Tallarook meetup April 2014 trip report photos and videos.

[Hodge]

OK thought I'd do a separate Tallarook thread. Bloodyaussie summed up what we done for the day perfectly so I'll just copy his words and photos and hope he doesn't shoot me for it. I'll also be adding all the photos and videos I have as I go along.
Just a heads up that I am horrible with remembering names and forum names, so If i stuff something up, yell at me!


I will post up pics later.....

For now here it is... bloody brilliant day with some new faces which is good because I get sick of looking at all your same ugly mugs all the time.

This morning Mick, Stretch, Mudski, Hodge met at my place with Drew and Huey meeting us on the freeway... easy drive up to Broadford where we met ( I am struggling here for names) Matt, Carl, Shaun and family , Craig and kids and I am so sorry but I have forgotten the rest of the names..... dont hate me???

We then headed 5 min up the road to air down and begin the day with a short drive before getting to the rock face and even though we said we would not do it 5 cars went up and then down again to rejoin the convoy with no trouble at all.

We then headed our way to the hill climb at Jenkins track and got heaps of video of everyone... also mostly hassle free.

After that down Tehan6 along the bottom to tehan3 then a race around to the back of Mt Hickey where we stopped for lunch and group photo's... here we said goodbye to Matt and Craig.

We then made our way down to the dam and up the back of East falls track where everyone had a ball (think this was the pic for the day).

After that it was down Steep track where Mudski decided to move a huge boulder to the middle of the track as he passed blocking the path... good one Mark so Shaun had to back up and we used a strap to move the boulder a bit at a time..

We then hit Cable track with little trouble as it is so dry and from there it was a day... by this stage it was well after 3pm and people needed to get home so by the time we got to the look out and aired up it was closer to 4.30pm and we all said our good byes..... bloody good day I must say and really enjoyed catching up with my mates and also making some more new ones..

I hope all the novices enjoyed and I hope the more experienced guys had fun also!!!!

I will post photos later with heaps of Video!!! cheers!!

[Hodge]

Bloodyaussie's photos 1
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[Hodge]

Bloodyaussies Photos 2


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[Hodge]

Bloodyaussies Photos 3

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[Hodge]

Bloodyaussies Videos



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-NQQgimdXM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux9uNgdAcOg&feature=youtu.be


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IEVglonyu8&feature=youtu.be

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Now the videos are coming. Being uploaded.

[Hodge]

Mudski going up the optional rock face that some went up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTY35zcby5U&feature=youtu.be

[Hodge]

Pickers doing the optional rock face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbqoTqKoE1c&feature=youtu.be

[Hodge]

DIL380 ( Another Matt ? ) going up Jenkins hill. Stock GU, no trouble. Also a hairy moment for the dog in this one ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tixK3Gf29N0&feature=youtu.be

[Bloodyaussie]

Video does not do that justice at all.

[Hodge]

Video does not do that justice at all.

No matter how hard you try to get a video or photo angle to show how steep it really is , it always fails. Then to those who werent there, it just looks like a walk in the park.

[Hodge]

Mego going up the rock face.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ8OfulaUV4&feature=youtu.be

[Hodge]

Drew going up rock face.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5ph3ne80yo&feature=youtu.be

[Bloodyaussie]

Drew going up rock face.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5ph3ne80yo&feature=youtu.be

A bit of magic hands there drew!!!

[AB]

A bit of magic hands there drew!!!

We have another Ninja...

[Hodge]

Mego up Jenkins Hill. And bang just clocked a 1000 posts.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn71HDm1Jq0&feature=youtu.be

[Hodge]

Hewy in Prado going up Jenkins hill.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAQagHkyoxM&feature=youtu.be

[Hodge]

Carl in a V8 Troopie going up rock face.
This thing is a beast.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQT7Yrzt7Kg&feature=youtu.be

[Drewboyaus]

We have another Ninja...

Love the Ninja hands........
everything else is serene......
except for the hands......
LMFAO

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[MEGOMONSTER]

V8 Troopie going up rock face. Once again, cannot remember this blokes name. No hard feelings. lol YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQT7Yrzt7Kg&feature=youtu.be (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQT7Yrzt7Kg)

Pretty sure it was Karl or Carl.
If you want to edit it.

[Family4x4]

Hugh was in the Prado

[Drewboyaus]

Yeah, it was my mate Hewy with the Prado.

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[Hodge]

I'll post up the rest later tonight. Shaun and mudnut in GQs and stretch doing the climbs.

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[Bloodyaussie]

No pics or video of me ya barstools! !!!

[Hodge]

No pics or video of me ya barstools! !!!

Ive got one mate will post tonight. That first rock climb.

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[MEGOMONSTER]

No pics or video of me ya barstools! !!!

