Haha, thanks mate but I might give that a miss. We're loving the trip especially the kids.Quote:
Originally Posted by MC97GQ
How's the trout biting?
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Haha, thanks mate but I might give that a miss. We're loving the trip especially the kids.Quote:
Originally Posted by MC97GQ
How's the trout biting?
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Spent the day on the old telegraph track yesterday with heaps of crossings and some hairy stuff . No pics on the phone so you'll have to wait.
No damage but threw the alignment out of whack on one of the rocky crossings.
Got that on video...haha. You can see the dog flying through the air in the car tho.
Here's some other teasers
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The photo does these correlations no justice but with the tyres right down they are still bone shattering.
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You'll have to wait for the rest as they're on the slr camera.
I have a vid on the phone I can try and upload of me comming into a creek bed and the car............................
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they are whopper corrugations! I don't think I've ever seen them so clearly in a pic before.
All we can be is be grateful for well damped coils, and not the trusty but harsh leaves.
Is the best speed, apart from dead slow, still reasonable? In saying that travelling at speed so the body never catches up with what is happening below looks pretty harsh on the suspension, not to mention wheel bearings etc. I watch people attack the speed humps at the local shops with gusto, and think, that's gotta cost, sooner or later. And there is only one of them, not thousands :-)
Thanks for the other pics - what a trip! Great for the Billy Lids, too.
I haven't found a best or comfortable speed for these suckers, they all just jar the vehicle and body. You get over them really quickly and just want to get out of there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silver
Lucky the Patrol is such a tough vehicle as anything else bar maybe the toyo would fall apart. I suppose that's why you don't see any thing else but these two brands .
On main tracks the most comfortable Speed i found was 110 km/ hr as you're just sitting on top of the corrigations I think but then you have the other obvious dangers, pot holes, dust holes, dips, bumps, wild life, etc
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Don't know if this will work. Quality is poor for some reason,
Watch the truck sway half way down
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NOW I'm jealous!!
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Yeah mate, it was fun but unfortunately being the only vehicle in a lot of cases i had to opt for the chicken track or go around. Mind you there was 50 vehicles drowned this season. One being a Prado which crossed the nolans brook and didn't make it when I pulled up. The crossing looked more than doable just like others including cypress crossing.Quote:
Originally Posted by growlers71gq
So I waited for other vehicles before I crossed just incase. I had the winch but wasn't getting into some of those waters...haha
So with a group of vehicles this would be an awesome drive.
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Next time maybe ay!
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Next forum meet upQuote:
Originally Posted by growlers71gq
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Would be an epic trip thats for sure!!!!!!
ho ho way to go kris excellent tripQuote:
Originally Posted by nisshead
Another great camp spot.
James Earl lookout about 10km out of Lakeland
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Right on top of the range looking out onto the mountains towards Lakeland
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be a nice view to wake up to
Yeah it was a bit hard to take;)Quote:
Originally Posted by roofy
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Thanks for the fuel consumption report. Now I need the alcohol consumption report. PML
He's got a blood content in his alcomohol Rossco hahahahahhahaa
I am loving this thred, Thank's nisshead
Haha, sorry mate that blew the richter scale!!!Quote:
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Bit of bad luck today, cracked the air con pipe on the side of the truck where it runs to the rear and lost all the liquid/gas.
Bloody hot car for a couple of weeks till we get down lower. Oh well just have to drink more cold beer
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I must confess I dont like reading this thread as it just fills me with envy, you lucky lucky bastard!!!!!!!!!!!
Just to rub it in. This is our camp spot tonight on endevour river
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Pumpkin soup and fresh bread for dinner
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And a few rums to go with it ;)
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Oy Oy have ya caught any barra yet
....and the result of that bread of course
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How's that sliced stuff going ey? Bwahahah
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Qe'll talk about that later....lolololoQuote:
Originally Posted by growlers71gq
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Well after saying I'll be around Cooktown for a while, it didn't appeal so we left and are now in Mossman
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Gonna have a look around here
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Isn't it strange how we really want to see some place and when we get there it is not what we thought, drop down some track to a place you have never heard of and can not get enough of it.
What this travel thing is all about.
I reckon I have read this thread from the beginning at least 5 times since it started, man I want to do a trip like that.
One day
Cheers Macca
Mossman gorge is nice for a day good swimming hole and good walkin track through the forest.
When ya get to Pt Douglas there's a place called mocca pies yumm
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glad your enjoying the trip mate,,im sitting in south ozz freezin my ass off and am thinkin of going to the top end of Queensland for next winter,we definately came home too early from the NT and WA ,,roll on summer,,take it easy and enjoy the rest of your trip
Great little camp / caravan spot at wonga right on the beach . sneak up and check it out Nisshead .
Will do mate, thanks for thatQuote:
Originally Posted by boots
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Yeah mate, not missing the cold at allQuote:
Originally Posted by fat pete
Cheers
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Gotta take advantage of these opportunities when they come up.
Overflowing water tank made a great shower...hahaha
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bet that was refreshing if not numbing as the water fell
Just like wet'n'wild
Yep it was very refreshing especially when i haven't had a shower for a couple of days.....hahaha
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Spent last couple of days in the rainforest up at Daintree... Wow what a beautiful place.
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Cape Tribulation
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Daintree Tea Plantatipn
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Spend hours walking around trying to get a look at the very elusive Cassowary till we saw one this morning on the canopy walk
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Hahahahah a, oh well nearly!
Just spent last couple of hours swimming at Mossman gorge
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Onto port Douglas tomorrow
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Nice mate bring back memories from when i used to live up in Cairns. Mossman gorge was a favourite spot. Probably good ya didnt bump into one of those bush chooks mate theyre @#$%'s of birds. My old man had to rescue a tourist that had the sh1t kicked outa them by one hahahahaha got on the news an all hahahahahaha
Thanks for all the pics Kris, makes me wish my next trip was less than two months away.
thanks kris starting to wet the apertite we realy do have the best country in the world
And to think you're doing ok @ tipping too...................
Tim