Airing down
A view down the track from the water tanks
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Airing down
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A view down the track from the water tanks
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We started from the western end of the track - Scam joined us after (and I quote) "busting a gut to get there" - he took up the tail end.
First rocky climb
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Jim in the Disco - going wherever road tyres and traction control will take him
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Glenn
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Steve
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Karen and Barrie
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The video below is hosted on YouTube. If you can't view it or would like the original file, let me know.
First water crossing
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Watch out for that number plate!
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A bit later on we came across McGyver (our mystery guest) - he had been recovering a few people stuck on a tricky part of the track. In the photos below, the area Macca is winching from used to be the "chicken track" around this part - now very slippery. The Hilux at the bottom of frame needed some serious recovery.
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Macca doing it easy
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Spectators
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Macca up the hard part of the track
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Someone doing it hard up the slippery bit
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Scam taking the easy way out
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Steve following
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Jim taking up some of the challenge
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And making it!
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Karen and Barrie up the easy way
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Just after this, Scam's Pajero threw a belt because the main pulley came off the engine (!). This put an end to his day. Macca and I towed/braked him down the hill to the next road and with his permission, we left him to fix his car. We checked in on the way back and he had fixed it up and was headed home.
My brakes were quite toasty after this
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Macca into some more water...
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And out again
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A little later on, we came across a small hole to play in. I didn't make it through but did manage to put the car in a good posing shot. Photos will come from elsewhere for this because we were stuck in the car. But McGyver had a go so you can imagine... Gerry's comment was "I'd get out and take a photo but I can't open the door".
The entry
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We didn't get any further either
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Backing out
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The aftermath
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The line of mud shows the height and angle
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Slowly does it
More water followed...
A few of our participants exited at this point - Jim, McGyver and I continued on to have a bit of a play. Sorry about the video jerkiness here - I was walking around while videoing. Having said that, the picture quality from the Flip is pretty darn good for the size of the camera.
Note Jim's missing number plate...
We needed to know how deep the water was
Not too deep after all
Much tricker than it looks - no visibility from the driver's seat at all
This is considerably risky
A good call from Jim not to head down - would have sliced the Disco open like a can opener
Thanks to Gerry for videoing while I was driving and driving while I was taking video.