Line. The Gs took on the dunes with ease and ate up
the flatter track sections. The loaded cab-chassis felt
the best in the rough stuff, while the bellowing V8s of
the G500s sounded killer as they roared up the dunes.
After a warm swim and quick shower at Dalhousie,
the trip broke north to explore the history of Old
Andado Station and be regaled around the campfire
by caretaker Cobby Bob’s bush poetry. Mount Dare
to Finke and some rocky private property tracks
near Mount Ooraminna showed the Outback in a
vastly different light to the sandy deserts of the days
previous, but the jewel in the crown lay ahead as the
journey was completed under the massive rock domes
of Uluru – Kata Tjuta.
The seven G-Wagens covered more than 3000
Outback kilometres (when you include the drive to
Birdsville from the east coast) without a fault – and all
shock absorbers worked as they should, to the relief
THE WORLD’S GREATEST EXPLORER
MIKE Horn has faced a firing squad in the Congo,
been sat on by a polar bear in the Arctic, and
circumnavigated the globe under his own steam
the long way around as he followed the equator for
its full length. So ‘the world’s greatest modern-day
explorer’ is a title he has earned through hard work
and a true spirit of adventure.
South African-born but now residing in
Switzerland (during those rare moments when
he is at home), Mike’s life is comprised of one
expedition after another, and that has taken him to
the extremes of the planet. Mike joined us for the
Simpson Desert crossing with his daughter Jessica
and their two G500 Benzes. This was the next leg in
his current Pole to Pole expedition, which started in
Monaco in May.
From the lifestyle capital of the rich and famous,he sailed his custom-built yacht Pangea down the
west coast of Africa to Namibia, where he picked up
his G-Wagens and drove via deserts and jungles to
South Africa. From here it was back on the boat to
sail to Antarctica for a not-so-casual solo crossing
on skis via the South Pole that took 55 days, before
getting back on the boat to sail up to us in Australia,
via New Zealand.
The journey from Australia will take Mike to New
Guinea, through Asia where he hopes to bag a
couple of as-yet unclimbed 7000-metre peaks, all
the way up to the Arctic where he will again cross
the Pole solo, before returning to the start point in
Monaco. It’s a two-year adventure that will put Mike
on six of the seven continents of the world.
You can follow the expedition via the website at:
http://www.mikehorn.com/pole-2-poleTHE SEVEN
G-WAGENS COVERED
MORE THAN 3000
OUTBACK KM
WITHOUT A FAULT
644 http://www.4X4australia.com.auDRIVEN MB G300 PROFESSIONAL/SIMPSON DESERT