Trekster's trackside adventures: Coffs Harbour and surrounds

[trekster]

Hello patrollites!

Started my little thread here about my little adventures around the Coffs Coast, Thought I might share some things I've seen and where I've Been!

I'm by no means an expert 4wd'er, In fact I'm really a novice but have learnt so much in the short time I've had the patrol.

If anyone likes a place let me know I can send you maps etc.


Cheers,
Eric.

[trekster]

Today we went out to the back of Coramba and visitted the King Coramba gold mine, Was mined in the late 1800's and then re-mined in the 1930's, Need some gumboots to go for a look inside but it goes a fair way in I am told!

This is the entrance and all I could get as it was real wet and raining.

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This is a creek that runs beside the mine, It has alot of quartz deposits as well

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Can see this part alot of quartz

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More of the creek:

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Big piece of quartz, maybe slightly bigger then a basketball....
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[NissanGQ4.2]

Do you know if you can you get into the mine or is it blocked off further in???

Looks like a nice spot to visit

[trekster]

Today took some friends out to Yuraygir National Park north of Coffs to visit the Keyman.


Legend has it that a Lithuanian tightrope walker-Jonas Slovenski-hand made this statue in memory to his maker. He came to this forest looking for solitude in the 1960’s and earned himself a reputation as a fearless axeman, mostly because he worked in the nude- wearing nothing but a pair of gumboots. When he wasn’t cutting timber he exercised his balancing skills on cables stretched high above the trees. Local 4wders started hanging old keys on the statue, and so the name stuck.


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Here's myself and a mate to give you an idea of size.

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[trekster]

Do you know if you can you get into the mine or is it blocked off further in???

Looks like a nice spot to visit

Can go in there, and once I get some gumboots I will be going in with a mate, goes in a hundred metres or so and a few different ways as well!

[trekster]

Went for a drive out to Nana village which is on Nana Creek, This is an old gold mining village, There is an old mine on the way too!

70m Mine entrance (I walked this at a later date)

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Old Cyanide vats in the village
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Old boiler
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Inside the boiler
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Old flywheel possibly off the stamper battery
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Chimney going up into the bush
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[gaddy]

Looks good , whats with the keys ?

[trekster]

Went up Sherwood road looking for Waihou lookout, But found a lookout over Glenreagh instead!

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Looking down to Glenreagh

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Part of Sherwood road that was washed out from the heavy rain, Was about a foot deep near the top, Not hard to drive by any means, but for a flat track to erode like this shows how much rain had been coming down.

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[trekster]

Went for a drive to station creek and down onto the beach to see if we could ge across to Pebbly beach, But the tide was a no go so had a look around and came back, Went with the in-laws in their patrol.


Through the dunes:
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Onto the beach!
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Life is a beach
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Patrollin' the beach
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[trekster]

Drove the new commando trail today re: Chicken trail, The old one has a massive rock step up that my car would never get up anyways, then we drove down Morbid trail.


Couple of us after we stopped at the top of Commando (note: Nissan in the background too ;) )

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Me doin a pose haha
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Looking back up where we came from
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Goin down!
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and again

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[TPC]

Great photos mate, looks like a interesting place to look around.

[trekster]

Finally found Waihou lookout! If you watch 4wd action dvd's one of the recent Coff's trips Roothy finishes the dvd from this lookout.


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after the lookout we took our friends to visit the 70m mine again, he was keen to go in so off we went!

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Showing the kids inside
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My daughter was keen to come in!
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Little bent wing bat living inside
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Could stand up inside although you might hit your head in places!
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End of the line!
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[trekster]

Great photos mate, looks like a interesting place to look around.

Thanks mate, I really do love this area, there is so much to see and do!

[trekster]

Looks good , whats with the keys ?

The story goes:

Legend has it that a Lithuanian tightrope walker-Jonas Slovenski-hand made this statue in memory to his maker. He came to this forest looking for solitude in the 1960’s and earned himself a reputation as a fearless axeman, mostly because he worked in the nude- wearing nothing but a pair of gumboots. When he wasn’t cutting timber he exercised his balancing skills on cables stretched high above the trees. Local 4wders started hanging old keys on the statue, and so the name stuck.


Unsure of it, there is no history on the keyman which is a shame.

[gaddy]

Thanks looks like a spot to put on the must do list , thanks for sharing

[trekster]

Thanks looks like a spot to put on the must do list , thanks for sharing


No worries at all, If you need locations hit me up cheers.

[trekster]

Here's a video from me pulling out a toyboata on a side trail off Eastern Boundary trail, Enjoy.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diIFt1FMX7w&feature=youtu.be


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[NP99]

Wish I seen this while down there. Good pics mate!

[trekster]

Wish I seen this while down there. Good pics mate!

Come back down soon and I will take you anywhere you like :) Any of this stuff I have posted you would be able to reach in your patrol!


Cheers,
Eric,

[trekster]

Playing around with my Jaycar sports camera

Some footage of trollin in the Bongil Bongil NP.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raMOZnep0QE

[trekster]

Playing in the quarry above widowmaker

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Waihou lookout got done over in the recent fire

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Driving through Sherwood road looks like a warzone!

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[Axiom]

Ah man, remind me to send you a PM when our crew look to go up to the NSW coast in Feb!

[trekster]

1st part of Rover trail from the Bruxner park end.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnPTirlci8g

[trekster]

Wedds Road (Well the start of it is a road then there's this trail off it hahaha)


Once you got past this
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You could do this
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I decided not to go any further with only 1 car

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We are a fair way up.

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[trekster]

My favourite swimming hole at Dingo Creek

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[trekster]

A Small rock fell down....
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It came from up there!
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This was a weird area!
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Top of a hill, Small waterfall
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Beast loves it!
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[trekster]

My brother in-law taming Commando.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhhT__rddo0

[nissannewby]

Nearly made it look hard mate :p

[PMC]

1st part of Rover trail from the Bruxner park end.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnPTirlci8g

G'day mate,

I thought you had recorded this in slow motion, then i realised that you have got a 2.8lt Patrol. lol

PS, one day, you will be able to graduate to drive a 4.2 turbo diesel, it wont happen over night, but it will happen. lol

Regards,

RLI

[trekster]

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