Manx Buggy Club - Fraser Island Trip - Pictures and info !! - Where Back !!

Whats going on with the fraser trip and who is going? How many buggies are going?

I will be there as will the Geko

fingers crossed i'll be there, all depends if i can sort a couple of little issues the cars got.... trying my hardest to be there tho...


steff.................

DubCrazy wrote:fingers crossed i'll be there, all depends if i can sort a couple of little issues the cars got.... trying my hardest to be there tho...


steff.................

WTF your not taking that Baja on the beach are you ???

and why would i not take said Baja on the beach??

😂

steff.............

http://www.manxgallery.org/gallery/Fraser2003/104_0448

Besides we always have a crappy time. I mean the day starts out fine, we have Macca's for breakfast cruise up the coast thinking we are cool. Then we get to some stupid sandy place and try and figure out which way to go



Eventually we find some more sand and end up on a boat



Then more often that not the boat runs aground, and no where near the luxury resort we are planning on staying at so we all have to get off and fend for ourselves.



More often that not we end up pushing our buggies in an attempt to save fuel.




Then before we know it we have to sit under the trees, drink beer and try and cool off from all the pushing



Some guys even take their wheels off to try and save on the cost of tyres



Eventually we just give up and camp on the side of the road and wait for rich people in 4WD to bum a smoke and bag of ice off



When that fails we end up lining up and begging all those who go buy to help push us home



When that doesn't work we are forced to travel in pairs



Cause if we don't we get into poo poo



Then when we do get off the beach and try and go looking at stuff the traffic SUX..



Not to mention how long it takes the damn RACQ to show up



I tried to get help but could not seem to get my buggy on the flight so decided to stay




So back to lining up and beggying for fuel money




Then by the time we get back to the boat and try and go home it has all turned to ^*%&*^%



Yep the Fraser Trip SUX and should be avoided at all costs, damn Manx Club Members making me organise it again .....














Now once we are on

oh I forgot to mention the condition of the roads, have these people never heard of drainage ??

hehehe. Looks great. Wish I could go 🙁

Gee that's a hard act to follow 😵‍💫. After that run down I might have to change my mind - nar, I'm still going 👍. Although it's only as a buggy spectator. Maybe next trip I'll make the big time! 😂

After talking to Eileen today, I am there, either scabbing a lift or hiring something I can thrash.........festy is currently in a coma and it's been too long... *thinks back to a happier time when festy and I took a solo adventure up past Rooney point because I didn't have a map and mistook the rangers tyre tracks as an early morning tourist who turned back.............................pretty isolated, boggy stuff when you head to platypus bay, though did get to see the 'other, smaller shipwrecks the tourist maps don't show"* 🤓 😂

Mybe i need to go out and by HILUX for this trip and not take the buggy...
Then we can be the Manx Hilux Club.....

BlueV2 wrote:hehehe. Looks great. Wish I could go 🙁

Me too!

Pete wrote:Mybe i need to go out and by HILUX for this trip and not take the buggy...
Then we can be the Manx Hilux Club.....

NOW NOW Princess , settle pettle

Cool i never knew there was a fraser trip. when is it, n will anybody object to me taking my cruiser instead- my beetle isnt a beach car!!!
Is there anybody coming from wide bay area?

trip is 18 - 25 Oct 08

Bring what you want, there will be a few unfinsihed buggy owners there, aka 4wd drivers.

The more the merrier!!, by the way Andus I refuse to pull the ute out of a bog with the manx cause I dont want to ruin the duco!!!!,ps dont dock my pay for that comment xxx

Well as expected the trip sucked, good call by all those who didn;t make it along.

Oh and i'm glad you didin't get a chance to tow me Pete as i like my front end right where it is

OZ Towdster wrote:Oh and i'm glad you didin't get a chance to tow me Pete as i like my front end right where it is

Tow you ... you were the only guy that got bogged more than twice .. from memory you even got bogged going down a hill .. WTF ....

oops that is only if you don't call floating down the creek bogged. if you do then Hell Toy also got bogged more than twice.

Just got back.

We had:

Pete - Blue Manx
Dave - Blue Baja
Mat - Blue Supa Sports
Troy - Blue Manx Clone
Tim - Red Manx
Ses - Red Calita
Ben and Anne - Yellow Manx
Paul and Kate - Green ManxIberty
Steve and Sue - Geko
Andrew and Eileen - Orange Baja Bus


Support Vehicles
Mike, Amanda, Lex, Marg - White Hliux
Craig, sue and 3 kids - Silver Hilux
Ronnie and Boy - Silver Navara
Tratty and Dave - White Landcruiser
Terry - Poootrol
Brad, Jen & Stu - Maroon Cruiser

I hope I haven't missed anyone.

Was a great week. Thanks to Brad for organising it.

As I said before it was crappy and not worth the drive.

Damn sun stayed out all week and and buggied kept getting stuck and making me wind the windows on the 80 series and let the air con out ...

Although a few people did say that swiming was a much better way to cool off,

If only they had of been smart enough to get out of the buggy first.....



As

Some did manage to do it with a bit more style



And I have no idea how but Andrew managed to keep the EG33 Powered Baja Bus in one piece, although I did hear he hit a tree.

I'm looking at some of the places showing people stuck and it amazes me how some of you do it???

i drive a 4wd tour bus throught the same tracks and dont' seem to have an issue at all....


In fact i have been on truckloads of holidays to Fraser in the last 30 odd years and the amount of times I have had to get out of VW to get it out of a sticky situation i could count on a couple of fingers....

and this is ALL over the island(cause back in the day you could got everywhere)

Will be back on the island doing tours soon as busy season is starting already(bring on the Brazilian back packers hehehehe)

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:I'm looking at some of the places showing people stuck and it amazes me how some of you do it???

That is easy to answer, Driver Ability and the other idiots on the beach.

Whilel we were there I saw a few tourist buses get stuck, always due to incompetant drivers, no other reason. Pretty sure I even have video of one of the boys pulling up beside and asking if they wanted a tow.

The other issue is other drivers. If you are going through, say the Indian Head cutting and some idiot is coming the other way and crosses over causing you to slam on the brakes then chances are you are gunna be stuck. Not your fault but stuff happens.

I spent some time towing clowns out, main reason they were stuck was driver error, ie they were too stupid to let their tyres down cause they knew boats.

You would think when some guy pulls up in a loaded Landcruiser beside them and then drives around stops in front and pulls them out in there new $80 000 4WD they would ask themselve, how can he do that.... I would say about 30 PSI less and half a clue... people just seem to think their great new 4WD don't need to let its tyres down.

Anyway, the buggy in the creek was just plain stupidity, but it made good video and I didn;t have to clean it out, just tow him ..

The majority of the guys that came over drove around liek it was sealed road all week and never had an issue.

Buggy Brad wrote:

🤪 no idea

The buggy in the water, how did it fare after that shot? Ingested water and unable to keep going?

Great shots, thanks for posting....starting to wonder why I sold my buggy. Oh, thats right...Canberra winter....

Mattie was wonder why on earth he ran swamper on the beach .... oh well at least it did good roosters until it stopped ..




The Police where around a fair bit but apart from one driver getting a caution for drink driving nothing much happened.

You only have to look at the photos at Rainbow Beach to realise tour busses are not immune to bogging and accidents. It is all about driver ability not the vehicle, somewhere on this site I believe is a shot of a Porsche Cayenne bogged on Teewah where the owner has obvously spent heaps of money expecting his vehicle will take him anywhere only to find out otherwise. Sit on the beach for an hour at high tide and watch the cars coming along through rutted sand, the more skilled/knowledgeable drivers just seem to cruise along reasonably smoothly but then you'll see someone fighting the wheel and the car jumping all over the place, the speed is the same. BTW I'm not sure my choice of the word 'ability' is the right choice but you catch my drift.

