This was my new Jeep's first trip and I had ball. More photos from the WC4x4 crew are here.
We had a quick hack on the beach on Friday night after dropping the CanTeen crew off. These pictures are from the morning after the night before...
Jeep
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One of many Patrols
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Jeep again
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Forest of 4WDs
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And some more
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Cars parked across the road so...
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...Robbo could get some work done
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Another gratuitous Jeep shot
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We picked up the CanTeen crew and headed for Wedge. Froggy got us lost (again - we weren't surprised) but we had fun along the way.
Morning tea stop...
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...on the new (being built)...
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...road to Cervantes
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Once at Wedge we wasted no time playing on the dunes. First up was a long session climbing a steep dune.
Bigger than it looks...
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Happy passengers
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Artwork
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Note the sand on the bonnet!
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On the way to lunch we had a tricky little traverse - Sparky did an awesome recovery (that we all missed on video - damn!) where the back end of his car was in the air.
There is a double dip there
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Ugboot still with sand on the bonnet
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Oops
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Sparky to the rescue
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Bypass...
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Broken recovery point - see below
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While most of us were exiting, a recovery was underway on the top of the previous dune. The two cars involved had rated recovery points and one of those points snapped. Luckily, no-one was injured but it just goes to show that even with the right equipment in the right environment being used in the right way - accidents can still happen.
After the activities it was time to have lunch on the beach.
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The island in the background
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Group photo opportunity
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After lunch we headed back towards Lancelin.
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Amazingly, we made it back early so we used the opportunity to play on the dunes near Lancelin.
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Another recovery
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Pluto's number plate needed ironing
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Next morning we took it pretty easy. Short trips to the bakery, packing up and off to the beach!
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Airing down
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Crappy photo of tire patterns in the sand
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Better photo of tire patterns in the sand
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Surfers having a hard time
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As it happens the beach was pretty boggy. Froggy got stuck first but was snatched out. But then it got harder...
Soggy sand...
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The first hard bit
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Froggy at the next hard bit
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Random photo - sand patterns
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At this point the high tide was in and the beach was somewhat under water and very mushy. Froggy decided to push forward and just pushed a little too much...
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No photos here but much effort went into digging Froggy out getting him on his way and then also digging Radar out so he could follow. Everyone got wet (as the waves came up to the cars) but it all went well. After this, the rest of us turned around (with some difficulty) and headed back.
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Because we still had some time up our sleeves we went back to the dunes!
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Afternoon tea time
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Recovery required...
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And finally, because we were early picking up the CanTeen crew (for once) we scooted down to the beach for a bit of a yarn.
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I had a great time - thanks for everyone for being there and also thanks to the CanTeen crew for letting us come out to play! There are some scratches in my new Jeep (some which probably won't come out) but the car is designed to be used! And it got used this weekend...