trip planning

Yep, most probably right, nowadays I just roll with things, no sense getting knickers into a knot with worry ................ one thing I do know and I shouldn't get political here, Trump has put his foot in it big time ...............................

Refuelled today 200kms, 19.5lts for $54.25 ............................ getting up there I think Boondooma Homestead might be my limit, I owuld really like to just have ute and jerries full head off and just keep topping up as I go and see how far I manage... might make for some long stays as funds top up but be fun, no work to be annoying looking at dates etc. ....

Drover said:

ep, most probably right, nowadays I just roll with things, no sense getting knickers into a knot with worry .

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Yep, definitely the way to go!! Just hang in there and be thankful for what you have. Dreams come later.

We have house sitters booked for 3 months, plan was to go up the coast and then via charters towers to Alice then down to Ceduna along the bottom and back via broken hill and lightening ridge. We’ve been planning it for months, now who knows?? The house sitters is another problem so I’m not sure what’s going to happen, we’ve got them booked for next year as we were/are planning to do a lap, might be better off just going to Vietnam for a few months it would be way cheaper!

I'd be in a Quandry for sure Dave, though I think I would do it in reverse as the weather might improve that way .....................

Ampol Depot in Gympie just posted 288.9 for Diesel so in current form local places will end up about 7c more in a few days... god I hope not ...........

Thinking I will stay home or at least be leaving Big Mal home ....................... $51 per 100kms is a tad rich for me, working on 17l/100 @ $3/lt so have to be flat country........... maybe dig out the tent ...

It was put to me that I leave the van at home and stay in cabins or motels so I did the maths and came to the conclusion we'll still be going away next month, with Big Mal as since we off grid camp I can settle my mind with the excuse that the extra fuel cost is no more than a few nights in a caravan park and camped beside a river for a week or so will negate the thoughts of doom and be a heck of a lot cheaper ................ so long as I can refuel that is .................

"Always look on the Bright side of life"

Drover said:

It was put to me that I leave the van at home and stay in cabins or motels so I did the maths and came to the conclusion we'll still be going away next month, with Big Mal as since we off grid camp I can settle my mind with the excuse that the extra fuel cost is no more than a few nights in a caravan park and camped beside a river for a week or so will negate the thoughts of doom and be a heck of a lot cheaper ................ so long as I can refuel that is .................

"Always look on the Bright side of life"

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I’m thinking the same Ian. Ed are dead for a long time and this mess of Trumps could continue for years!! Or I’ll just spend three months at Tin Can Bay lol

I would still like to head out to Charleville for Anzac Day at least. All these towns and local folk will be doing it real tough as their tourist trade will fall away...again...not unlike when the Governments forced people to stay at home because of the Chinese virus... It'll be both fuel availability and price that'll decide as I refuse to pay silly money.

Just sitting back watching,, at present it would be about $170 for me to go to Cabarlah which is only 320kms from us and my earlier enthusiasm to just "Do It" has abated somewhat when I really look at what it could cost in the end and I have my Red Petrol Jerries full of diesel, if someone was to nick some their petrol engine won't like the diesel, always time to smile .... Of course in these times steel jerries are the only way to go, plastic jobs are so easy to empty out...

Maybe just a camp at Maryborough airport free camp to pander to the camping desire might be in order and check out the little Aviation Museum with fish and chips form the great little shop across the road.......

During COVID wasn't stuck at home and had some of the best camping runs ever over QLD and NSW .....................

Just had a look at Petrol Spy places that I sometimes fuel up at in MaryB and Gympie are nearly at $3.10 or near enough and locally its just rolled up to $3.04, so thats it I'm parked up till things get sensible, looks like Woollies delivery for tucker and I'll borrow my mates treadly ......................... Well give it a week for the price to look normal anyway .............. crap near $35 to go to Bunnings in Gympie and back ...........