Licola snow trip in pictures

Great weekend as always. Does any one object to having their kids faces here ?
Here are my pics

Learning to drive in a REAL car.

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Not only are the lot of you quite mad spending time in such conditons out of choice but I gotta ask - don’t you ever remove stickers from your windscreen? ;)

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Not only are the lot of you quite mad spending time in such conditons out of choice but I gotta ask - don’t you ever remove stickers from your windscreen? ;)

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HA. You should see all the rego stickers on the other side.......

... you do realise that you have used a non-approved method of writing your name in the snow?

Pretty much agree with Cuppa, I've been to the snow 3 times
Once when I was 15 and didn't know better
Once when I was mid 40's 'cause I thought it couldn't have been as bad as I remember and as usual I was wrong
Once when I was about 50 because the Hobart WIN TV/AustarTransmission Hut on top of Mt Wellington burnt down... in July!!! ... and the Boss drugged me and threw me in the back of the Truck unconcious

Nah... just jokin'... looks like it was a fun trip and couple of very nice pic's in the collection as well

Way too cold for this black duck,
used to be illegal to have old rego stickers left on your car, no idea why
Good to see there is plenty of snow too.
Track closed sign looks permanent

Absolute ripper of a trip! Unfortunately I did not take any photos!
We got home about lunch time today but we missed out on this afternoons drive =(

Not at all Kat...
A great couple of days with really nice people and their families. My kids are exhausted!
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Just got home. Thanks to all for a great weekend. Plenty of snow, great tracks and company, the kids had a ball. Good drive back today over Mt Selma. Plenty more snow and it was bucketing down with snow @ Cambaville junction. Saw a nasty accident on the way to Lake Mountain couple of vehicles slid of the road and there was a GU on its roof but luckily everyone was OK.

Heaps of pics I'll chuck some up later. . .

What a great trip and a great place to stay! Plenty of things for the kids to do and Mia saw snow for the first time and had an absolute blast!

Good to see some new faces and some old :)

Thanks to everyone who came and special thanks to Fiona, Naomi and boogs for looking after Mia :)

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Was actually wondering if we should book for Cup Day and the re-opening of the tracks?


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We got home at 5 or so after a cruisy drive back to Canberra. As said before, top spot, top people, top weekend. We all had a ball and will definitely be back.
Pics to come

Looks like an awesome weekend was had. Well done. Nice pics there!!!

Good times and good company... today was epic but bloody long and tiring.
Blew out a panhard bush and made the trip from the first touch of tar very scary at times..
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Fantastic trip out with a great bunch of guys (and girls)!! Awesome time driving and playing in the snow, and around the camp fire.

Big thanks to BA for organising the trip and accommodation, and to Winnie and Rosco for leading the conveys!! Looking forward to the next one!! Pics to follow...


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Looks like fun, what was the list of track driven and possibly in order?
Was the gate from the caravan park to the camp grounds along the Wellington river closed?

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Was the gate from the caravan park to the camp grounds along the Wellington river closed?

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You mean Tamboritha Rd?
No, that was open all the way.


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Looks like those new hoodies came in handy

Yes, I thought they close that area after Queens birthday weekend.
Great timing with the snow.

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You mean Tamboritha Rd?
No, that was open all the way.


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Yes, I thought they close that area after Queens birthday weekend.
Great timing with the snow.

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No tamboritha is open all year long

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Looks like fun, what was the list of track driven and possibly in order?
Was the gate from the caravan park to the camp grounds along the Wellington river closed?

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Friday we drove in Beardmores Tk off Moe Rawson Rd then down to Fultons Tk all the way through to Wiiliams Spur then down Black Range to Burgoyne's through to Licola.

Saturday up Tamboritha Rd to Arbuckle junction then left as far as we could go (where Kellys Lane comes out) up Howit High pains Rd. Half went straight back, the other half went B2 Tk then B1 Tk to Mt Margret Tk and turned right along the north section back to licola .

Sunday went up Glencairn Rd to Jam-Licola Rd to Mt Selma, down Mt Selma Tk to Aberfeldy and back through Matlock & Marysville.

Thanks Rossco,
So all those track mentioned are open all year round?
How was the MtMargret tk and did you go up it from Tamboritha rd ?

