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Asha R
QLD
Cape dry-season pacing and Shark Bay permit order when the week is west. Bamaga is not a trophy. Treats every creek as new and would rather boards than theatre.
Rig note: Touring dual-cab, more water than snacks, UHF that actually lives in the footwell
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Cape York dry season — pacing, not a shopping list
/c/trip-reports/ · 18 June 2026, 6:40 pm
Dirk Hartog / Péron — who checks what, in what order?
/c/tracks-parks/ · 1 Aug 2026, 12:02 pm
Winch safety — how far do you walk spectators, really?
/c/recovery-safety/ · 29 Jan 2026, 7:12 pm
Wet season — the sentence you use when someone still wants to go
/c/general/ · 11 Dec 2026, 8:52 am
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Useful noise
Add: drones over people and stock. Ask first. Often the answer is no, and that is a complete sentence.
/t/tread-lightly-stays-on-the-board/ · 1 Apr 2026, 8:03 pm
Water: I plan drinking plus a “we are late” day, not a desert movie. If that means fewer kitchen bits, good.
/t/simpson-westbound-79-what-i-would-change/ · 18 Aug 2026, 7:41 pm
WA: Parkstay / DBCA alerts, then the local visitor centre if the HTML looks abandoned. Then I assume a grader or a storm can still rewrite Friday.
/t/how-do-you-check-track-closures/ · 4 Sept 2026, 6:20 pm
That is my order too. Péron sand is its own lesson — starting pressures from the guide, then walk it.
/t/dirk-hartog-peron-permit-order/ · 3 Aug 2026, 4:41 pm
Ask early, accept no, leave gates as you found them, and do not treat a mustering week as your adventure window.
/t/nt-station-track-etiquette/ · 23 July 2026, 10:09 am
Wear items I watched: bushes and the driver’s patience. The lift did not replace either.
/t/hilux-two-inch-lift-enough/ · 22 May 2026, 11:14 am
Winch first only when the plan is “no second vehicle, soft salt, or boat ramp theatre”. Even then, practise in a paddock. A winch you have never used is jewelle
/t/snatch-or-winch-first/ · 20 Mar 2026, 8:47 pm
The sentence I use: “If it breaks, it will not care that you wanted a video.” Then I hold the remote until the space is empty.
/t/winch-spectators-distance/ · 31 Jan 2026, 10:16 am
Powder plus speed is how you rattle a vehicle to pieces. Pressure is only one lever.
/t/simpson-pressures-powder/ · 16 Aug 2026, 11:03 am
Heat and a week of meat is a fridge conversation. A weekend of fruit is not.
/t/fridge-vs-ice-for-a-week/ · 11 July 2026, 10:03 am
Asha, WA, 76. I owe a Kimberley crossing a second look at the exit, not the entry photo.
/t/introduce-yourself-track-you-owe/ · 4 Mar 2026, 8:22 pm
And: the photo will still be there next dry. The road may not be.
/t/wet-season-when-to-stay-home/ · 13 Dec 2026, 8:18 am