Beachport / Robe Beach SA Christmas 2014

[Alitis007]

You know you want to be here buggalugs. Easier to post here than stop drinking, get out of the chair, yell across the camp. Happy Hour is a good time

Lol!! If I'm having such a great time I usually don't have the time to post on social media. ..... anyway I thought all your camp sites were meant to be booked next to each other ??

[MudRunnerTD]

Lol!! If I'm having such a great time I usually don't have the time to post on social media. ..... anyway I thought all your camp sites were meant to be booked next to each other ??

Yeah all the sites are in a Row. Originally the booking was much larger and we would have been in a group on both sides of the road but with a smaller group they have lined us up in a row. Works OK, across would have been a winner though. 5 sites in a row works OK though. The park is small so it's not a long way from anywhere.

Normally when there is a forum Meetup on where there is Internet reception it is common practice to post up stuff on the go. Having a great time mate, laid back and No Stress here at all. Zero Expectations of what needs to happen and what everyone is doing.

Looking to do a run to the Mouth of the Murray on Monday which could be 500kms return on the beach. Big day.

[MudRunnerTD]

Just put my Jumper on. Cool change is here, hope you guys get some of this without the wind

[growler2058]

Not gunna do an overnighter at the mouth?

[BigRAWesty]

Na not this time gman. Only 500k return so doable in a day if we have a shoit run up we'll black top it back

[mudnut]

What day are you gunna do the Murray trip?

[BigRAWesty]

What day are you gunna do the Murray trip?

At this stage mate Monday is the day.
But we're looking at doing carpenters rocks run Wednesday.

So if you miss the mouth mate you'll still get a good trip in

[mudnut]

No worries, I'll have the day to set up and go fishing. Is there a grocery store at the Cape. If there is I can leave the fridge at home.

[Alitis007]

Yeah all the sites are in a Row. Originally the booking was much larger and we would have been in a group on both sides of the road but with a smaller group they have lined us up in a row. Works OK, across would have been a winner though. 5 sites in a row works OK though. The park is small so it's not a long way from anywhere.

Normally when there is a forum Meetup on where there is Internet reception it is common practice to post up stuff on the go. Having a great time mate, laid back and No Stress here at all. Zero Expectations of what needs to happen and what everyone is doing.

Looking to do a run to the Mouth of the Murray on Monday which could be 500kms return on the beach. Big day.

Haha you know thats not what I meant mate :D anyways have fun and enjoy

[BigRAWesty]

No worries, I'll have the day to set up and go fishing. Is there a grocery store at the Cape. If there is I can leave the fridge at home.

Sorta. The cp reception is a small store and liquor store. Basics supplied.
So you'd probably be ok but I'd bring some staples.

[Clunk]

So you'd probably be ok but I'd bring some staples.

Do you need plenty of paper?

[MudRunnerTD]

Do you need plenty of paper?

BHAHAHAHAHAHAHA wanker!

[BigRAWesty]

Do you need plenty of paper?

We would if you were here.

[BigRAWesty]

Mudnut also check the roads coming from Mount g to robe as the fire at Glencoe got out of control yesterday again. You may need to go via Penola

[mudnut]

According to SAPOL the Highway is closed today.

[BigRAWesty]

According to SAPOL the Highway is closed today.

Most have been opened now but fire is only contained.
So yea up to you.

Anyway. Another great day.
This man is in love.

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But was a great day for a drive. A bit to windy for a swim but we might check out a closed coast bit.

Anyway. Great driving.

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[BigRAWesty]

So after it being to windy this morning and cold for a swim we visited a couple of washed up whale bones for a few pick and some fun for the kids.
Biggest one was smack on 5m and the other I'd say just under 4.
After a but of deliberation we concluded that it was in fact a vertebrate... Lol

Anyway we continued onto robe again to check out a popular coffee shop which backed onto a huge playground.

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So after a top coffee and cake we topped up the pantry, a quick swim and surf on long beach and now preparing for tomorrow's 500k Murray mouth treck.

So far conditions have been prime.
Nice hard sand with the occasional churned up sections.

Anyway. Off to enjoy our salt and pepper squid. And the payment brews for assisting the navara on day one.

Cheers

[warner01]

Hey westy where you headding tomorrow?? are you comming down Goolwa way ??

[TPC]

Hi warner, we are heading down to the mouth on the beach tomorrow.
Are you the guy I saw on the beach near robe?

[BigRAWesty]

Hey westy where you headding tomorrow?? are you comming down Goolwa way ??

Wrong side of the mouth mate but your more than welcome to jump on board at 42 mile if you like and do the last section with us.

We're planning a 8am departure and all reports are good. So I'll assume if all goes well we should be coming past 42mile around 1030 ish.

[Clunk]

Wow MR must be in love to let you take a photo of him rooting a rock

[MudRunnerTD]

On the trip to the Mouth of the Murray. 110km done and having a break in the dunes, can't believe I have reception

Amazing beaches.

