Map of travels
Submitted: Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 20:27
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WheelTravel
Having just completed a year and 40,000k's travel around half of oz, I want to begin a poster of my route. Just in the preliminary stage at the moment... hoping that people will come up with ideas on what looks good and works
well.
Obviosuly, I could just get a blank map, and draw a line in texta, but am after something more in depth, and a project ongoing that can be added too when the 2nd half is tackled in a year or so.
Met somebody who used a string and pin system that apparently looked the goods.
Would even look at 3d maps. Something colour coded based on the regions... with reasonable detail, but not every town and road.
Any positive
feedback on this is appreciated...Where to buy the map, how to do etc.
Cheers All
Reply By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 20:35
Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 20:35
I plot my travels onto a Geoscience Australia 1976 block mounted Map of Australia it is about 1.5m high by 2 m long - amazing what work will donate at times
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Reply By: Willem - Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 20:38
Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 20:38
I have an Australia Map bought here from EO
Shop. It came laminated. I then had it professionally mounted on a board and it hangs in my room
The routes taken over 37 years throughout Oz are marked in texta.
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Follow Up By: WheelTravel - Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 21:04
Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 21:04
Wow! That would be a sight to see Willem. You should post a
pic of it on here...
I spoke to a good mate of yours on my travels actually.
Big german fella from
Warraweena conservation pk... his name ecapes me now,. but he's a bloody champ. I gave him a beer, and he downed it in one, and I thought, man, this guys can drink... but he never has more than 2, as he has responsibilities in the park. Guess he likes em when he gets to have them huh?
Saw old rosie too...
The drive up the mountain is beautiful,
well worth doing for anyone going to the Flinders.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Willem - Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 21:13
Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 21:13
Big German fella....................geez how many beers did you to have...lol
Maybe smallish Swiss fella by name of Stoney. Top bloke though.
Drive up mountain is good!
The
pic of my map is out of date. Will take a new one soon. Let me have your email addy and I will send you a
pic. You can send it via my website below.
Yeah Stoney hasn't managed to wreck old Rosie yet hahahahaha
Cheers
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Follow Up By: WheelTravel - Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 21:33
Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 21:33
That's right, Stoney Steiner,he's pretty stocky though!
I got my axe stuck in some of that red gum and he insisted on promptly coming along with a chainsaw and getting it out for me. As
well as providing all the wood we could burn, and some great tales... for less than most camps in oz!
One of the many great people I now know all over oz.
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Reply By: Peter 2 - Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 21:06
Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 21:06
I've got the Australian Geographic 'Australia for Adventurers and Dreamers' map. It has most of the outback tracks on it like the CSR, Anne Beadell etc and sufficient detail, is laminated and mounted on the wall, 31 years of travel have created a texta spiderweb on it but still plenty to cover.
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Follow Up By: WheelTravel - Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 21:35
Monday, Dec 12, 2005 at 21:35
That sounds like a goer mate. I want to get a detailed one of tassie as
well. We spent 6 weeks there so saw most of it....
well...some of it.
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Reply By: Member- Rox (WA) - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 00:21
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 00:21
I've got Discover Oz mapping software & open all tracks at the same time so I have OZ 3/4 finished in the last 12 months. But I can only print it out to A4 size.
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Reply By: GOB & denny vic member - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 07:48
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 07:48
goodday wheeltravel
i use the hema aussie map laminated but i made up a board with 3 ply and then stuck cork tiles on it so i use different colored drawing pins to stick in no force needed and eassily moved or removed
use big drawng pins for major stops and little ones for trails and tracks
steve
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Follow Up By: WheelTravel - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 10:20
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 10:20
Hey guys,
That sounds like a similar system to what I heard form this couple on the road. They used string in between pins too. I think the cork backing is a great idea... cheers
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Reply By: Des Lexic - Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 21:26
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 21:26
Wheelie, My map is a Laminated Hema Terrain and Road map that is stuck to a back board with silicon and then has some rustic looking timber frame around it. It hangs on the Family Room wall with pride of place. Texta will come off after a while so I got some thin black striping on a roll from a stationary
shop and stuck that on our travel routes. I think it looks pretty good and other EO'ers that have seen it have also commented positively.
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