Beachport / Robe Beach SA Christmas 2014

[Clunk]

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.

nice bit of surf going on in pic 6 mate

[TPC]

nice bit of surf going on in pic 6 mate

Yea the surf was huge, photos don't show the size very well.
Would not try it myself though, too many rocks.

[Clunk]

Yea the surf was huge, photos don't show the size very well.
Would not try it myself though, too many rocks.

no nor me, well not now anyway. But I do enjoy sitting there watching the waves, could do it all day lol

[BigRAWesty]

A few of the days I'd say a good 1.5m surf was on in sections.
The group shot.
After seeing these guys battle what I thought was easy in their ifs vehicles. I'm glad I drive a Nissan..

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And don't believe what they say.
I self recovered. The hills became a price of my kit once I attached my winch rope lol


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I was on my way up at least a 15m sand hill which peaked at more than 50 degrees and just didn't power on for long enough. Ended up plonking myself down next to the colarado. But it showed how quickly it can turn to crap.

At one stage we had 4 cars bogged on 2 different dunes.

[mudnut]

And you said I didn't do as hard a climbs as you, Kallen. It was dune experience that let me know not to do those on the steep side. Lol. I still had a lot of fun though. And I reckon the newbies had a ball.

[Drewboyaus]

I was on my way up at least a 15m sand hill which peaked at more than 50 degrees and just didn't power on for long enough.

TD42 NA......what power???? LOL

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[BigRAWesty]

TD42 NA......what power???? LOL

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Mate. Kept up all weekend and got as good fuel figures as Darrens.

[Winnie]

Mate. Kept up all weekend and got as good fuel figures as Darrens.

Darren's is pretty thirsty though

[BigRAWesty]

I thought our uses were good for the conditions.
In the tougher stuff we were getting 23ish per 100k. That's low range second or third high rpm stuff.
On the easier stuff it was high teens.

[mudnut]

Yeah I was impressed with thirty nine litres for 183 km of driving. We were pushing hard on the soft stuff for most of the time.

Here are some more pictures. The VW was well and truly dug in, with high tyre pressures and soft sand.