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posted on October 26th, 2016 at 06:14 PM |
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Fraser Island Trip
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.
Parked up at Eli Creek.
Heading north through Ngkala Rocks South Bypass track.
Lighthouse at Sandy Cape.
Lake Garrawonga.
A few old wrecks for Keith. Check out that bullbar!
Bit of a hillclimb up the the old Tower.
Nice view from up here!
You can see the old aircraft hanger. The runway is all overgrown.
And we found this written on one of the posts inside!!
Lake McKenzie.
Looking at the turtles at Lake Allom.
Out to the west coast for a swim.
Coming back the Awinya Creek track.
Sign at Champagne Pools says it all.
Awning city back on the west coast again.
View from Lake Wobby lookout.
Lake Birrabeen, this is my favourite lake.
Packed up ready to head home.
A couple of tag-a-longs!
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posted on October 26th, 2016 at 07:19 PM |
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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?
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posted on October 27th, 2016 at 01:53 AM |
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Looks like an excellent trip! Pity I missed you all, I was up there earlier in the month!
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posted on October 27th, 2016 at 12:38 PM |
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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?
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I had 12 in the front and 8 in the back. Went everywhere and made some 4WDs look like fools
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posted on October 28th, 2016 at 02:06 PM |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHpPI_OgpAQ
Video of the track coming back from Awinya Creek.
Some big holes in that.
Smiley
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posted on October 28th, 2016 at 06:16 PM |
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Awesome smiley!
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posted on October 28th, 2016 at 08:30 PM |
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Awesome smiley!
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Thanks mate. Had a blast!
Some more wheel lifts for you all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv4ZJlDxAic&feature=youtu.be
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posted on October 28th, 2016 at 09:35 PM |
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Good stuff!
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posted on November 1st, 2016 at 07:43 PM |
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Brilliant
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posted on November 1st, 2016 at 09:02 PM |
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Great post.
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posted on February 14th, 2017 at 09:51 AM |
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Good recap, looks like it was a lot of fun!
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posted on February 14th, 2017 at 12:54 PM |
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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
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posted on February 15th, 2017 at 02:28 PM |
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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
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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.
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posted on February 16th, 2017 at 02:39 PM |
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Thanks mate. Going down next weekend.
Neil
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posted on February 16th, 2017 at 07:29 PM |
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Thanks mate. Going down next weekend.
Neil
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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?
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posted on February 17th, 2017 at 10:14 AM |
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Thanks mate.
Next time we go up to 5 rocks I'll give you a yell.
Neil
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posted on February 17th, 2017 at 07:01 PM |
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Fantastic! Living the dream!
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