The " I know boats" syndrome is something that has amused me for years. I have a 4WD so I wont get stuck LOL.

Personally Hire Troopies are the vein of my existence. not knowing which way they are heading on the beach is drama in a big bus. Beach has a slope, you indicate which way you are going and all you see if the drivers arms crossing up and the car lurching every way. I simply stop and wait for them to go past cause a bus can be pretty top heavy and she can lean pretty hard and end up on it's side if you do something stupid.

Best way to avoid them in a buggy is drop the tyres real low and stay up in the soft stuff LOL. the hard sand bandits are the ones who cause you the most drama and they stay near (or in) the water LOL.

I only stayed for a few days but had to go home on monday my co pilot who at the last minute found out that i didnt have anyone coming with me decided to invite himself and he is a strange person at the best of times and i thought it best to go home before he did something stupid and made a good week a bad one the people who met him know what i mean,
but in my short stay i did manage to have a heap of fun the best was pete smoking the chuppa chup he came outside coughing and spitting and saying somthing about smoking a chuppa chup so i found out later that laura or someone bought along a smoking thing (bong) used for smoking indian/ arabic tabaco that was flavered with apple/grape and another with berry or somthing and they were all giving it a go pete thought he would be brave and i beleave he was not impressed

This is the Porsche that Barry was talking about.... It was taken at the Freshwater track. We happily idled around through the soft sand in our 2wd Kombi, but the guy driving the 4wd Porsche wouldnt let his tyre pressures down. We offered to help, but with that attitude we left them to themselves and just took pics.

I'm happy to help anyone on the beach or bush, but when they wont listen and they know better, well then we'll just drive on.

For all those who are chassing mor buggy fix's than they can find I am currently putting togeather a DVD of the trip. Although I am a You Tube newby I think I have managed to upload a quick snipit showing the EG 33 powered Baja bus built by Custom Vee Dub. Luckily for me I write code much better than I edit Video's and as this is one of my first and it took about 5 mins to do the product shows this.

I have about 5 hrs of footage to flog through in search of stuff worth editing, so much crap .. we really need to invest in some tripods.

Oh well I hope you enjoy it, if I get a chance I will post a short one of Buggy Boat .....

whats the address?

In my earlier years we flooded and bogged a couple of buggies on Manning Point beach but not quite to this extent. You guys look to be having as much fun as we did back then. Les

Buggy Brad wrote:...I think I have managed to upload a quick snipit showing the EG 33 powered Baja bus built by Custom Vee Dub.

hey brad are you sure its on there, just did a quick search and couldnt find it 😁

Link : http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyT2zq00GTU

Looks like a ton of fun !!!

👍

oops yeah there it is.

Damn the quality SUX .... oh well more to learn

Looks like you guys had fun

thats awesome well done brad 👍

I spotted the buggy with TOY numberplate and a COR sticker on the front at the eurong beach resort parked in front of the bakery on friday night! I went over last thursday for a few days, came back today! I was hoping I would see a buggy or a baja, it made my day 😀

well there was plenty of us there all week.

The Toy numbers belong to Troy and it is a Manx style with a Mazda V6 in it .... nice buggy, goes very well

so does custom vee dub do subaru conversions???

nick

bond wrote:so does custom vee dub do subaru conversions???

nick

hmm I think so, I would say that was what the sticker said but Andrew forgot to put one on his bus.

That being said out of the 4 Subaru powered VW's there Custom Vee Dub had either done it drive in / drive out or supplied the parts and advice for the owners to do it themselves.

If you want to know more about it then contact them direct or visit their website www.customveedub.com.au

11CAB wrote:Looks like you guys had fun

Yep we did, it was great wether, great people. We did learn a lot about things and have already booked for the 2010 Fraser Island Trip which will be bookings in advance only and have the following rules:

- Payment must be made in FULL prior to 1 Jan 09.
- Offroad VW's only ie Buggies / Baja's (No 4WD's)
- All vehicles MUST HAVE the Vehicle mounted UHF.
- All vehicles MUST HAVE Approved front and rear tow points.
- All vehicles MUST HAVE an "Approved Snatch Strap".

