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Christmas Syncro Fun

Scottkombi - February 2nd, 2012 at 09:38 PM

Hi all.

Just thought I would share some syncro fun I had with three other syncro nutters over the Christmas break. The location was Crescent Head and we drove all the way down the Point Plommer mining track to Port Macquarie, had some lunch and a chin wag @ Hart's place in Port before returning to Crescent via the well graded Maria River Rd.

We had awesome weather and packed in this syncro adventure on the hottest day we could have ever picked.

Loads of fun but my eldest daughter wasnt impressed.

Anyway enough babbling - here are the pics:

Syncro fully loaded with roof bag all our crap and the kids bikes:

The North Coast Syncro Crew @ Crescent:

Asphalt road soon turned into dirt then corrugated and large pot holed unkept track.

Scottkombi - February 2nd, 2012 at 09:41 PM

Here is some more track shots:

Another:

Another:

At the Port end of the track:

Scottkombi - February 2nd, 2012 at 09:46 PM

Then the ferry across the Hastings River:

The girls hangin out in Ben syncro:

Chin wag @ Harts:

Syncros everywhere @ Harts:

Under Syncro quick nap:

The line up @ Harts:

Back @ Camp:

DylanTheDubber - February 3rd, 2012 at 08:16 AM

Thats a cool trip!
wish i had of known you was in Port i woula come ovah for a yarn aye.
Theres a guy here in port with a mint condition (from what i seen from a distance) duel cab syncro raised with big wheels.

from Dylan

Matt Ryan - February 3rd, 2012 at 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DylanTheDubber
Theres a guy here in port with a mint condition (from what i seen from a distance) duel cab syncro raised with big wheels.

That would probably be Hartmut, the red one in the above pics. It also happens to be a Tristar, only one brought to Oz by VW.

Regards,

Matt.

beetleboyjeff - February 3rd, 2012 at 08:54 AM

That is a good trip down the Plommer road.

When we used to go there in the 70's while they were still mining rutile and the rutile works were maintaining the road, I have driven from the camping area at Plommer (which is really barrie's Bay) to the ferry in 9 minutes - 70mph pretty much all the way (in a 69 beetle). People don't believe me when I tell them, considering what the road/track is like now. :-)

Scottkombi - February 3rd, 2012 at 10:58 AM

Yes its a fun track and after heavy rain all of the craters fill with water making for many water crossings.

Need the snorkel in good shape for that one.

We try and squeeze it in every year just after Christmas usually in very early January.

Good weather this year meant not much water in the craters - only the odd deep shaded one here and there.

The track gets very narrow in places now - all that rain last year meant the buses are closing in!

I still cant imagine this track in good shape. I went through it in a T25 panel 2wd with a mate abount 18 years ago nad it was crap back then too - but much better than it is now.

Cheers,

Scott

beetleboyjeff - February 3rd, 2012 at 12:46 PM

Yeah, it has had NOTHING done to it since the late 70's when the rutile mining finished.

I am normally up limeburners creek in early January - runs parrallel to the Plommer Road, about 2km West. We often walk out to the beach for a swim and to get pippies for bait. I will have to check next year if I will be up Limeburners - I could walk out and meet you on the road if the dates line up.

The road got rough after the rutile finished - I remembers seeing a bloke walking along it with his camping gear, and he even had the lid of his billy tied down so it wouldn't rattle, the road was so rough.

At one stage, National parks filled a few of the bigger puddles, and the 'Broken Bit' (the farm you pass halfway down - owned by a yank - he calls it a ranch ) complained loudly - apparently they had 100 head of cattle watering in one 'pothole'

Ben386 - February 3rd, 2012 at 06:11 PM

Hey Scott,great photos,always a great time Christmas on the North Coast.
Good to be on the road with a caravan of syncro.
Would like to do more,but work gets in the way.
Will be at Nambucca and will try to fit in Old bar this year too.
Be there again next year for our 3rd annual Picnic at Harts.

Ben386 - February 3rd, 2012 at 06:25 PM

Btw Scott,my fuel ecomomy for my round 1300km trip was 23mpg thats 12.5l/100km.
How good is that! :lol:

Scottkombi - February 3rd, 2012 at 08:15 PM

Definately Ben.

It was great fun - lets pick a cooler day next year so the kids dont sweat so much - the kids seemed to enjoy themselves though - except my eldest daughter didnt like the Plommer track much - too rough for her liking.

Great fuel economy by the way.

Got to gte me one of those 2.5 EJ scooby donks.

Cheers,

Scott

Ben386 - February 3rd, 2012 at 08:57 PM

Scottkombi - February 3rd, 2012 at 10:09 PM

Ben,

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I will try randomly: