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Fraser Island Trip
Smiley - October 26th, 2016 at 06:14 PM

Hey everyone. Thought I would share some pictures from a week long Fraser Island trip that I just got back from. Had two Bajas and my Baja bus, plus a few waterboilers.
Happy to say that the bus went everywhere on the island and did all of the hard tracks. Was very impressed with how it performed.


On the barge.


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Parked up at Eli Creek.


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Heading north through Ngkala Rocks South Bypass track.


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Lighthouse at Sandy Cape.


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Lake Garrawonga.


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A few old wrecks for Keith. Check out that bullbar!


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Bit of a hillclimb up the the old Tower.


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Nice view from up here!


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You can see the old aircraft hanger. The runway is all overgrown.


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And we found this written on one of the posts inside!!


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Lake McKenzie.


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Looking at the turtles at Lake Allom.


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Out to the west coast for a swim.


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Coming back the Awinya Creek track.


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Sign at Champagne Pools says it all.


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Awning city back on the west coast again.


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View from Lake Wobby lookout.


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Lake Birrabeen, this is my favourite lake.


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Packed up ready to head home.


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A couple of tag-a-longs!


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Smiley :)

grinderman - October 26th, 2016 at 07:19 PM

Love it Smiley. Nice to see a budget bus that's so capable off road.
What sort of pressures were needed to get through the soft stuff?

Andy - October 27th, 2016 at 01:53 AM

Looks like an excellent trip! Pity I missed you all, I was up there earlier in the month!

Smiley - October 27th, 2016 at 12:38 PM

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Originally posted by grinderman
Love it Smiley. Nice to see a budget bus that's so capable off road.
What sort of pressures were needed to get through the soft stuff?



I had 12 in the front and 8 in the back. Went everywhere and made some 4WDs look like fools :)


Smiley :)

Smiley - October 28th, 2016 at 02:06 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHpPI_OgpAQ 


Video of the track coming back from Awinya Creek.

Some big holes in that.


Smiley :)

mactaylor - October 28th, 2016 at 06:16 PM

Awesome smiley!

Smiley - October 28th, 2016 at 08:30 PM

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Originally posted by mactaylor
Awesome smiley!


Thanks mate. Had a blast!

Some more wheel lifts for you all :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv4ZJlDxAic&feature=youtu.be 



Smiley :)

modnrod - October 28th, 2016 at 09:35 PM

:lol:
Good stuff!
:tu:

doublecabg - November 1st, 2016 at 07:43 PM

Brilliant

oldskoolguy - November 1st, 2016 at 09:02 PM

:tu: Great post. :tu:

Thunderfury 2575 - February 14th, 2017 at 09:51 AM

Good recap, looks like it was a lot of fun!

njg02 - February 14th, 2017 at 12:54 PM

Hi Smiley.

Is Ngkala rocks as easy as it looks? Taking the Touareg in a couple of weeks and want to try to get to the Cape.

Neil

Smiley - February 15th, 2017 at 02:28 PM

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Originally posted by njg02
Hi Smiley.

Is Ngkala rocks as easy as it looks? Taking the Touareg in a couple of weeks and want to try to get to the Cape.

Neil


If you let your tyres down it is a piece of piss. I think it gets a bit of a rep for being so difficult cause a lot of people are too lazy or stubborn to drop air pressure. The bus chugged through it no worries.
I would guess that you should have no dramas if you have some reasonable ground clearance and drop your tyres down.

Smiley :)

njg02 - February 16th, 2017 at 02:39 PM

Thanks mate. Going down next weekend.

Neil

Smiley - February 16th, 2017 at 07:29 PM

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Thanks mate. Going down next weekend.

Neil


Very nice. Enjoy it mate, it's one of my favourite places to go.

We should catch up sometime. Maybe do a 5 Rocks run?

Smiley :)

njg02 - February 17th, 2017 at 10:14 AM

Thanks mate.

Next time we go up to 5 rocks I'll give you a yell.

Neil

1958kafer - February 17th, 2017 at 07:01 PM

Fantastic! Living the dream!