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Did I mention when we stopped for that beach pic the Hilux called out for a recovery!! WTF! Thought he was taking the piss!

Nup!!! Was in 2WD and dug a hole! BHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

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Good on ya Kev!!


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Well done Kevin getting bogged????

[MudRunnerTD]

Well made to the mouth of the Murray. Last 50kms was on Cruise Control set at 85km/h. Got here and there were people everywhere!!!! WTF? Came around the point of the mouth to find a cruise boat landed. I think they were just as surprised to see us!!

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Lunch stop at the Mouth.

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[MudRunnerTD]

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We made it

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And the important info

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[Maxhead]

Looks awesome guys, sounds like everyone is having a top trip! Nice

[Stropp]

looks like a great time you are having

[Rossco]

Looks like an awesome trip guys, nice one, pretty lucky with the weather too.

I hope you've got time to enjoy it with all the posting going on . . . . Enjoy you lucky buggers, have to tick this one off the list one day.

[BigRAWesty]

Was an awesome day.
Awesome scenery. Some really cool patterns on the sand.

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First 10 mind on the sand we spotted a seal sun bathing. No it wasn't Darren it was an actual seal ;-)

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And we scored a second body board for the trip. This is a nice thick adult size one so we'll hit the surf some time.

And I think the best bit of my day was filling up to find I matched darrens fuel consumption to the litre.
71.7 litres from Kingston return. Very happy with that.

Unfortunately it seems the beautiful weather which was forcasted seems to be slipping us and we may be packing up in the rain.

But hey. Rain hail or sun well be enjoying it.

[warner01]

Hi warner, we are heading down to the mouth on the beach tomorrow.
Are you the guy I saw on the beach near robe?

Hey would have loved to have joined you guys but im already home. and yes TPC thats me. me and my brothers where just there for the sat and went home sunday morn. was good meeting you though mate.

[BigRAWesty]

Hey would have loved to have joined you guys but im already home. and yes TPC thats me. me and my brothers where just there for the sat and went home sunday morn. was good meeting you though mate.

Always another day mate.

[TPC]

We had a great time today driving on the beach and through the sand dunes from Cape Jaffa to Beachport.
It was a hot day but perfect down the beach.
A few selected photos.

[Clunk]

We had a great time today driving on the beach and through the sand dunes from Cape Jaffa to Beachport.
It was a hot day but perfect down the beach.
A few selected photos.


nice to see everyone looking very happy sat round that table ;)

[Avo]

looks like an awesome trip

[BigRAWesty]

nice to see everyone looking very happy sat round that table ;)

Forking upstairs enclosed conference room with no fans. Wasn't fun.

But apart from and amerok blocking our travels (made lite work by Darren) it was a great day. Tough as the sand was soft as but great scenery.
Most my picks are slr so I'll throw them up over the weekend

[mudnut]

BLOODY AMAZING TRIP!!!

That was by far the best meet up I have attended, and that includes trips with my club. Cape Jaffa is still mostly unspoilt, but there is a heap of money being invested there, so I would suggest putting it on your "Must Go To" list, before it is developed.

Thanks for suggesting the meet up, Kallen and MR. It was great to meet all you guys again, and to meet you friends and rellies.

I have discovered that the little RB30's rev limiter is set above 7800 rpm, by getting off the beach and up a very chopped up, soft dune which had a curve and difficult angle.

Photos to follow this arvo.

[Sir Roofy]

bloody amazing trip!!!

That was by far the best meet up i have attended, and that includes trips with my club. Cape jaffa is still mostly unspoilt, but there is a heap of money being invested there, so i would suggest putting it on your "must go to" list, before it is developed.

Thanks for suggesting the meet up, kallen. It was great to meet all you guys again, and to meet you friends and rellies.

I have discovered that the little rb30's rev limiter is set above 7800 rpm, by getting off the beach and up a very chopped up, soft dune which had a curve and difficult angle.

Photos to follow this arvo.

mmmm past lunch time now heading into dinner time

[mudnut]

I have got a few pictures of the others but forgot to ask permission to post them and I still have to blot out some number plates. These rocks had upright petrified tree trunks, very similar to Cape Bridgewater Vic.

[TPC]

Really enjoyed this trip, great place to go.
Thanks to Darryn and Kallen for suggesting this and everybody for the great company and making my extended family welcome.
It was great seeing the little kids having fun and we enjoyed our regular visits from Sophia and Amelia(chatterbox).
It was also good to have Kevin along in his Hilux so Kallen could practice his beach recovery although I believe he was recovered by a Hilux on Thursday.

Here are a few photos from the drive a couple of us did to Canunda while Darryn, Kallen & Craig were leading a tag along tour for anybody they spoke to in Beachport.

[mudnut]

The trip from Beachport to Robe was supposed to be only the four vehicles. MR(GU), Kallen (GQ), Kevin (HILUX) and me (GQ), but when we arrived at the start of the tracks, we ended up with a convoy of eight vehicles.