It just looses some of the appeal when you have 4WD's in the group and people without good UHF comms are a PITA. Recovery points you would think where obvious along with a snatch strap, but not obvious enough for some people.

2010 will also be the year of the Buggy and with effect 1 Jan 10 these rules will apply to all Manx Club events to ensure a higher level of safety and fun for all.

So can Kombi's come or what??

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:So can Kombi's come or what??

If you have a Baja Kombi then yes as it would be a Baja. If you had a stock kombi then No and I don't wat to spend all day pulling you out or watching you dig

mmm Might have to get my cousin to revive the split panel van for another beach session......

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:mmm Might have to get my cousin to revive the split panel van for another beach session......

Yes Please ... that bus was one very cool split, never seen another one like it.

could i superglue my vdub badge to the sierra and promise to leave it in 2wd, that looks like heaps of fun. cool vid

Pauld wrote:could i superglue my vdub badge to the sierra and promise to leave it in 2wd, that looks like heaps of fun. cool vid

Ahh nope.... cause a Sierra in 2WD would get bogged more than a kombi.

It was gr8 fun, wait to you see Water Boy and Buggy Boat.

not with 31's aired down with the lockright in the rear havent found any sand that it does get stuck in provided you keep the revs up

Pauld wrote:not with 31's aired down with the lockright in the rear havent found any sand that it does get stuck in provided you keep the revs up

So if you badge it as a buggy, drive it as a buggy then you think it with proform as a buggy ?

I have driven a few Sierra's over the years and I found them damn scary on teh beach trying to drive at speed. I have never seen a Sierra doi 80 kmph at high tide :>

no that is true, 30-40 on the soft stuff, 60-70 closer to the water

I tried doing 60 in my 80 series along the top and Jen was hanging on for dear life. Blew shock as the cruiser sure ain't no buggy ..

phantom wrote:The buggy in the water, how did it fare after that shot? Ingested water and unable to keep going?

Great shots, thanks for posting....starting to wonder why I sold my buggy. Oh, thats right...Canberra winter....

MY buggy is still going 😀 tow'd it back to the house after the creek inicident and drained the oil, pulled the plugs and stuff, wacked her back together and she fired up no no worries ready for another action packed day. Few drama's after i got her back to syd but alll in all she's pretty much back to square 1 now, running well and prepared for summer and stockton!

& i swear it wasnt my fault getting stuck in there, i was driving in the shallow part until a wave crashed over the sand bank (and me) and drifted my buggy to the middle of the lake.

Hows the DVD going Brad? cant wait to see !!

HEL-70Y wrote:& i swear it wasnt my fault getting stuck in there, i was driving in the shallow part until a wave crashed over the sand bank (and me) and drifted my buggy to the middle of the lake.

Dude, I'm pretty sure you were driving, that makes it your fault 😂

The tide had been coming in for hours, it was only a matter of time until the waves came over the sand bank.

What is it with Gen Y and not taking responsibility for their own actions. 🤪

Well as far as 2010 goes I should have my buggy done by then and maybe mat will have a new front end. They type that won't fall off.

subisupa wrote:Well as far as 2010 goes I should have my buggy done by then and maybe mat will have a new front end. They type that won't fall off.

Hopefully you will also give it some TLC, an Air Cleaner, and some better tyres :>

Buggy Brad wrote:

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:mmm Might have to get my cousin to revive the split panel van for another beach session......

Yes Please ... that bus was one very cool split, never seen another one like it.

Sporting a Renault box and other goodies it'll go places Sierra drivers could only have wet dreams about....

Not to mention soft sand comfortably. something 4WD steer clear of LOL

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:

Buggy Brad wrote:

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:mmm Might have to get my cousin to revive the split panel van for another beach session......

