The carpet grabber pouches/pockets have arrived from CrazyDog Canvas. With Velcro hooks on the back, the pouches just stick to the new carpeted bracket.
Easy to reconfigure if needed.
The Doc’s Jetboil is in one pocket, the middle pocket has a lantern and USB cables (or whatever) and the other has spare gas for the Jetboil. The fourth pocket was attached to The Doc’s Bushman fridge cover to give some storage area on the back of the fridge.
Common name wild tobacco. It only grows in shaded areas, which are not that common out Eromanga way. At one sand dune The Doc saw the plant growing around some trees – but only where the bloodwood tree provided shade for much of the day. These images were from a shaded area behind the Eromanga Natural History Museum.
Also known as Prickly Wattle. Images from two locations, first Peglers Pond about 7km east of Eromanga; second some dams west of Eromanga, beside the Cooper Developmental Road. Click on image to see full size.
Today the Australian Wildlife Conservancy stickers went on the car. The Doc found himself smiling when driving back home, as the build is now complete after some changes yesterday (those are being written up). The first time he can remember being so happy since the fatal car accident 18 months ago. The Grenadier build has been therapeutic! The Doc is still working through some injuries and trauma but starting to fell better.
The car is back to being AWC’s mobile billboard and ready for The Doc’s Excellent Adventure.
Observant readers will have noticed the car’s name is now official: Wally. Named after the wallaby The Doc hit on the road earlier this year. The Doc added a Wally sticker to the driver’s side bonnet.
From the Eromanga trip along the Copper Developmental Road.
Wally, the Grenadier, has had its 15,00km service. Plus it got a 35mm Eibach Pro Lift spring kit.
Some more flora images this time Sida cleisocalyx, known as the Sponge sida.
Some flora images from the Eromanga trip. Solanum ellipticum or more commonly known as the Potato Bush, Dhiilguwin, Nightshade, Velvet Potato Bush, Wild Tomato, Tomato Bush, Wild Gooseberry, Potato Weed, Velvet Potato-Bush, Hillside Flannel Bush, Velvet Nightshade!
The Doc has started taking the Grenadier off road in the Queensland Outback around Eromanga – home of Australia’s giant dinosaurs.
One thing he noticed is how quick tyre temps and pressures increased when he hit the corrugations (washboard). Temperature jumps that take an hour to an hour and a half on the road took about 10 minutes on the corrugations.
The car performs well on corrugations, but The Doc has not hit really bad corrugations yet. The Doc visited Pegler’s Pond this morning, which is running low on water. Out here all the water is brown from the suspended silt. Not long after, it started to rain turning the dust into mud.
As The Doc writes, Galahs and Correllas are flying around screeching, enjoying the rain.
The ABNTR4X4 Rock Sliders were installed today. Very low profile these sliders. From the side they look like the standard under door trim. That mostly finishes the Grenadier build, except a few minor items.
The Doc has removed the rear diesel tanks, so you can see the XSPEC Molle better than before. They will go back on shortly. It takes roughly two minutes to remove/install each tank.
Now preparing for a remote trip to try things out, in Channel Country, Outback Queensland.
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