Dave et al
Yes, am aware of the Foresters limitations. Had a Landrover Defender for
11 years prior to the Subaru and know the Forester would not go anywhere
near where the Landy could go.
Greg Little
Greg Little - Principal Consultant
General Flora and Fauna
PO Box 526
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Stowe
Sent: Tuesday, 22 January 2008 4:29 PM
To: Alistair McKeough
Cc: Gregory Little;
Subject: Tanami Desert Road
Hi Greg
From memory of our trip along the Tanami in 2003 (from Newhaven to
Halls Creek) you won't have any dramas. As has already been mentioned
it's basically a big dirt road fairly well maintained due to the mine
vehicles going up there. No need for low range - pretty fast with the
odd dip and corrugations (alot like the development road to Cape York).
A good (but popular) place to camp along the way is one of the bores
(Montecolina Bore??) where we had lots of Honeyeaters to wake up too.
Alistair - Clearance might only be quoted as 25mm less than a cruiser
but have you looked under both? Alot more to it than the number. Only
got the diffs to worry about rather than the whole underbody!Front
and rear overhang are also alot worse for a Forester which can be
more of an issue in the dips.
Sorry - please don't take this as trying to start a 4wd debate! :)
Wish i was coming with you mate!
Also price of fuel in 2003 at Rabbit Flat was $1.60 per litre!
Cheers
Dave
On 22/01/2008, at 3:12 PM, Alistair McKeough wrote:
> 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
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