It was fantastic to see Darren invite four car loads of complete strangers, (all new to 4 wheel driving and in varying vehicles) to come with us.

They were all unsure of going it alone and getting stuck.

He helped air down their tyres and we supplied some of the newbies with some spare hand held radios.

Once we got going we had one bloke miss a turn at a T intersection, so the tail end of the convoy had to backtrack. After this Kallen jumped a few places ahead of me so there was GQ awsomeness dispersed throughout the convoy.

With great diligence and patience Darren coached the new drivers over the more difficult terrain. I had a young couple travelling in a GQ powered by a Turboed RD28, following me, so I was able to tell them which gear to select for the rocky or steeper tracks.

A few times I looked at their faces in the rear view mirror, and they both had grins from ear to ear.

At the open sand dune area we had to perform a few recoveries and that taught the newbies many of the basics of sand driving.

As we neared the end of the trek, we encountered some more technical sections of track that we had by-passed the previous day.

It was a very long day, but I enjoyed this trip immensely and the friendships made were a nice bonus.

Thanks Darren for being a fantastic trip leader.

[Clunk]

Really enjoyed this trip, great place to go.
Thanks to Darryn and Kallen for suggesting this and everybody for the great company and making my extended family welcome.
It was great seeing the little kids having fun and we enjoyed our regular visits from Sophia and Amelia(chatterbox).
It was also good to have Kevin along in his Hilux so Kallen could practice his beach recovery although I believe he was recovered by a Hilux on Thursday.

Here are a few photos from the drive a couple of us did to Canunda while Darryn, Kallen & Craig were leading a tag along tour for anybody they spoke to in Beachport.
nice bit of surf going on in pic 6 mate

[TPC]

nice bit of surf going on in pic 6 mate

Yea the surf was huge, photos don't show the size very well.
Would not try it myself though, too many rocks.

[Clunk]

Yea the surf was huge, photos don't show the size very well.
Would not try it myself though, too many rocks.

no nor me, well not now anyway. But I do enjoy sitting there watching the waves, could do it all day lol

[BigRAWesty]

A few of the days I'd say a good 1.5m surf was on in sections.
The group shot.
After seeing these guys battle what I thought was easy in their ifs vehicles. I'm glad I drive a Nissan..

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And don't believe what they say.
I self recovered. The hills became a price of my kit once I attached my winch rope lol


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I was on my way up at least a 15m sand hill which peaked at more than 50 degrees and just didn't power on for long enough. Ended up plonking myself down next to the colarado. But it showed how quickly it can turn to crap.

At one stage we had 4 cars bogged on 2 different dunes.

[mudnut]

And you said I didn't do as hard a climbs as you, Kallen. It was dune experience that let me know not to do those on the steep side. Lol. I still had a lot of fun though. And I reckon the newbies had a ball.

[Drewboyaus]

I was on my way up at least a 15m sand hill which peaked at more than 50 degrees and just didn't power on for long enough.

TD42 NA......what power???? LOL

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[BigRAWesty]

TD42 NA......what power???? LOL

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Mate. Kept up all weekend and got as good fuel figures as Darrens.

[Winnie]

Mate. Kept up all weekend and got as good fuel figures as Darrens.

Darren's is pretty thirsty though

[BigRAWesty]

I thought our uses were good for the conditions.
In the tougher stuff we were getting 23ish per 100k. That's low range second or third high rpm stuff.
On the easier stuff it was high teens.

[mudnut]

Yeah I was impressed with thirty nine litres for 183 km of driving. We were pushing hard on the soft stuff for most of the time.

Here are some more pictures. The VW was well and truly dug in, with high tyre pressures and soft sand.

[mudnut]

Has anyone heard from our new friends yet?

[MudRunnerTD]

Yeah I got a text the next day asking if they could come for another drive lol. Told them I was packing and heading home. I think they were coming home today.

[mudnut]

Cool. I wonder if any of them will update to a Trol?

[BigRAWesty]

Brad and Mel texted me. Said they had a wonderful time. Mel was still grinning ear to ear.
Was having issues logging on after making a profile. But unsure of his screen name so can't assist.

Was a great day that's for sure

[AB]

Brad and Mel texted me. Said they had a wonderful time. Mel was still grinning ear to ear.
Was having issues logging on after making a profile. But unsure of his screen name so can't assist.

Was a great day that's for sure

If they read this then press contact us on the website, let us know their usernames and ill sort them out.

[BigRAWesty]

Patrolling around is his screen name. He's going to try either forum runner or the mobile app again.

[BigRAWesty]

So we're going back lol.
My brother and mates are heading down Friday night, and were catching them Saturday for a day trip.
Showed them a few picks of the buggy park and there all like school boys in a strip club. Keen as.
Should be good. Finally settle a few Nissan Toyota debates me and my bro have lol.