Once upon a time, at a service station far far away, there gathered a group of intrepid adventurers. These travellers utilized different forms of travel and they are described as, Nissan Patrol, Nissan Navara, Mitsubishi Padjero, Jeep and Toyota Hi-Lux. Unfortunately , the adventurer from the Gold Coast ( aka Toyota Driver ) had a big night previous and rang in late. So the rest of the travellers set out in search of mis-adventure.
Departure point being a well known refuelling stop on Brisbanes North side and from there the roads to the North West were traversed. Stopping at Dayboro and planning the route via State Forests and dirt roads was a priority. This was due mainly to the experienced leader of said adventurers ( Patrol Driver ) missing not one, but two...yes 2, turns.
The roads of dirt were friendly until the first ascent. This made for some interesting video footage ( seen here-abouts ), in that the Padjero Driver made not 1, not 2 but 3 attempts to complete said ascent. Well done !
The tracks continued to surprize us on occasions with water traps, mud, loose stones and sharp corners.
The Jeep managed to bottom out and needed the Jeep Snatch Strap being carried by Mr Nissan. The Jeep continued up the slope that only said Jeep and Patrol completed. The other adventurers decided on not damaging their modes of transport in favour of the conventional route.
After many slow go areas the group arrived at the watering hole. Archers Camp Ground which all agreed was a great place to pitch a tent, have a coldie and swim with the eels.
Mr Patrol baide his farewell at this point as did the Jeep. Lately Hi-Lux phoned in to say he was still an hour behind us. The 2 remaining adventurers made their way to Woodford and from there located a forestry track to Beerburrum. This track was full of diversions and those diversions were gladly received and promptly navigated. One could easily get lost in this area, and having said that, we did manage to find a peak that would have given a mountain goat trouble. Turning around and noting our lack of position in relation to the position we wanted to be in ( we were lost OK !!!! ), back tracked and found bitumen.
Another couple of U turns and we stopped at the Golden Arches on the road to Bribie for a cuppa, where said Lately Hi-Lux turned up smiling with child in arms.
Enough of this, I ll attempt to post up a very small bit of video. Dont worry about the quality, it was my first shot at using new camera. The digi zoom is krapola. I have more footage and it is in focus and will post some up later this week.
The first bit is of Poodroo successfully traversing a steep and rough section early on in the trip. Turn volume down, as I am unable to edit sound and there is swearing on the tape. The second bit is of finding_time doing it easy up the same section. Diff locks are a great weapon.
The rest of the troupes will add their story in good time. All stories about me, water, wrong turns, bush, creeks and trees are false, false I say !!!!
Cheers Phill
" Due to a technical problem, the video has been removed until editing can be done. Thanks to the member for pointing that out and offering advice on how to edit the video. I will also be sending you the money for those reading lessons ".
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Thanks to all who came along. Hope you can make it when the real event takes place. Here are some pics. First one is of Finding_Time hitting his second playpen.
It was definitely a case of "third time lucky" for me. lol
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some good commentry 