onslow to monties
Submitted by Pauldarie on Sat, 2013-08-17 10:23
morning all
heading to the monties next week (first time). originally we were supposed to haul up to dampier and meet up with some guys from Hedland for the trip across.
(i'd organised a place to leave car/trailer for a week at Karratha)....
however the guys from Hedland have pulled out so now we figure we may as well leave from Onslow.
so i have a few questions for guys whov'e done the islands from Onslow...
-can anyone suggest a place to contact re - leaving car/trailer for a week (or if anyone has a contact up there who likes beer)
-any advice on the course to take from Onslow-Monties / things to lookout for along the way (hazards)
any pointers/general info greatly appreciated
thanks
Paul
big john
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Mary-Anne
When I did it we headed north via the Mary Anne Passage and then headed along the north eastern side of Barrow.
Travel distance was about 80nm.
Outgoing tide and a moderate seabreeze, shithouse.
Rising tide and a moderate/strong easterly, shithouse.
Can't help you with parking as my contact has moved on.
PM Slugger from here, he may have some info.
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pale ale
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I just phoned my mate in
I just phoned my mate in Onslow, he likes beer
I will PM his number
oz74
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montes
Going to be blowing its guts out so you would be better off staying in Perth and going for crabs in the mindarie marina!!
cody's probably got a better chance of catching something there as well :)
Pauldarie
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thanks
for the info/help guys.
oz74 - i'll be sure to pass that onto cody l.o.l
fab
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lf you go to onslow, try the
lf you go to onslow, try the mackrel hotel.Im not sure if its still called that, but they have a large car lock up compound. We used to use it when going across to thevenard. It used to be about $70 for a week.
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I'll warn you now, fuel is
I'll warn you now, fuel is $2.08 a litre at Onslow, for the extra 200kms I'd tow to karratha, stock up there and ave a few nautical miles while you're at it
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