looks amazing guys! great to see what the forum can achieve bringing so many similar minded people together =D
looks amazing guys! great to see what the forum can achieve bringing so many similar minded people together =D
I got red dust in my veins.
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Pics of Forum trips I've Been on:
Pizza at AB's - 2012 Knockwood - 2013 Krissos Place Australia Day - 2015 Pizza at AB's - March 2015 Pizza at AB's - May 2015 Dargo - 2015 Newnes - 2016
WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do kill people and damage property.
BigRAWesty (19th May 2016)
This is the map we used.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...1&d=1453889425
And the Gawler Rangers NP would be fine on your own with care.
Now having seen the tracks you could take a camper in there to one of the camp sites then see the rest of the park without it. It isn't extreme driving but due diligence and care is always the ticket.
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BigRAWesty (19th May 2016), snicko (20th May 2016)
A bit of a positive to come from the trip..
Most of the stock intercoolers showed leaks with the fine dust,
And Andrews broken radiator mount got us all inspecting and finding some issues with worn out or perished top rubber mounts..
Now to find replacements. .
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Kallen Westbrook
AB (21st May 2016), Chubba (19th May 2016), Roosim (22nd May 2016), rusty_nail (19th May 2016), snicko (20th May 2016)
BigRAWesty (19th May 2016), Chubba (19th May 2016), snicko (20th May 2016)
Thanks for the replies.
Have a couple of mates that would do the trip but getting all together is an issue at times.
Brought the Mrs out from Ireland in 2001 and other than the regular tourist drives staying at Big 4's she's hardly seen the country.
Might be time she went without a proper shower for a few days.
BigRAWesty (19th May 2016), snicko (20th May 2016)
Cheers
Kallen Westbrook
MY PICS OF OUR AWESOME SA MEET-UP
I know it been a week but better late than never!!
We went with Ibbo to the camp ground before the others and got to see the Rock in the afternoon.
Once set up we climbed and the view was spectacular!
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Can see how much the farmers have to crop!! Was a great advantage point.
We watched the guy go up and back a few times!
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There were lots of water up there which surprised me.
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We all took this pic but just had to put it in as there is nothing better than a line up of Patrols!!!
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Lined up again, so just had to take another pic!! hahaha
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Went to the pipes and just beautiful. Nature is so awesome!!
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You can't see how big this is but the colours are vivid with the sun on the rock.
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Lunch at the Old Homestead
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Oh NO!!! Every drivers nightmare...a break down!
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The vehicle was left to set with the first patch job attempt.
This lead to a night drive that everyone jumped at the idea.
As we had the roof top tent on and all set up we stayed at camp with Tegan to keep the fire going for the guys to cook their dinner on when they got back.
The next day the second patch job worked.
This then sent us all looking under our bonnets to see if we had potentially the same problem.
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Looking back over the park. By this time it had started to rain and as we have been here in the wet before I was feeling a little nervous.
If it continued to rain the road would turn into a skating rink in no time and we would all be passengers!!
But good fortune for us the rain didn't last.
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We all gathered at the Shearing shed and had lunch.
Then it was time for us to go our way home and the rest to continue on to the next camp site.
Was a great trip and hope we can get together again and do another one.
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Front and Rear "LOCKED" WOO HOO !! squeal, scream, squeal toot toot !! hahahaha
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AB (21st May 2016), Bacho86 (21st May 2016), Chubba (20th May 2016), growler2058 (20th May 2016), Ibbo (20th May 2016), mudnut (20th May 2016), MudRunnerTD (22nd May 2016), Plasnart (20th May 2016), Roosim (22nd May 2016)
My camera hasn't turned up. Dont see how it could have been lost at last camp Kallen as one of you blokes would have seen it before you left.
Anyway on a positive note i replaced my radio aerial some time ago and have had terrible radio reception ever since. I have thought it may be due to poor contact but have not got around to pulling it all apart again to clean up. Tried the radio when got home from this trip and it works beautifully! I think all those corrugations rubbed the contacts clean. Those corrugations were good for something!
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2010 GU, 2in lift, old man emu suspension, duellers, arb bullbar, dual batteries, safari snorkel, scangauge2, rhino rack platform, saving for more......
BigRAWesty (21st May 2016), Chubba (20th May 2016), MudRunnerTD (22nd May 2016), Roosim (22nd May 2016), snicko (20th May 2016)
Hi Ibbo
Maybe you did my favourite trick and left the camera on the bull bar!! (I left my phone/camera there on this trip!!) I've done this more times than I would like to remember over the years!
Did you get your camera out when we had the last group photo and lined up the Patrols?
Maybe you could give the Rangers a call and ask them to have a look on the side of the road.
Where we had the pics was not far from the Accommodation so it should not be too hard to find our photo shoot spot!
GU Patrol: 3LTD :- The cheapest option is to buy the right thing the first time! - YEP WORKS FOR ME!!
Front and Rear "LOCKED" WOO HOO !! squeal, scream, squeal toot toot !! hahahaha
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Ibbo (20th May 2016)