Beachport / Robe Beach SA Christmas 2014

[BigRAWesty]

Hey would have loved to have joined you guys but im already home. and yes TPC thats me. me and my brothers where just there for the sat and went home sunday morn. was good meeting you though mate.

Always another day mate.

[TPC]

We had a great time today driving on the beach and through the sand dunes from Cape Jaffa to Beachport.
It was a hot day but perfect down the beach.
A few selected photos.

[Clunk]

We had a great time today driving on the beach and through the sand dunes from Cape Jaffa to Beachport.
It was a hot day but perfect down the beach.
A few selected photos.

nice to see everyone looking very happy sat round that table

[Avo]

looks like an awesome trip

[BigRAWesty]

nice to see everyone looking very happy sat round that table

Forking upstairs enclosed conference room with no fans. Wasn't fun.

But apart from and amerok blocking our travels (made lite work by Darren) it was a great day. Tough as the sand was soft as but great scenery.
Most my picks are slr so I'll throw them up over the weekend

[mudnut]

BLOODY AMAZING TRIP!!!

That was by far the best meet up I have attended, and that includes trips with my club. Cape Jaffa is still mostly unspoilt, but there is a heap of money being invested there, so I would suggest putting it on your "Must Go To" list, before it is developed.

Thanks for suggesting the meet up, Kallen and MR. It was great to meet all you guys again, and to meet you friends and rellies.

I have discovered that the little RB30's rev limiter is set above 7800 rpm, by getting off the beach and up a very chopped up, soft dune which had a curve and difficult angle.

Photos to follow this arvo.

[Sir Roofy]

bloody amazing trip!!!

That was by far the best meet up i have attended, and that includes trips with my club. Cape jaffa is still mostly unspoilt, but there is a heap of money being invested there, so i would suggest putting it on your "must go to" list, before it is developed.

Thanks for suggesting the meet up, kallen. It was great to meet all you guys again, and to meet you friends and rellies.

I have discovered that the little rb30's rev limiter is set above 7800 rpm, by getting off the beach and up a very chopped up, soft dune which had a curve and difficult angle.

Photos to follow this arvo.

mmmm past lunch time now heading into dinner time

[mudnut]

I have got a few pictures of the others but forgot to ask permission to post them and I still have to blot out some number plates. These rocks had upright petrified tree trunks, very similar to Cape Bridgewater Vic.

[TPC]

Really enjoyed this trip, great place to go.
Thanks to Darryn and Kallen for suggesting this and everybody for the great company and making my extended family welcome.
It was great seeing the little kids having fun and we enjoyed our regular visits from Sophia and Amelia(chatterbox).
It was also good to have Kevin along in his Hilux so Kallen could practice his beach recovery although I believe he was recovered by a Hilux on Thursday.

Here are a few photos from the drive a couple of us did to Canunda while Darryn, Kallen & Craig were leading a tag along tour for anybody they spoke to in Beachport.

[mudnut]

The trip from Beachport to Robe was supposed to be only the four vehicles. MR(GU), Kallen (GQ), Kevin (HILUX) and me (GQ), but when we arrived at the start of the tracks, we ended up with a convoy of eight vehicles.

It was fantastic to see Darren invite four car loads of complete strangers, (all new to 4 wheel driving and in varying vehicles) to come with us.

They were all unsure of going it alone and getting stuck.

He helped air down their tyres and we supplied some of the newbies with some spare hand held radios.

Once we got going we had one bloke miss a turn at a T intersection, so the tail end of the convoy had to backtrack. After this Kallen jumped a few places ahead of me so there was GQ awsomeness dispersed throughout the convoy.

With great diligence and patience Darren coached the new drivers over the more difficult terrain. I had a young couple travelling in a GQ powered by a Turboed RD28, following me, so I was able to tell them which gear to select for the rocky or steeper tracks.

A few times I looked at their faces in the rear view mirror, and they both had grins from ear to ear.

At the open sand dune area we had to perform a few recoveries and that taught the newbies many of the basics of sand driving.

As we neared the end of the trek, we encountered some more technical sections of track that we had by-passed the previous day.

It was a very long day, but I enjoyed this trip immensely and the friendships made were a nice bonus.

Thanks Darren for being a fantastic trip leader.