Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

Op Mapsource het ek die volgende GPS Punte:

GPS – Lat/Lon hddd®mm’ss.s” – WGS 84

Indien die ouens wil probeer saamry is hier so paar punte.

Total Petroport – Wes (Garage op N1 waar reastaurant oor die hooweg loop net buite PTA) – S 25 37 01.6 E 28 16 36.2

Shell Ultra City – Pietersburg Noord N1 (Maak gewoonlik hier vol) – S 23 57 24.6 E 29 23 16.3

Optop moontlikhede op die R81

Shell – S23 36 07.1 E 30 05 29.8
Sasol Maphalle – S 23 28 09.8 E30 18 28.9

1ste Afdraai van R81 na Molototsi – S 23 27 03.7 E 30 21 31.3

2de Afdraai – S23 31 24.0 E 30 25 28.5

3de afdraai (pad in rivier in) – S 23 31 41.2 E 30 25 17.1

Rivier begin Punt – S 23 31 33.8 E 30 24 43.7

Indien jy egter eers die Frydag oggend niks later as 08h00 kan join gaan dit die “2de” begin punt wees vir die oggend – S 23 30 51.4 E 30 25 09.3

Uitgang uit Molototsi – S 23 39 23.6 E 30 53 37.5

Op Google earth het ek die volgende punte

Ry mer N1 tot by Pietersburg en klim dan op R81……..

Afdraai van die R81 na Molotots - 23°27'3.57"S 30°21'31.64"E

Begin van Molototsi - 23°31'41.67"S 30°25'18.90"E

2de Begin vir die Frydag oggend niks later as 08h00 - 23°30'53.77"S 30°25'8.92"E

Sekhimeng Bridge (punt op die roete) - 23°26'17.95"S 30°32'52.55"E

Dzumeri - nood brandstof - 23°34'30.24"S 30°42'37.42"E

Laagwaterbrug in Molototsi (punt op die roete) - 23°34'13.00"S 30°44'15.12"E

Uitgang uit Molotots - 23°39'19.37"S 30°53'31.50"E

Eiland grondpad - 23°41'58.66"S 30°52'18.53"E

Nice one guys.... Alex, that's pretty decent consumption for a beast of a motor.

Baie dankie Mnr Offroadbiker

nou is alles so duidelik soos modder,
sal vanaand so bietjie gaan Google
groete

Hi Guys
Took my 4.5 Petrol on a load hauling trip of1100km to Sabie river via White River pulling dbl axle car trailer with 1000kg of compos.offloaded in W/River the loaded a tractor drawn tipper trailer on top of car trailer
+-1500kg...hauled that to the lodge of which the last 35kms is that horrible corrugated iron type of gravel..road .Offloaded the tractor trailer,then loaded a FJ75 cruiser on the trailer and hauled that back to Pretoria
My round trip I used 214l of fuel,which I think its fantastic ,and NEVER missed a beat

CANT WAIT FOR THE RIVER TRIP....!!

Moontlike kampplekke volgens google - net 'n aanduiding

Gebaseer op 30km 'n dag in die rivier......

Donderdag aand - 23 30' 54.32" S 30 24' 51.00" E

Frydag aand - 23 27' 44.49" S 30 36' 33.98" E

Saterdag aand - 23 34' 37.43" S 30 46' 04.12" E

Sondag aand - 23 38' 30.90" S 30 53' 25.71" E

Dirk thanks for the GPS points thats really helpful.

Sorry to lower the tone of the conversation......Just one practical thought. There are about 35 vehicles and assuming 2 people per vehicle thats 70 people who can generate a pretty hefty amount of waste over 4 days. The garbage is easy. What you take in you take out.

But now the other kind of (human) waste...... Where is all that going to go? And if its 6 inches deep in river sand all that is going to get washed down the river a few months later when the rains come.........

The general rule is to do it about 70 metres from the river but in that area there are lots of villages. Burning the paper will help. An option is a sealable "poop tube" or a combination of brown bags in thick zip locks and take it home. Not so appealing but maybe we have to move with the times. I hear there are chemicals you can add which help - not too sure about those. Double frezer thickness ziplocks and put them in an old sealable tin or tuppaware.

Or maybe adult nappies!

Human waste = organic, biodegradable? Should not be any left after a few months?

hmmmm.... very valid point there Mr Rod. This is something we need to take into consideration!!

So this is turned into a shitty thread

Yes we are going to be a rather large group this time around, but taking into account that in pervious years we were 3 groups of 20+ vehicles so in actual fact more than 60 vehicles in 3 consecutive weekends, the "impact" was even bigger.

All "normal" waste must either be burnt if possible or you remove it with you and this is not negotiable!!

As for number 1 and 2 - this we will leave behind, we will just have to try and make it so that we try and make it so that it does not become a -mine field- around the camp......

So please just walk that extra 50m further......

It has not been a problem before and I don't see it being one this time around.

We also try and camp as far away as possible from a settlement and it is possible to "do it" outside of the river bed depending on how steep the embankment is - usually not that steep.