Had a great weekend. Some great tracks. Yesterday afternoon and today was Choice driving. Had a ball. KM2s were awesome!

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Who got the pics of Amelia and Mia in the Taboggin together?


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Yep all those tracks are open. Mt Margaret Track is great. We came down it to the Tamboritha Rd. Follows the ridgetop to a heipad then a pretty reasonable decent down with a few rocky sections. Great views & beuitifull country.

Love that area, we do it and surroundings every Queens birthday.
Thanks for the info.

A few photos from the iPhone for tonight, have to put the SLR onto the PC tomorrow

Friday group airing down just outside of Thompson Dam

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Matty showing the kids how it's done!

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I want to see Rosccos photos, he took some great snaps of us on the tracks!

The next generation on our tracks.

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I want to see Rosccos photos, he took some great snaps of us on the tracks!

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Yeah got heaps, have to put them on the PC and do some sorting. Got some good ones of Garry airborne coming up Mt Selma.[emoji4]

Some great photos there, looks like it was a great trip.
I got cold just looking at them though.

Did you guys do Burgoynes/Macalaster Gorge area by chance?

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Did you guys do Burgoynes/Macalaster Gorge area by chance?

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Yep we drove Burgoyne's gap, crossed the Macalister river there too.

@ Winnie and you didnt take any pics at all ??

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@ Winnie and you didnt take any pics at all ??

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Only a couple of boring ones as I was leading the drive most of the time
I got a few videos of some cars going through Fultons Creek which was bonnet height.

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Yep we drove Burgoyne's gap, crossed the Macalister river there too.

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It was funny. We got to the crossing and stopped. It was up a little and had reasonable flow. Walked through and checked it wasn't too deep, bout waist deep at the deepest and was flowing steady, was hard to walk. We all stood around and procrastinated and ummed & arred about what to do, half keen half not so. Decided to attach a strap to mine and Andys and give it a test. Was fine then we went through. . . Absolute pisser, no worries at all!!! Hahaha. Oh well better to be over cautious I guess. . .

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Yep we drove Burgoyne's gap, crossed the Macalister river there too.

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How were the tracks into/out of the area, and crossing the river? I'll be solo, 35' muddies, winch, snorkel. I'm thinking of camping up there this weekend (think there's a hut around there).

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It was funny. We got to the crossing and stopped. It was up a little and had reasonable flow. Walked through and checked it wasn't too deep, bout waist deep at the deepest and was flowing steady, was hard to walk. We all stood around and procrastinated and ummed & arred about what to do, half keen half not so. Decided to attach a strap to mine and Andys and give it a test. Was fine then we went through. . . Absolute pisser, no worries at all!!! Hahaha. Oh well better to be over cautious I guess. . .

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That would've been freezing, walking through the river! How was Burgoynes and the tracks down to the gorge? Thinking of camping there this weekend, but don't wanna get in and not be able to get out haa

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How were the tracks into/out of the area, and crossing the river? I'll be solo, 35' muddies, winch, snorkel. I'm thinking of camping up there this weekend (think there's a hut around there).

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Tracks were fine, pretty rocky and grippy. Saw a hut coming down to the river but didn't pass it, should be easy to find with a bit of exploring. Looked pretty cool wouldn't mind checking it out one day. Wouldn't advise the crossing solo, very good chance it would be up further since we went through. Hut & camping is on the Walhalla side.

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Tracks were fine, pretty rocky and grippy. Saw a hut coming down to the river but didn't pass it, should be easy to find with a bit of exploring. Looked pretty cool wouldn't mind checking it out one day. Wouldn't advise the crossing solo, very good chance it would be up further since we went through. Hut & camping is on the Walhalla side.

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That's awesome Rossco, thanks heaps mate. Might leave early friday and head up through Walhalla, Mt Selma, Mt Useful, and across to Burgoynes and Macalaster Gorge and camp there. Hopefully see someone else crossing the river at some point to tag along with and check out Licola while I'm there! Hopefully if I hit Walhalla by 10am, I'll get to Macalaster Gorge before sundown.

Correct me if im wrong but beleave the hut is privately owned to get to it theres a steep track on the point of the second switch back before heading down to the river
id like a bit of sun on it before going down or up