MEGOMONSTER
29th July 2012, 09:13 PM
Went to Echuca for an overnighter as my wife's sister was having a stall at the market up there and she invited us up for the night. Sunday morning set up the stall and dropped off all the boxes and me and her husband went for a looksy to see what we could find. Scenic drive was first. Really nice drive beside the river and goes for a few ks, we went off the main track and found plenty of water and mud, nothing too hard at all but we had a ball. Found a little sand hill that we had fun descending and thought I would never get up as it was really soft sand that crumbled under foot. 18481
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Gave it try going up and did it easy, we really had fun here did it a few times
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These were the only photos
We spent a couple hours in this park, real easy with plenty mud an water. Few ruts were a bit deep for me but got through anyway ( learnt plenty on my first trip with AB(thanks mate)).
Then we went to the (I think) Banyule state forest where thing got a whole lot different, water deeper, surface more muddy. I did this track melb cup w/end bit dryzabone real easy but today completely different and worried me, especially on my own with no winch.
But still kept going until I found one track that I thought was ok to go through but was proven wrong and bogged in, by myself, up to the side step. Got a whole lot of branches under the front and rear tyres but couldn't get out. Then the lords of Patrology heathed my calls and sent me a 4.5l huge lift 35 claws NISSAN PATROL to my rescue. He pulled me out real easy with all my new recovery gear. He then asked if we would like to join them for a splash around and I agreed. And boy did I enjoy the next few hours. Long deep ruts muddy, I was shocked that I even attempted them with no lift and tyres but help was right there. Absolutely the most fun I've had in my patrol, cannot believe the sh*t I went through today but I have to admit I did take 2 chicken tracks where the lead big patrol struggled to get through. Then spent the next hour at the car wash getting all that mud off my car, only to find really bad bush striping which the Missus is not impressed with but hey I bought it, I'll break it.
Both areas are real easy in the dry for anyone wanting a fun day out, but in the wet a little more difficult but still reasonably easy but fun fun fun and I'm hooked hooked hooked.
I had so much fun I forgot to go fishing
18482
Gave it try going up and did it easy, we really had fun here did it a few times
18483
These were the only photos
We spent a couple hours in this park, real easy with plenty mud an water. Few ruts were a bit deep for me but got through anyway ( learnt plenty on my first trip with AB(thanks mate)).
Then we went to the (I think) Banyule state forest where thing got a whole lot different, water deeper, surface more muddy. I did this track melb cup w/end bit dryzabone real easy but today completely different and worried me, especially on my own with no winch.
But still kept going until I found one track that I thought was ok to go through but was proven wrong and bogged in, by myself, up to the side step. Got a whole lot of branches under the front and rear tyres but couldn't get out. Then the lords of Patrology heathed my calls and sent me a 4.5l huge lift 35 claws NISSAN PATROL to my rescue. He pulled me out real easy with all my new recovery gear. He then asked if we would like to join them for a splash around and I agreed. And boy did I enjoy the next few hours. Long deep ruts muddy, I was shocked that I even attempted them with no lift and tyres but help was right there. Absolutely the most fun I've had in my patrol, cannot believe the sh*t I went through today but I have to admit I did take 2 chicken tracks where the lead big patrol struggled to get through. Then spent the next hour at the car wash getting all that mud off my car, only to find really bad bush striping which the Missus is not impressed with but hey I bought it, I'll break it.
Both areas are real easy in the dry for anyone wanting a fun day out, but in the wet a little more difficult but still reasonably easy but fun fun fun and I'm hooked hooked hooked.
I had so much fun I forgot to go fishing