Is this too far for a Haflinger in 2 wweks
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 5:34 am
My 4wd Club offers many trips during the year but unless something local the Haflinger is just too slow to participate.
However every two years they offer a long trip to the outback arid areas of the State of New South Wales with sometimes diversions into other States - these are termed Outback Heritage Drives and have the aim of bringing out older 4wds and a means of providing economic benefit to outback communities and to make donations to worthwhile outback charities. In the past we have had vehicles as early as WW2 Jeeps and a 48 Landrover, other 50s and 60s Landrovers but unfortunately most participants are modern vehicles.
The next 13+day trip is programmed in our winter in Jun this year and from start to finish 1600km but from my house to the start is 800km and from the finish about 700km so all up the trip is about 3100km with total travel time of about 15 days.
I normally take my Landrover 101 but it is not on the road at the moment so that leaves either the Range Rover Sport which will eat it up or the Haflinger . Now on this trip each day is about 200km in length and you dont drive in convoy and just trundle along at you own pace - with check out and check in required so no one is missed. Outback Australia is basically flat and while there will be some bitumen roads most will be gravel, dirt or gibber so while I could cruise at 70kph this means extended driving at 4000rpm so I would like to stay closer to 3000rpm so cruise speed will be about 55 which will be good. Also I will have to do a major service about half way which will be doable as a couple of the stops are for a couple of days.
So this is the map = https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/West ... 367989!3e0
I live at Canberra - the red pointer at the bottom right corner - the actual start of the event is Rose Isle Station near the top right. I considered trailering the haflinger up to the start but the end is in a different location - though I could leave the RRS and trailer at a town (Dubbo - junction east of Cobar) that I have to travel through going up and back.
From Rose Isle Station we work our way down the Darling River over a few days to Bindara Station, then over to Silverton (where Mad Max and Priscilla Queen of the Desert were filmed), up to Tibooburra then back to White Cliffs (opal mining area) then to Cobar where the even ends - than back to Canberra.
Noting that Australia is about the same size as continental Europe and about the same size the USA less Alaska, then I have put the trip on a map of Europe of the same scale as above - I have put the trip on as if leaving from London - so gives an appreciation of the distances involved.
So from Canberra to the event start at Rose Isle Station is the same as London to Dresden in Germany.
Rose Isle Station to Bindara Station is the same as driving from Dresden to Verona in Italy.
Bindara Station to Silverton is the same as going from Verona to Kanfanar in Coatia.
Silverton to Tibooburra (the hottest place in NSW) is the same as going from Kanfanar to Trnava in Slovakia
From Trnava we would travel to Salzburg with a stop at Graz (the equivalent of White Cliffs)
And from Salzburg we would head up to Fulda in Germany - which would be the equivalent of Cobar in Australia and the end of the actual event - and from there a two day trip back to Canberra and to Landon.
So what do you think - is the trip too far for a Haflinger covering 3100km in say 17 days all up? What about if it was trailered to a place about 550km from home so I would reduce to overall Haflinger trip to about 1900km in 13 days.
Interested in your thoughts.
Garry
However every two years they offer a long trip to the outback arid areas of the State of New South Wales with sometimes diversions into other States - these are termed Outback Heritage Drives and have the aim of bringing out older 4wds and a means of providing economic benefit to outback communities and to make donations to worthwhile outback charities. In the past we have had vehicles as early as WW2 Jeeps and a 48 Landrover, other 50s and 60s Landrovers but unfortunately most participants are modern vehicles.
The next 13+day trip is programmed in our winter in Jun this year and from start to finish 1600km but from my house to the start is 800km and from the finish about 700km so all up the trip is about 3100km with total travel time of about 15 days.
I normally take my Landrover 101 but it is not on the road at the moment so that leaves either the Range Rover Sport which will eat it up or the Haflinger . Now on this trip each day is about 200km in length and you dont drive in convoy and just trundle along at you own pace - with check out and check in required so no one is missed. Outback Australia is basically flat and while there will be some bitumen roads most will be gravel, dirt or gibber so while I could cruise at 70kph this means extended driving at 4000rpm so I would like to stay closer to 3000rpm so cruise speed will be about 55 which will be good. Also I will have to do a major service about half way which will be doable as a couple of the stops are for a couple of days.
So this is the map = https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/West ... 367989!3e0
I live at Canberra - the red pointer at the bottom right corner - the actual start of the event is Rose Isle Station near the top right. I considered trailering the haflinger up to the start but the end is in a different location - though I could leave the RRS and trailer at a town (Dubbo - junction east of Cobar) that I have to travel through going up and back.
From Rose Isle Station we work our way down the Darling River over a few days to Bindara Station, then over to Silverton (where Mad Max and Priscilla Queen of the Desert were filmed), up to Tibooburra then back to White Cliffs (opal mining area) then to Cobar where the even ends - than back to Canberra.
Noting that Australia is about the same size as continental Europe and about the same size the USA less Alaska, then I have put the trip on a map of Europe of the same scale as above - I have put the trip on as if leaving from London - so gives an appreciation of the distances involved.
So from Canberra to the event start at Rose Isle Station is the same as London to Dresden in Germany.
Rose Isle Station to Bindara Station is the same as driving from Dresden to Verona in Italy.
Bindara Station to Silverton is the same as going from Verona to Kanfanar in Coatia.
Silverton to Tibooburra (the hottest place in NSW) is the same as going from Kanfanar to Trnava in Slovakia
From Trnava we would travel to Salzburg with a stop at Graz (the equivalent of White Cliffs)
And from Salzburg we would head up to Fulda in Germany - which would be the equivalent of Cobar in Australia and the end of the actual event - and from there a two day trip back to Canberra and to Landon.
So what do you think - is the trip too far for a Haflinger covering 3100km in say 17 days all up? What about if it was trailered to a place about 550km from home so I would reduce to overall Haflinger trip to about 1900km in 13 days.
Interested in your thoughts.
Garry