Travelling in outback Australia and its dangers.

Travelling outback Australia with unprepared vehicles, not enough spares, spare tyres, travelling in outback Australia alone, Running out of fuel or water, No radio or communication,  Camping trailer not good enough. Are you setting up your own demise? Well these are some of the dangers of being unprepared travelling outback Australia. There are also unseen, unknown dangers that cannot be prepared for directly. Cautious driving, staying alert and always being prepared for unexpected happenings can save your life. Driving slowly or at a pace you have time to react if something happens can most definitely save your life. like an animal walks out in front of you and you do an emergency stop or you are driving into a sunset can’t see to clearly and a washout appears, What about this surprise below, an unseen gate.

Most of us have to drive through access gates at some point in our driving careers. Sometimes they are a bit hidden as in this experience. Which also brings up many more offroad safety and outback travel dangers, and the amount of things that could go wrong. Even worse if you are towing, because pulling up takes longer if you are towing an offroad trailer, caravan or Camper trailer, this could push you around under heavy breaking and will also make the stopping distance a lot greater. There are so many things to be aware of all the time. including towing safety.

We have had numerous incidents with gates swinging in the wind and hitting vehicles. This guy caught a gate that was probably hidden by the tree line as he rounded the corner. Look at the pictures to see how lucky this guy really was travelling outback Australia.

I bet the first thing the driver checked was to see if Mr. Wiggles and his two neighbours were still in town…