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Apollofish
Trip is officially over, we are now back in Cairns and most of the group has split up and headed home. GU CAMPER is still somewhere on the Cape as he headed out to Chilli Beach. GU CAMPER also did the complete OTT twice as he headed out from Vrilya Point to guide one of the group through it. Mammoth effort to complete this, Vrilya Point to Bramwell and do both South and North OTT and return to Vrilya Point in one day. GO THE MIGHTY GU!. He also had to head back and recover a certain Toymota that got hung up on the Vrilya Point entrance in the dark.
All in all a great experience that I'll never forget, I won't miss the 68,456,342 corrugations on the road back though. Meet a great group of people and and have some lifetime memories.
As expected the GU never missed a beat, as a group we had one water pump replaced (Navara), one person run out of fuel 8k short of the destination (Toymota). No punctures, broken windows, or major damage. A couple of recoveries were required.
I was involved in a minor incident with a motor home who decided he needed more of the road than I did and moved into my path as I was overtaking him. Minor damage to the caravan and a rather heated discussion at Bramwell roadhouse. More to come on this one.
Pics will have to wait till I get home as I'm in no rush to get there, off to Undarra Lava tubes tomorrow. Probably spend 3 or 4 nights in Brisbane before heading to Victoria via Coffs Harbour.
Wonder is there are any forum members in that area i could catch up with (hint RLI).
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