Saturday, Jan 17, 2015 at 11:37
Judging by your screen shots, Stephen, NatMaps are just as good as EO Topo, and a fraction of the price.
Though the full story would be that EO Topo will be updated while NatMaps will become a relic, and no doubt EO Topo has other features.
EO online would be excellent, David and Michelle, when there is a mobile phone tower. There is one at Balgo, which doesn't reach as far as
Yagga Yagga, let alone White Hills.
And stupid me, saying White Hills was east of
Yagga Yagga when it is southwest.
I got a verbal permit from an elder in Balgo to visit the White Hills area, for a purpose he agreed on, and he and a friend came with me, but we seemed to have a nasty argument for some secret reason, but he still calls me "friend".
The key to getting permits is to have a reason to visit the area that reflects the interests of the indigenous crowd. They are incredibly pragmatic.
As for formal permits, Willem Kempen, who lives northwest of
Clare, has had lots of experience in that part of the
Great Sandy Desert.
Thanks, everyone, for your input. I figure getting lost is often the best part of the journey, providing it isn't somewhere like southwest of
Yagga Yagga.
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