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well im sick of waiting for AB or Mudrunner :) to put up another post for a trip so here we are, any ideas as im chomping at the bit to do another one. Any ideas for something central for everyone, there are plenty of trips over here like the csr, gunbarrel, connie sue etc etc but im thinking of something more central for everyone.
Waiting..................
Great idea, still waiting...................
Big fishing trip in the top end???
My house???
Flinders ranges, wilpena pound or meet at glendambo and cross the connie sue :)
Growlers house
Didn't another thread propose Coffs Harbour?
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Googs track.
Probably a bit far west to be called central.
Coffs would be a nice trip heaps of tracks or the blue mountains
Sunbury????
If everyone got their passports sorted we could go see Lucas in Taswegia:)
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Beachport SA for New Year 2014 / 2015😁
We like this one too..... or Flinders, or blue mountains, or.................. Fat Alberts. ( lots of fishing, bring a boat)Quote:
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A Tas trip has been suggested for Sept next year already.. http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...15-possibility
January cape jaffa
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...ad.php?t=25570
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Googs Track, North of Ceduna.
Try a dirt every day High country from melb to Sydney.
Border track.
Little/Big Desert
yeh guys i was trying to keep it central sort of so we from the west dont have to do huge kms again just to get there, googs or the border track would suit me :) although thats big k's anyway lol
Count me in for that.Quote:
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I would love to get involved and do a few trips with others, once I get our new second hand GU, Prob will also look at joining a club in vic to.
Tom Groggin to Dargo via Mt Pinibar and Blue Rag.
Sorry Stropp, not quite central mate.
I know it's not central, in fact the worst centralised part of Australia but I would love to Tassie.
Only been there three times but would love to 4wd down there and explore the bush. Tourism, history and sight seeing a plenty for anyone who hasn't been before.
Coffs is awesome too, I may be committed to a family Kimberly trip next year if the planets align but keen to go anywhere.
Australia is awesome wherever we go...lol
Rotto? lol
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Would be awesome :-)Quote:
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And it's bigger than you think! Haha
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Are you meaning the sa vic border??Quote:
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He was talking about a garlic ballQuote:
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yes.............Quote:
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Understand your eyetalyan heritage. But really? Ya balls are garlicy?Quote:
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Hey Stropp we would like to do more outback stuff like you suggested gunbarrel, connie sue etc
What about Morton Island?
Would make it easier for people not suited to outback touring
Canning stock route?Quote:
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Does everyone have to go to the same place or can people, for example, group together with other people that want to go to similar areas?
it would be better if we had a meetup like the simpson as you get to meet other members that possibly you wouldnt normally, im just thinking somewhere central to make it easy and less travel for us poor sandgropers
I'm sure we could come up with "something special" for you!!Quote:
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By definition it then wouldn't be a "national meetup".Quote:
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I also believe it should be a total experience in itself
The main problem, as always, is the geography of Oz.
Bugger all people live in the middle so eventually the middle doesn't become a viable destination if different experiences are one of the aims.
Eventually you end up somewhere near the major population centres
Personally speaking I love visiting Tassie or Qld or NT or (insert other states etc here).
Been a visitor to Tas heaps, seen lots and still have a list of bits I want to see.
I've lived in NSW, Qld, NT and WA and still have a heap of spots to visit in them as well
I think the "National Meetup" should continue and the destination should be
a) remote
b) a destination in itself and then if it lends itself to a seperate trip or activity once get you there, great
c) a couple of thousand K's or so from the destination of the prev 2 or maybe 3
EG purely hypothetically to illustrate
2014 Dalhousie
2015 Tassie (say Strahan)
2016 Cape York
2017 Googs Track or Connie Sue or whatever
2018 Gibb River Road (say Kununnurra) or CSR or Bungles
2019 West Macs/Uluru/Kings Canyon or Great Central
etc
etc
Yes, Coffs is good, (Ballina is better but I'm biased)
Yes, so is the Flinders and the WA SE Coast and the Alps and Cape Trib etc etc etc
By all means continue with "regional meetups" that the "locals" or forumites find appealing/easier/cheaper/convenient, I am all in favour of that but I just think the National Meetup should be a real out there type trip.
Not everyone will make the most of the nationals, indeed some will only make maybe 1 and many won't get to any of them but I'd like them to be lifetime memories.