All Level Afternoon Scenic Desert Drive + Australia National Day Celebration - Dubai - 25 Jan 2025

[Sandeep Padhi]

Hi @Frederic will reach the meeting point at 2:15pm, got delayed. Not sure if convoy will wait for me

[Yury]

@Frederic hello! I’ve reached meeting point. Is it correct? There's no one here yet

[Alex M]

@Frederic won't be able to make it to the Auz BBQ... Made it further along in a padel tournament than I thought... apologies! Will catch you on the next one.

[Glenn W]

Hi evening guys, apologies I won’t be able to make it this evening. I accidentally hit manage instead of removing myself 🫠 … have fun and I’ll see next time

[Dipu Francis]

Was a smooth drive. Driving first time in the sand with lights on. Thank you @Frederic and all other support team for a smooth ride. Thank you all others. Wishing a proud Australian National Day.

[Imran Asghar]

A really good night. 

Great company. 

Lovely to meet new faces. 

Really really nice evening and morning and really hope to do it again soon.

Freddy and Luke thank you for organising guys. Great tracks btw

Loved sleeping under the stars. 

Have a great week all 

Imran 

 

[Frederic]

What a great day !

We started with a gentle scenic drive, enjoying the marmoom basin just south of the Solar Park. All of you drove very well. For some of you it was their first drive in the desert but nevertheless you drove great ! Thanks for the support @Luke K P , sweep duties from @Aser and second lead duties of @J-P L 
 

A bit after 6 we exited with the convoy and headed back in for the Australian Celebration Night. @Jessica Lambert brought a whole crew and it was amazing to see you guys being already set up by the time we’d reached as we had some small delays reaching the camping spot. 
 

Another massive thanks as well to @Luke K P for helping out to organize this evening, from bringing friends along to helping out with the playlist. 

Also a massive thanks to @Imran Asghar for his bright energy  and for helping out with my BBQ 😜

it was so great to see people from all different nationalities and backgrounds mingling and sharing food.

Thanking all of you who joined, even for a couple of hours. I hope we can do this more often. It was a bit chilly at night but the next morning views were worth it ! @Premjit Vappala@Aser@Brett Eicher@lucasmatt amazing to have you joining both events !

[_luke_]

Super fun drive and evening.

 

We started off spotting camels close by the starting point before Freddy and his crocodile guided us eastwards past our future camp site and towards the rolling dunes in this area.

 

We spotted a small herd of gazelle and in the distance a couple of oryx. As we entered one of the sabhkas we found some groups taking their falcons out for a picnic in the desert. 😅

We stoped for a nice extended break with some hot tea while the younger passengers (and young at heart) played on the steep dune with the sled while others got some.good photos of the caravan of camels passing by.

We had a couple of last minute refusals and got to watch the sun slip away for a final last push in the dark.

 

Great fun all around! I'll drop some photos in the drive gallery!

https://carnity.com/gallery/category/2209-all-level-scenic-solar-park-dubai-25-jan-2025/

 

We covered around 55km! Thanks and see you in the next one!

Edited January 26, 2025 by Luke K P