4th of July

Submitted: Sunday, Jul 04, 2004 at 12:32
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On the 4th of July 1987, myself, my mate Judith and our friend Dave reached the Geographical Centre of the Simpson Desert where we erected an aluminium pole with plaque commemorating our trip. We drove there in 2 Suzuki Sierra 1300 JX's.

Excerpt from my website and article 'The Spinifex Trail'............
"After reading books by Madigan and Bonython and a recent article by Dennis Bartell, we decided to visit the Geographical Centre of the Simpson Desert and to do a north/south crossing. Now this centre, rightly or wrongly, has been suggested to be Latitude 25 degrees 22 minutes South and Longitude 137 degrees 5 minutes east, by Messrs Bonython and Bartell and for our purpose we chose that position."

Time flies......... Wouldn't mind going out there again but not in the G60! Would need a fuel tanker in tow lol
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