Yes Please ... that bus was one very cool split, never seen another one like it.

Sporting a Renault box and other goodies it'll go places Sierra drivers could only have wet dreams about....

Not to mention soft sand comfortably. something 4WD steer clear of LOL

I look forward to seeing it. All of the kombi's I have seen on the Beach have been less than impressive and as for going places Sierra Drivers could only have wet dreams about .. I call bullshit...

Don't get me wrong I love my Buggies but I have never found anyhere on the Beach they can go Sieerra's can't go. Yes I can get there much quicker but at the end of the day if it came to taking off in soft sand faceing up hill a Sierra is gunns kick my ass every time. heck my big ass Landcruiser will take off better.

A very cool looking Kombi, I'm sure it is very capable for a two wheel drive.
I do disagree with the below though!

Quote"Not to mention soft sand comfortably. something 4WD steer clear of LOL"
Why do I need to steer clear of soft sand? I'll happily drive in and tow you when you need it!

Again cool looking Kombi, Credit to you.

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:

Buggy Brad wrote:

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:mmm Might have to get my cousin to revive the split panel van for another beach session......

Yes Please ... that bus was one very cool split, never seen another one like it.

Sporting a Renault box and other goodies it'll go places Sierra drivers could only have wet dreams about....

Not to mention soft sand comfortably. something 4WD steer clear of LOL

Well Daz and Brad, thought you guys would know better.

Many times (well 2 come to mind) duning AND offroading, Sierra drivers said ENOUGH and watched the volksies play.😀😀😀

matberry wrote:Well Daz and Brad, thought you guys would know better.

Many times (well 2 come to mind) duning AND offroading, Sierra drivers said ENOUGH and watched the volksies play.😀😀😀

Your right, I do know better and that is why I said what I said.

Although I don't currently have a Sierra I would happily put my near stock 80 series Landcruiser against any Kombi on the beach and it would kick the kombi's ass in everything apart from speed, and with a kombi it would be pretty close even with speed.

Everything has its place and I love my Buggies, but people need to be realistic. If I put the same amount of $$$ I have put into my Buggy into my 4WD it would be unstoppable.

Yes VW can drive quicker than a 4WD on the beach and depending on conditions may get the occasional place 4WD's can't due to weight and speed.

Anyway as I said I have a Landcruiser waiting if someone wants to find a kombi and come out and play sometime.

I have always been keen to see someone like John Alder out in his kombi to see if he lives up to his reputation. I know his Dual Cab is an awesome piece of work..

I have always loved that thing.

Photo's UTS but here we are on Fraser circa 1993

Unfortunately for my uncle building race cars (Formula Vee) takes up almost most of his time now. Don't think he has been on the beach for a few years now because of business interests and his boys are now also racing motorcross which is every other weekend. Next time he he goes though the camera will ready.....

As for a Kombi needing a tow out of soft stuff..... doesn't happen in my family. We usually are the ones offering to help and get abused so we continue on our way while those refusing help sweat it out digging their car out.

I am not saying a kombi will need a tow on the soft stuff I am just saying that kombi owners are on drugs if they think that their kombi can out perform a 4WD in areas other than speed on sand.

Can of worms!!

Buggy Brad wrote:I am not saying a kombi will need a tow on the soft stuff I am just saying that kombi owners are on drugs if they think that their kombi can out perform a 4WD in areas other than speed on sand.

Wow man....I got some reeeealy goooood shiiiiiit.

You wanna buy some.

And I would go duning in a volksie way before a 4by. They are heavy pieces of shiiiiit.

i think (like brad said.. in a way).. horses for courses...

Each to their own... On appearance my everyday driver ( six wheel, extended chassis nissan patrol 4.2td ute with a custom patrol pod) would "appear" to be great and it is. but yes it does way 3t, but it also has shit loads of torque. that blue kombi looks great though!

Lucky for this guy there were some 4WD to get him out ..