Craig's Hut / King Hut / Vic High Country - Trip Report 19th-20th Nov 2011

[belzi82]

Love the write up Snicko, can't wait to read the rest

[Sir Roofy]

Like wise snicko and the fun begins next aye
was a good w/end snicko,meeting you and the other half
we enjoyed your company and where going to do it again next year

[GUtsy ute]

Great pics and a top write up Snicko.

What a beautiful place, definately a to do next year.
Looking forward to more pics and commentary.

[DX grunt]

Nice pics and trip report. Thanks to all concerned and I'm sure you enjoyed yourself.

Young Fletcha's a bit of a worry. Why would a GU have it's bonnet up - first the right side then the left?

He's obviously scared of the dark too. PML

Note to self.... Bring teddy to Meet Up for Fletcha. lol

Well done all.

Take care out there.

Rossco

[snicko]

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Saturday night the heavy rain woke me up several times and I thought Sunday was going to be wet as well…..Oh well I thought at least I got to meet some very awesome people.

When Bel got the camp site on Friday she said her car was not running too good. So
young Fletch to the rescue again had a look at it Sunday morning. He worked out what was wrong and fixed it for her. What a legend.

So five trucks (different ones) went out for a drive. This time we went to Craigs Hut and the view was magnificent. Such a beautiful place you Vics have!!

Back to the campsite for some members to leave and the rest of us had lunch. Left over roast – Yum!!
Our tent had dried out WOO HOO !! We could take our truck!! WOO HOO!!
So off went four trucks (again different combination) for more 4 wheel driving!!

Bob went with Rossco this time and enjoyed not having to drive and riding in a GQ!!
Don’t know the names of the tracks but we went on a track that Bob hadn’t been on before so it was exciting for us all.

I got to drive on the new track and I had told Rossco that we had lockers and had only used the rear ones for a steep shale hill and asked when would I need to use them?
Well he found a spot……I was so excited turned them on (hubby had bailed) and drove where Rossco directed!! It was such a rush to actually get the truck to do something that I thought not possible and it did it with ease!! I was doing what I had spent all the money on to be able to do!! I squealed and woo hooed and tooted the horn many times…..it was so exciting!!

I can’t remember what was said but I think it took 2 hours to do 7km.
(If that is wrong Bob PM me and I will change it.)

LEGEND FLETCH DOING HIS STUFF


CRAIGS HUT

[snicko]

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Hubby drove back down but going up is defiantly the better way!!
I thought I would try and be inventive with my photography so I leant out of the window to take shots of the wheels. Well it was so rough that I wacked my head on the door frame and my hand with the camera got hit some bushes going past!! Ouch!!
We had four trucks all at different levels of build up and we all got through the track. Steady as you go for the standard and the more advanced rig did it easy.
Back at the T section we went to Cobbler Lake – Just Beautiful.
The boys got more wood !! Then back to camp.
Bel had brought the gear to make gourmet mini Pizzas in the camp ovens. I made a lamb and veggie camp roast left over pizza – yummy!!










WACK!!


WACK!!


LAKE COBBLER - JUST BEAUTIFUL


LINED UP AT LAKE COBBLER


BL@@DY BIG FIRE


BELS GOURMET PIZZA


GAS BOTTLE NEXT TO THE FIRE!! WHAT THE?? TRYING TO MAKE US FEEL AT HOME!! hahaha

[growler2058]

Oh good onya Snicko well done :-)

[snicko]

CONTINUED:
Packed up next morning still smiling!!
A BIG THANK YOU to all who went and made us feel so welcome.
Thanks to Bel for organising the trip and to Bob and Rossco for their knowledge and to Fletch for all his help. To Roofy for keeping at me to come over!! hahaha and anyone else I have left out THANK YOU TO!!
Hubby and I absolutely loved the place we camped and all the new awesome people we met.

Foot note:
We took 8 days off. I took 635 pics. Travelled 3,070km. The truck brought up 60,000km and we had the best time you can't put a price on.
THANK YOU.

(The trip report has taken me all day to write and to down size the pics!! lucky I took the day off !!)











CATCH YOU ALL LATER!!

[belzi82]

Snicko what a great report sounds like a lot of fun.......glad I was there!!!!
You and your hubby did great and I am so glad that you come down, it was so nice to meet you.
Once again Thanks for coming and writing an amazing report!

[Bob]

Fantastic Report Snicko. Thank you.

We all enjoyed meeting you and Neville.

For me it was great also to meet Kat & better half,Jane,Belz,Rossco,Nisspat.

The others I had met before.

Bloody great trip