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

[threedogs]

Looks like you couldnt of picked a better weekend weather wise.
Chilly at night I take it??

[cgm]

How many of the jerries you end up using ?

Fuel was interesting. I was well under 1/4 on gauge on Sunday morning so poured two jerries in. We didn't end up doing any more tracks. Got back to Moe and worked out I might have just made it.

Avg from Moe, offroad and back to Moe was about 27 l/100km. So the offroad bit was probably up close to 30 l/100km. If doing a longer trip in the area that's what I will estimate as my requirement. Much of the day was 3-4000 rpm, either working hard up hill or engine braking down hill.

From Moe back to Ballarat on the freeway was 14.5 l/100km and that was sticking to the limit but pushing it hard up the hills.

[Winnie]

I used 20L/100km from Trafalgar and back to Trafalgar.

[cgm]

I used 20L/100km from Trafalgar and back to Trafalgar.

Definite advantage of diesel.

[cgm]

Looks like you couldnt of picked a better weekend weather wise.
Chilly at night I take it??

Friday night had cloud cover and wasn't cold at all. Saturday night was a lot cooler but still not really cold. Weather was perfect. Probably not so good this coming weekend.

[Rossco]

Good videos Cameron, I will upload the videos I took from the top of that hill.
Seeing how easy Rossco and Cameron climbed that hill, makes me want a locker even more!

Yeah good vids, was going to do a vid of the creek section holding the phone, but would have been a bit all over the place i think! ! . . . The jack makes it look very smooth, don't think the fire truck would have been quote that smooth! ! Good pics too, shouldn't be to disappointed, was hard to try and take the time to get a snap. Good someone got some of the camp i did have good inventions. . .

It was pretty go go driving which was good but would be good to do a bit of exploring, there's heaps of historical stuff mines etc. Amazing to imagine what that whole area would have been like in the heyday. People, mining activity buildings, pubs everywhere and probably little trees left on the hills. Would have been pretty cool however it's refreshing to know some areas return back to bush and their former beauty in this day and age of development and destruction.

And yes i think i am very sold on lockers one of the biggest improvement you can make as far as capability goes.

[Winnie]

Just the way you guys crawled that hill rather than smashing up it like I had to, it was awesome!
They have put a lot of work into the area to showcase the historical sights, created walking tracks and signposted them all. You would have noticed heaps of sign posts with "historical sight" on them, one trip me and a few mates did we stopped at as many as we could but it would take you over a week to see them all.
So much history out there and like you said, would have been great to see it all.

[Rossco]

Yeah i should of crawled up a bit slower rather than trying to fly up in low 2nd. . . Bit silly really, but once crawling up in first there was absolutely no shortage of traction despite the steepness and rocky ledges.

Reckon you could spend a week just in the walhalla aberfeldy area exploring. We're pretty lucky to have the high country there's alot packed in there, literally a lifetime of exploring.

[cgm]

Just the way you guys crawled that hill rather than smashing up it like I had to, it was awesome!
They have put a lot of work into the area to showcase the historical sights, created walking tracks and signposted them all. You would have noticed heaps of sign posts with "historical sight" on them, one trip me and a few mates did we stopped at as many as we could but it would take you over a week to see them all.
So much history out there and like you said, would have been great to see it all.

I thought our trip was great and really, I was far more focused on the 4wding than the history. But now that I saw some of the area it would be great to go back and do a more history than 4wd focused trip (or go for a week and do a bit of both ) Work is a pain, it gets in the way of all sorts of unrealistic dreams. Ha Ha.

[Bob]

I am looking forward to exploring that part of the High Country when I move down to Western Gippsland in the near future.