Roberts pic below includes what I think is a Malcom Moore Grader - I've seen 6 or 7 around the country in varying condition (1 or 2 of them would have been scrapped by now) and we own and use a Fordson petrol/kero model. Curiously just to the north of the coast at Truscott is I think Malcolm Moore Island (blame my memory if I'm wrong). I've always wondered at its name.
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Originally Posted by Lang
People do visit the area by 4WD but it is rough and only for the dedicated.
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I seem to recall being told that the first person to find a way in by road was John Belfield when on a 4WD trek to the top end.
I can confirm Lang's comment about 'dedicated'. We visited Kalumburu by road in a 1968 Inter 4WD camper back in '93 and Crikey it's a RUGGED part of the country. The temp was 45C in the water bag and the flies were thicker than hair on a dogs back. And the road hadn't been graded in who knows how long. The saving grace was a one lane strike through the corrugations that a road crew just happened to cut with a grader before we headed south again and it wasn't bad getting back home after that. A couple years later I met a young bloke who did the Gibb River Rd in an LJ Torana (smallish Aust car - early '70's model) shortly after us when the road had been freshly graded! If the road hadn't been graded their car would probably still be there - shaken to bits.
Regards
Alex
09-07-09, 18:02
Moore on Truscott
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