[wee_yumi]

Yeah... Australia is a scary place... Never go there, and if you go, stay in the cities...

[Karma]

Very interesting pics. At least their bodies were found! They could have been missing forever!

[darrenchess]

Originally Posted by Kelly ↗

Definately been there a while!
They died when their Land Rover broke down as they tried to drive across the desert with little fuel and water, and no means of communication.

Their badly decomposed bodies were discovered by a station worker on the remote Talawana track more than a week after they were last seen refuelling at Cotton Creek, on the edge of the desert.

They had trekked 14km in 40-degree heat to try to find water, but did not realise they had walked away from the well that would have saved them.

looks like the critters have been feeding on them too, their skin is proper leathered up, terribly slow way to die i`d say nice Kel-eavage by the way x x x

[northernlights]

Geesh..perhaps a week or less for that degree of decomp. ! Where I live you would just like you were taking a nap after a week(unless the wolves were in the vicinity)

[Airbornemama]

[kik]

Originally Posted by ali_ihsan21 ↗

I wonder if they drink the water in windshield depot and carburettor

Since when is there water in the carburetor???, it is not a steam engine.

In fact the engine is not even a Land rover engine, it is a 200ci Ford "log head" a popular conversion here as the Land rovers pathetic engines don't like our heat, even after using larger radiators and electric water pumps they still over heat in 40 degree heat.

Being a fully qualified mechanic I can tell you DO NOT ever use a Land rover in the Aussie outback, not just because they overheat, but because just like their cousins the Range rover they are piss weak when it comes to their mechanical strength.

I have had many a Land rover and Range rover on my hoist over the years and the later the model the more I shake my head.

As mentioned they overheat, they break axles and gearboxes, transfer cases and even the reduction gears for low range driving, they are horrible to drive.....very truck like, unless you have a Range rover they are like driving a wet sponge.

The early Landcruisers are tough, as are the G60 Nissan patrols, again truck like but will get you where you want to go, I have owned the Landcruisers, and patrols, tough yes, capable NO!, if a Lancruiser even smells mud it stops. The Patrol has more torque so you have a better chance of getting out then a Cruiser, but still not a capable vehicle for Australian conditions.

My business was called Meredith Jeep Wreckers, after owning the Japanese stuff and working on the pommy crap I bought a 1979 Jeep Cherokee S, full time four wheel drive, with "emergency drive" (center diff lock) I stripped the transfer case and rebuilt it, I am one of maybe two or three in this country that can build the 1339 correctly and increase its "break away torque" from 80 to 120lbs to 120 to 180lbs, sure this is a hit on tires and the dual cardon joint, and fuel, but if you remove the dual cardon joint and replace with a solid drive shaft this is taken care of.

All the Jeep engines from that era suffer over heating problems, the 258 is thirsty, hot and underpowered, the 360 is hot thirsty (9mpg) but not underpowered, the 401 is the same as the 360 just a little more grunt.

With the Jeeps you simply fit either a VN Commodore thermo fan running via a capillary tube, or smaller dual thermos again running through a capillary, the radiator MUST be changed to a four core because the three cores make the truck overheat.

As for the rest of the Jeep they are bullet proof, can't break them.

Another thing to bear in mind is not to use a roof rack 4x4's are top heavy anyway, tow a off road trailer instead, if you come across terrain that the Jeep struggles with unhitch the trailer and tow it with rope or chains once the Jeep is on decent terrain.

Carry 1/3 more fuel then you think you will need and three times the water you will need.

DO NOT drink the radiator water if it has inhibitor in it (if it's green) this is toxic and causes hallucinations, combine this with heat and you have a serious hallucinogenic combination that will most likely kill you.

Don't drink the wiper water either if it has an additive, if it has boil it first.

When in sand as these dickheads were deflate the tires to about 15psi.

ALWAYS service the vehicle before you set out, take common spares such as a spare coil,fan belts, at least three spare wheels and a comprehensive tool kit, if you can't use tools and are not mechanically minded.....stay home.

On my travels back and forth to Darwin, on our first trip we counted over 200 cars by the side of the road, after we got to the 200 mark we gave up counting, there were motor homes right down to a 1968 "Shovel nose" Toyota Corona, tour buses burnt out by the ***** who raid them of a night time, a brand new Ford ****** with a brand new caravan in tow burnt out, the owners had left it after it broke down and it was gutted by fire over night after the ***** had taken what they wanted.

I always drove that road (Stuart hwy) with a loaded semi auto in the car, the Aussie outback is not for pussies or the weak, nor is it for those who have no idea about cars.

If you want to have a look there are always TV shows that will show you, stay home and stay safe.

[joethurr]

wow, the second guy looks like he got eaten by an animal.. I wonder at what point they just gave up trying to survive...

[Carbizzgirl]

I am surprised some animals didn't eat them.

[rottenflesh]

As kik says, these idiots didn't plan for shit.

[Rusty666]

very nice