Aberfeldy Weekend Trip 27/03/15 - 29/03/15 - Vic

[NissanGQ4.2]

mate if she was any tougher she,d eat rocks for brekky

I know its tough but GU's don't like eating rocks I'm lead 2 believe

[cgm]

I got in about half an hour ago. Great weekend, really worth the drive across. Actually, I think I could say it was awesome.

Really appreciate all the effort and hospitality shown by the whole group. None of you knew me, but I felt welcome and comfortable and I no longer even drive a Patrol! Pity Lucus couldn't stay for a drive, but was still good to catch up. Special thanks to Rossco for co-ordinating and getting it off the ground and for him and Winnie for choosing some great tracks. We had great weather, I think in the wet it would be a pretty scaring place.

We had a big day yesterday (Saturday). With the morning and afternoon runs we did almost 150km. Was too busy driving, so didn't take many photos either. I have a few and will check them in a bit. Hopefully there will be a couple worth posting and one or two vids for deep creek.
Have to sneak in how well the Jack did. Front Elocker is awesome. I could quit work and drive around up there forever, except I'd have no way to pay the bills.

[Sir Roofy]

sorry to hear about the news roofy, chin up mate!!

alls good mate could have been any of us i got the short straw this time

[cgm]

Apologies to Cameron for calling him Rossco.

Ha Ha, maybe you should be apologising to Rossco for doing that.

Had a smashing time yesterday great tracks great weather great friends and catching up with cameron
from ballerat thanks to rossco ,cameron,steve for your help this morning had a dream run home this arvo
lost about a billy full of water on the way home the little 4potter never missed a beat never got hot purred
like a kitten all the way
@rossco the more i think of it yep the shocks are furberd to soft
@winnie where going to do it again mate

as for rest of you will have to wait to see what happens on track 4

Roofy, it was sad to see what happened, but I was so impressed with the attitude from both you and Jane. Very good example to the younger blokes (me included!). Still hoping it works out well going forward. Would have to agree with Rossco on the shocks. It makes so much sense, seeing how much it bounced.

Roofy you are a devil . . .
Just got home, thanks everyone for a great weekend, great company, great weather great camp spot and fire. Some awesome tracks, some challenging sections to say the least. Deep ck tracks were pretty cool, finally made it there. Definatly have fuel pump issues after driving back, better look into it soon. . . I'll chuck some photos up shortly.

Thanks also to you Rossco, good to spend the weekend with you. Hope to try and keep up again sometime soon. Hope you get the pump sorted.

I got home at midnight last night. Only took 3 photos, we did some killer tracks!!!

Thanks Winnie to you for leading yesterday. Have to give Amy some praise too. I was amused to see her get out several different times with such a great smile after you'd pretty much just driven up or down some cliff, giving it "full berries". Great that you can enjoy those things together. When are you gonna get her Patrol? lol

[Rossco]

Have to sneak in how well the Jack did. Front Elocker is awesome. I could quit work and drive around up there forever, except I'd have no way to pay the bills.

x2 the Jack did awesome, drove everywhere with ease. . . There is a thing to be said about lockers, they do make a HUGE difference. Certainly could drive around up there for a bit, there are heaps of tracks to explore.

[Winnie]

Thanks Winnie to you for leading yesterday. Have to give Amy some praise too. I was amused to see her get out several different times with such a great smile after you'd pretty much just driven up or down some cliff, giving it "full berries". Great that you can enjoy those things together. When are you gonna get her Patrol? lol

Its funny, before I met her and before she bought her current statesman, she was tossing up between that car and a GQ.
Her dream car is a TD42 GU

[cgm]

Until I look for some photos, here is an overview of where we went:

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This was the Trig Track section. The switchbacks, which are circled were pretty fun (unless you were driving an old firetruck with no powersteering!):

trig_track.jpg

The profile gives an idea of the altitude differences (this was from the afternoon section):

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[Winnie]

I forgot to look at my map tracks afterwards... Damn we did some awesome tracks... I will have to wait until Amy gets home to post some of her photos as she was taking a few throughout the day.
Anybody get photos of DC1?

[Winnies-missus]

Hey guys here is some of my pics

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Deep Creek no 1.

[Winnies-missus]

Add more when I get home so Chris can look to.