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Have started this thread after heading down to an isolated beach outside cairns on the weekend. Now bear in mind it was early after-noon and the missus wanted to go walking on the beach. So I set the Gps for the Fastest route and we headed out. Just before leaving my Navman sent me a warning "one or more unsealed roads on this route" which I promptly clicked "ok" to and ignored knowing that there is a couple of tracks down that way but assuming the highway would be the computers fastest route.
About 3/4 of the way there cruising the highway the Navman piped up and prompted me for a left turn about 10kms early from the turnoff that I knew was ahead. So I looked at my other half and said "should we turn off?, maybe its the scenic route?" she gave a non-comittal shrug said "yeah, ok."
We drove on a sealed road for 3 or 4 ks and passed a couple of houses then the road became gravel and on we went, now driving alonside a cane field and starting to get suspicious that we may have driven onto someones land but no signs and no farmers came to escort us away so we continued.
After another kilometer had passed the track had narrowed and a tropical shower was coming down but still the gps was urging me on. One final bend went by and we came to a small creek with alot of tyre tracks and rubble at the bottom and visible through the downpour on the opposite bank was a small tin sign nailed to a stake that read " Private Road - No trespassing"
Turns out we had driven for about 5ks across the edge of someones farm only to find the back edge of someone elses farm. We now had to u-turn and backtrack to the highway listing to the gps insisting that I "please make a u-turn where possible".
We stuck to the highway and the sealed road I knew was there all along after that.
It raised the question in my head that has anyone else blundered off the beaten path simply because of their gps?
Have a laugh at this post if you want or simply shake your head at my foolishness if you want or maybe im not alone and technology has failed others to a humorous ending??
About 3/4 of the way there cruising the highway the Navman piped up and prompted me for a left turn about 10kms early from the turnoff that I knew was ahead. So I looked at my other half and said "should we turn off?, maybe its the scenic route?" she gave a non-comittal shrug said "yeah, ok."
We drove on a sealed road for 3 or 4 ks and passed a couple of houses then the road became gravel and on we went, now driving alonside a cane field and starting to get suspicious that we may have driven onto someones land but no signs and no farmers came to escort us away so we continued.
After another kilometer had passed the track had narrowed and a tropical shower was coming down but still the gps was urging me on. One final bend went by and we came to a small creek with alot of tyre tracks and rubble at the bottom and visible through the downpour on the opposite bank was a small tin sign nailed to a stake that read " Private Road - No trespassing"
Turns out we had driven for about 5ks across the edge of someones farm only to find the back edge of someone elses farm. We now had to u-turn and backtrack to the highway listing to the gps insisting that I "please make a u-turn where possible".
We stuck to the highway and the sealed road I knew was there all along after that.
It raised the question in my head that has anyone else blundered off the beaten path simply because of their gps?
Have a laugh at this post if you want or simply shake your head at my foolishness if you want or maybe im not alone and technology has failed others to a humorous ending??
adamr7
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