Scenic Rim - Forum Trip - August 13th and 14th 2011 - Expression of Interest

[Gas_Guzzler4800]

I think I kinda went 4x4ing with you guys and didnt even realise it. ( didnt see this thread until tonight ) A mate and I had a little muck around at Scenic Rim today. He was in a Blue 4Runner 4" lift, 33" muds & front locker and I was in my gold GU stock suspension and newly added 285/70R16 KM2's. Anyway I recognise a few of the trucks in the pics above and somehow ended up in front of the red GQ along Slippery Hills/Carwash Lane. Sorry guys I would have stopped and had a bit more of a chat if I knew you were from the forum! Dunno how i missed the banner haha

It was my first time out there and while I found the maps difficult to read/innacurate. I still had an absolute ball. Even though I was really happy with how my truck performed, I found myself missing my old trucks. ( 80 Series cruiser 4" lift, rear locker, 33's sliders, winch etc & also my Gu Coil Cab, 4" lift, 33's, Sliders, Winch etc ) Thinking about heading back next weekend for the Suspension Stuff challenge.

[YNOT]

I remember seeing the blue 4Runner and I think I saw your Patrol as well. There's always next time mate, you just need to check in on the forum a bit more often.

Tony

[Gas_Guzzler4800]

Yeah cant miss the rat bag 4runner lol. You can be forgiven for missing my Gu though, pretty standard at the moment. Only difference to any other Gu there was the 4800 sticker on the door! Will be keen for the next trip away for sure. I envy the other members who are still there, no doubt sitting around the campfie with a cold refreshment in hand. Pics guys, Pics and footage!

[AB]

Great photos Tony, I see the crappy banner made it up there too...lol

[hekarewe]

Left the scenic rim just aftyedr 1200 to day after a fantastic weekend thanks to scotty organisation he has set the bar bloody high for my trip in october LOL

arrived late friday night set camp and was close enough to beaudesert to slip into town for dinner tracks were fantastic on the saturday good steep hills and even had to get the winch out over one small part easy done unfortunatly had to be home early on sunday. just as well after the storm the rolled through this afternoon hope it didnt hit the park to hard as they are staying on till monday and from the tracks i saw it would not take much rain to make a lot of them impassable.

will be loading my pics up later on tonight for all to see.

thanks again to scotty for organizing the weekend job well done bloke thanks again

[Silver]

yep, also had a great weekend. Camped up on the hill to leave more room for the camper trailers down below. Need to bring a back pack next time, as when we went for a social visit to the lowlanders we seemed to run out of drinkies at about 04OFF's camp :-)

Only had to move 50 metres from camp to find a creek crossing that stopped Silver due to factory bull bar meeting rock. Plenty of others got up there with varying degrees of drama.

Nice little play area only a couple of hundred metres from camp that we rolled around having fun with the Billy Lid in the front seat. Even had a play there loaded up with all the camping gear and roof rack bag. Same play area was responsible for the demise of a CV joint - but we stayed out of that particular hole.

Thanks Scotty and Steve for the info and for motivating us to get out. Jason, thanks for the chain saw lesson, a ripper! Steve, sorry to have missed the photography tips, but will catch up next time :-)

[Yendor]

Just got home, what a fantastic weekend, another great trip organised by Scotty.

The boys were busy getting a vehicle back on is wheels that had rolled as I was leaving (no one from the forum) but I am sure there will be some stories to tell.

I will try and upload some photos tonight, I was playing with a new camera so I will have to see how they turned out.

[belzi82]

Scotty was right, it was a cracker trip and I was only there for the day today.
Before I left this afternoon there were around 15 cars in our group and something like 50 people and 7 or 8 dogs.
My day wasn't as good as it could have been, a slipping auto transmission meant Nugget (my Terrano) made it no further than the campsite. A big thanks to Steve (04OFF) for allowing myself and my 2 boys to accompany him in his Patrol for the morning drive.

Thanks to Scott for organising another great trip.

Tony

Great to see the GU recovering the Mazda

[hekarewe]

heres the first group of photos guys notice the pit crew working on the tank or should say one worker and half a dozen suppervisors LOL

[hekarewe]

here is the last lot for you all i dont remember who was driving what appart from the obvious so feel free to commit and enjoy,,,, as always it hard to photo your own rig in action so if any one has any good footage of hekarewe doing her thing feel free to ppost them up and i may eveen ask you to email me a copy or three again thanks for the weekend