You were always like, locker on, I'm doing it and your off before we could get out the cars. Lol

[Hodge]

Here we go. BA first one up the steep hill.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib4_sV75vcU&feature=youtu.be

[growler2058]

Here we go. BA first one up the steep hill.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib4_sV75vcU&feature=youtu.be

Gee not much of a hill. I woulda done that in mums corolla Johnno

[Bloodyaussie]

Yeah looks pretty shit from that view I agree..... I could do it in Georges misses lowered dunnydoor!!!

[growler2058]

Yeah looks pretty shit from that view I agree..... I could do it in Georges misses lowered dunnydoor!!!

DAMN!! Didnt bite. You must be tired

[Bloodyaussie]

When your right your right mate!!!!!!

Compared to some of the High Country stuff this is all a walk in the park!!!!!

[Hodge]

Thought I'd sit down and post up the rest, but then realized, that was pretty much it. I'm missing videos for mudnut and shauns (family4x4) GQ, and Stretch's 80.

[Family4x4]

Hopefully you will get plenty more opportunities to get the Pink Lady on film.

[Hodge]

Hopefully you will get plenty more opportunities to get the Pink Lady on film.

Definitely mate, can't wait till next meetup/run.
My GoPro ran out of batteries just after BA's first hill climb. I forgot to turn it off after I left home. And my normal camera ran out of memory. And the reason I didnt film your hill climb was because You went up just before me.

[Bob]

I have taken these off Mudnut's Camera for him
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He is in Bendigo and visiting me

[mudnut]

Thanks for putting those panoramic pictures up, Bob. It was great to catch up again. Here are some more pictures that mudnutette took.

[Bloodyaussie]

Brilliant pics in a funny sort of way!!!!!

[mudnut]

I'll let mudnutette know you appreciate them. She also took some videos on my little camera, but they were the wrong format for Bob's and my computers to upload.

[Hodge]

Heres a dash cam video of the final Cable track climb. (I think its cable track) Its the last hill before the end.
2 more dash cam videos 15 mins each being uploaded.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sTHG_J9Aek&feature=youtu.be

[Hodge]

East Falls Rd. Part 1 Dashcam

@Bloodyaussie - I think I got the track names right. Please correct me if i'm wrong.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KoRokrpPkY&feature=youtu.be

[Hodge]

East Falls Rd. Part 2 Dashcam

At 3.10 mark is where you can see and hear my crossmember being raped lol. Just listening to the conversations on the video, not long before that mego reports all sorts of crunching, and I copped the same.

@Bloodyaussie - I think I got the track names right. Please correct me if i'm wrong.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTbBJo1bxAU&feature=youtu.be

[growler2058]

Don't forget to upload these vids to you4wd guys

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[MEGOMONSTER]

East Falls Rd. Part 2 Dashcam At 3.10 mark is where you can see and hear my crossmember being raped lol. Just listening to the conversations on the video, not long before that mego reports all sorts of crunching, and I copped the same. @Bloodyaussie - I think I got the track names right. Please correct me if i'm wrong. YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTbBJo1bxAU&feature=youtu.be (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTbBJo1bxAU)

Nice background music, sounds like IRON MAIDEN.

[Hodge]

Nice background music, sounds like IRON MAIDEN.

Spot on mate! Thats what I had in the car on the day. In fact thats what I have in the car most days. lol

[Hodge]

Here is most of tracks that we done.
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[DIL380]

No matter how hard you try to get a video or photo angle to show how steep it really is , it always fails. Then to those who werent there, it just looks like a walk in the park.

It was easier driving up it then it was walking

[MEGOMONSTER]

It was easier driving up it then it was walking

Was a real challenge to walk, BA made the tracks look difficult too, the rest of us made it look easy.

[pickers]

Might be a good idea for anyone on the trip last week to clean out there air filter as we were driving in a fair bit of dust.
I gave mine a air out with the compressor which I was surprised of the amount of dust that was in there .
Pickers

[mudnut]

I use a vacuum on the outer surface of the filter to avoid any dust being blown onto the inner surface. I also smear a very light layer of oil on the inside of the filter housing, to catch extra dust. It wipes off easily.

[MEGOMONSTER]

Might be a good idea for anyone on the trip last week to clean out there air filter as we were driving in a fair bit of dust.
I gave mine a air out with the compressor which I was surprised of the amount of dust that was in there .
Pickers

Good idea, the dust wont help trying to keep the EGT's down.

[Bloodyaussie]

I always clean out my air cleaner when I get home and on real bad trips I will clean my filter before hitting the highway... the performance lost if this is not done is incredible.

[Drewboyaus]

Good idea, the dust wont help trying to keep the EGT's down.

Yeah, terrible....
How are your EGT's Jonathan?
Mine are all good.....

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[Bloodyaussie]

Yeah, terrible....
How are your EGT's Jonathan?
Mine are all good.....

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My EGT's are through the roof Drew..... think she's gunna blow!!!!!!!

[Winnie]

My EGT's are through the roof Drew..... think she's gunna blow!!!!!!!

Like it did a couple of months ago??? Ohhhhhhhhhh