Bilbunya Dunes

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looks like a very nice trip. The storms we have had have been mad. We get caught a few times. One evening with very high winds I was worried if trees would fall, & the rain falling out of the sky by the bucket bathfull. After 30 seconds it looked like I had got out of a bath fully clothed!

What sort of fuel consumption do you get & do you carry any extra? Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

Hi Lightwater, I carry one 20l can on the roof rack. On this trip I had about 9.6 l/100km, 6200 km but half of it was against very strong wind. 2011 Freelander 2 SD4 SE

I averaged about 11.6 L/100 but that included a lot of slow off road & towns etc. We copped quite a few strong head winds, basically I did about 90 km/h, we were not in a rush so it was not an issue. I noticed that with a mild tail wind we could do a 100 km/h & were still using 1.0 L/100 less, if not a bit better, around 8.5 L/100 with all the crap of the roof out west NSW on the flat roads. The rubbish on the roof certainly does not help fuel consumption.

I am chucking out the roof platform, they are poorly designed dead weight! I have bought an additional 2 cross bars & am in the process of redesigning the rooftop. I can now have 4 x 10 litre (not using 20L on the roof, my back can't cope!) containers at the back & the 6th wheel in front.

The roof platform is approximately 25 kg with additional stiffening, & this was still not good enough. The 2 extra cross bars are 3.6 kg. So a can carry another 20 litres & am still ahead, with the benefit of emptying fuel containers on the run!

We also had 1 x 20L, 1 x 10L, 3 x 5L & 5 x 1L water containers on board, most of it behind the front seats.

The 4 cross bars are sitting on top of the sixth wheel, with a bit of surgery to go!

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I can't wait to hear about this, that's an epic number of kilometres for a short time period trip. Did you go in via Caiguna and did you do that 160 kilometre stretch of dead straight road?
Hey Lightwater, you'll have Vesko salivating showing him pictures of custom modifications that he can think about. If you know anything about setting up electrical gizmos to charge his new lithium battery then you're the man. We're off to Abercrombie River NP on the weekend of the 12th November for a camping shake down to test some new gear for the christmas break if you are interested.

Yep, this is my battery 100 amp/hour and only ten kilos - it performed admirably well during the trip, even though Mike refused to help with advise about the sellog fuses :

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You started talking about resistors....the only resistor I know is my wife

Mike, what kind of engineer are you if you can't distinguish between a fuse and a resistor?  2011 Freelander 2 SD4 SE

The rest of my Bilbunya Dunes trip:

https://rumenmarinov.com/bilbunya-dunes/

Enjoy  2011 Freelander 2 SD4 SE

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Don't they resist & blow a fuse. All the same to me! Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

Vesko wrote:

The rest of my Bilbunya Dunes trip:

https://veskopetrov.com/bilbunya-dunes/

Enjoy

 FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Great trip you had and the photos are amazing! You should sell them to a Land Rover brochure.

Geez it looks like the car copped a thrashing, I'll be checking out your battle scars when next we meet. I don't think people who haven't done it realize just how remote you are doing that trip and solo with no lift and no low range to boot. I take my hat off to you Vesko.

Hey Mike, It was a thrashing but not that much: the mirrors got nocked off, a few new scratches on the side panels, most of witch I managed to conceal with proper polish and wax. The only serious damage was the muffler - the rubber covered section on the cliff was too deep and while climbing it the muffler was pulled off without me realizing, so later in the bush I caught a tree branch, which got stuck fast between the muffler and the back left wheel. That was scary! I had to MacGyver my way out of this one using the car jack, and a system of straps to push the muffler back in place. It's funny that I drove 3000 km with the muffler held in place by sticky tape.

I have to add my growing admiration for this car - it is simply amazing! 2011 Freelander 2 SD4 SE