Simpson stranding

Vehicle is now at Mt Dare. No mention of cost. Would be a lot.

Truck rescued

Yes it has been recovered and according to the online article the family will be selling the vehicle. Which makes you think the recovery cost was pretty steep !

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When Dave Cox was still at Mt Dare Hotel he told me that a Simpson recovery would cost upwards of $12k depending on location and difficulty of recovery. Probably much higher since 2010.

The Zavros vehicle was not in a difficult location and was able to be driven out so costs were somewhat minimised. Had it been in the middle of the desert with 500 dunes either way and had to be rescued unpowered then it could have cost well over $12k.

Perhaps the Zavros couple have tired of RV life after their incident. There may have been interesting discussion in the truck when waiting to be rescued! It did however serve its primary objective.

And here is one for those that bag out Facebook, saying its full of crap.....

It is only as good as the sites that you choose to visit.

Mount Dare recovered the vehicle with the aid of a Unimog.

Photos courtesy of Mount Dare Hotel.

Thanks folks. My curiosity has been satisfied ... clearly it was an expensive lesson but with a happy ending, and a few red faces :-)

Was not a hard rescue at all. 8 hours total travel and 2 hours to recover. One days work. Blokes insurance is paying for it all as well. Smart man having insurance that covered the area he was in.