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I’ll have to get a new shirt made, with three emus going East and one going west. Cheeeeeers Ralph
Look great Ralph
Hi Ralph Hibble , another great adventure under your belt. hope you're doing well cheers bast...d
Greetings Raiders, I’m back from a wonderful 18 day run across the Nullarbor to Coober Pedy and back along the Anne Beadell Highway. Totally not a Highway more a forgotten track cut through the desert about 60 years ago. But what a fantastic trip. Truly outback Australian. Totally Awsome with clear blue skies, millions of stars, amazing satellites and shooting stars. And a super full moon to finish the RAID Survey trip.
I reconfirm that “Citroën 2 cvs Raid Australia” is planned to start from Perth on 3/8/2024 and finish at Gayndah Queensland 4 weeks of adventure later. The Anne Beadell is one of the very few iconic trans Australia roads that is truly remote. Just one fuel drop in 1,300km. 800 km between fuel sales. We pre order fuel to be got at Ilkurka in W A. This place is such a remote place that it doesn’t even sell ice cream. I had a cold Coca Cola. Wow.
My Acadiane suffered several tyre troubles, and bent rims, all fixable with grins all round. The usual camaraderie and cooperation comes to the fore with each little 2cv problem. I even found a ladder on the road, which resulted in some amusement, amongst our group. This is my fourth Anne Beadell crossing. It is totally fascinating to cross the Great Victoria Desert which has so many trees, ancient sand dues, camels, Kangaroos and Marvellous birds. I am truly blessed. I hope you are able to enjoy such a fabulous event.
Cheeeeeers to you all.
Ralph Hibble, RAID 2024 Patron.
We have continued to do survey trips across the whole RAID route. Greg Bracegirdle and I surveyed the whole route some years ago and Chris Bennet has surveyed the Eastern part of the raid several times as well as doing the Emu trip twice. EMU is where the British atomic tests were held in 1953. Karsten on an Emu run, observed, that radiation levels at the bomb site were less than those in Berlin. It is my 4th EMU run. Cheeeeeers Ralph
Doesn’t look as bad as I thought, wish I could do it with you but age has caught up with me with its advancing problems. I would have liked to have travelled a Beadell Highway but its not to be. I am very grateful for the Raids I have been on. I hope the road is graded just before the Raid of the Shire knows the 2CVs are crossing and not like the one Peta and I had our first breakdown in Arnamland
Only to be graded the next day while waiting for the breakdown team. Have a wonderful Raid next year. Blessings
Great! See you in a few month! Cheers from Cologne. Jo.
I will be there 💪 with Greg 😜
Je suis partant ☝😁
Interesting update. Thank you Ralph
Exceptionnel
What a great trip that will be!
Fantastic Ralph Hibble hoping to make the next Raid 👍
I spelled ILKURLKA wrongly
Looking forward to the Raid in 2024. Go Bast**ds! Happy raiding to all who venture on this raid across Australia.
Well said Ralph. I had a great time. Thanks to everyone who came along and made the trip a success. We will put out some more info soon on the Raid Australia website. Cheers Chris
Ilkurlka 2018. They had ice creams then!
Good to see you still doing those amazing trips Ralph
Ralph Hibble maravilloso, esperamos desde España noticias del desarrollo del Raid. Estamos ansiosos de empezar el viaje a Australia.
Serai intéressé Australia 2024 n'ai pas de copilote ☝ 00.33.6.85.40.32.35 L' Marki
Good for you Ralph. Ride on.
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Another part of the Holland Track.
Enjoy and take care 🥰
I'm sure that's a Phascogale (rare blue nosed variant) sneaking out of the undergrowth. Has it been ear tagged?
You may like to look at a video of an earlier Raid Australia Survey of the Anne Beadell Highway. Google has such a video. This video was created by John Neervoort on the 2018 survey. It will give you an idea of the joy of the RAID. It does not show the millions of corrugations and the washed away parts of the track, or the time spent on flat tyres and bent rims.
Cheeeeeers Ralph.