GSwadd
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Its not just the wild-life you need to look out for when travelling in Queensland. On a recent 4 day trip with SWMBO on the back we returned from Cairns via the inland Lynd Highway. This road also cuts off about half way down and heads off to The Gulf and Darwin. The vast majority is a single lane sealed road with 3" drop-off on to the marbles on the verge.
But just to make it exciting they throw these things into the mix.
These carry ore from one of the remote mines 400km down to Charters Towers for processing and run 24/7. They don't get off the road for anyone they don't have to, let alone two tossers on a loaded GS! If that isn't enough you also get to tangle with these cattle trucks too.
After battling with them for about 300km I finally came across this sign in the Greenvale service station.
How some of the 4WD's that were also on the road got past some of these trucks is beyond me. We met one in a cutting where I was as far over as I could get and the truck was passing us with about 8-10" to spare. The standard procedure on seeing one of these coming was to brake heavily, eye off the verge for the safest exit point, ride the gravel edges at about 30kph to maintain some stability (stopping was out), pass truck, then ride for about a km while looking for a section of bitumen where the edge was small enough to ride back on. Not something I would do again in a hurry but a memorable experience all the same.
But just to make it exciting they throw these things into the mix.
These carry ore from one of the remote mines 400km down to Charters Towers for processing and run 24/7. They don't get off the road for anyone they don't have to, let alone two tossers on a loaded GS! If that isn't enough you also get to tangle with these cattle trucks too.
After battling with them for about 300km I finally came across this sign in the Greenvale service station.
How some of the 4WD's that were also on the road got past some of these trucks is beyond me. We met one in a cutting where I was as far over as I could get and the truck was passing us with about 8-10" to spare. The standard procedure on seeing one of these coming was to brake heavily, eye off the verge for the safest exit point, ride the gravel edges at about 30kph to maintain some stability (stopping was out), pass truck, then ride for about a km while looking for a section of bitumen where the edge was small enough to ride back on. Not something I would do again in a hurry but a memorable experience all the same.
