Car 144

Royal Flying Doctor Service Outback Car Trek

The Trek in Stats. Here we are in Tibooburra.

This year there are about 106 rally cars, 35 support vehicles and about 18 official vehicles.

There are about 300 trekkers.

The cars are all 40 years old. We will post some pics of the cars soon.

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Moving out from Tilpa

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Loading up in Dubbo

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Happy to be in Tilpa.

Today was a big day. Three towns ran out of Fuel. Coolibah, Louth and Tilpa. This meant we had to detour (140 kms) to Bourke, making for over 800 kms today.
The band was great, with a sheep shearing exhibition and great camping.
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Lunch stop on day 1.

Baked potatoes and mince etc. Great food at a big sheep station
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Breakfast at the Dubbo RFDS hangar.

Today, the support team learnt the 1st lesson of trecking. Don’t forget to fill the fuel cans.
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