregory Little <> wrote:> >> > Gooday birders> 
>> > Can anyone out there tell me if it is possible and safe (or suicide) to> > 
drive a Subaru Forester along the full length of the Tanami Desert Road.> > My 
next RFI may be for Princess Parrot info so then you will see where> > this and 
the swag info is going.> >> > Greg Little> >> > Greg Little - Principal 
Consultant> > General Flora and Fauna> > PO Box 526> > Wallsend, NSW, 2287, 
Australia> > Ph 02 49 556609> > Fx 02 49 556671> > HYPERLINK 
"http://www.gff.com.au"www.gff.com.au> >> >> > No virus found in this outgoing 
message.> > Checked by AVG Free Edition.> > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 
269.19.8/1236 - Release Date:> > 21/01/2008 8:23 PM> >> > 
===============================> > www.birding-aus.org> > 
birding-aus.blogspot.com> >> > To unsubscribe from this mailing list,> > send 
the message:> > unsubscribe> > (in the body of the message, with no Subject 
line)> > to: > > 
===============================> >> ===============================> 
www.birding-aus.org> birding-aus.blogspot.com> > To unsubscribe from this 
mailing list, > send the message:> unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, 
with no Subject line)> to: > 
===============================
_________________________________________________________________
New music from the Rogue Traders - listen now!
http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=click&clientID=832&referral=hotmailtaglineOct07&URL=http://music.ninemsn.com.au/roguetraders==============================www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com

To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to: 
=============================
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU