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Wednesday Packed up camp and headed out towards St Albans. Whilst the first part of the drive is bitumen, it is still quite scenic and enjoyable. It can be even more enjoyable if you stop at every winery along the … Continue reading →

Friday Departed home just after 5pm once I had finished work and a house inspection before our upcoming move. Basically it was the normal boring uneventful highway run that you have to do to get anywhere. We arrived at Canberra … Continue reading →

We left home and ducked into the Caltex servo on the outskirts of Wodonga to top up the LPG tank. Mmmmm nearly 80 cents a litre – that’s high! Anyway topped up we headed straight down the Kiewa Valley Hwy … Continue reading →

This story continues on from the Cabramurra one… Friday afternoon A quick fill of both fuel tanks in Gundagai and it was the boring run up the freeway to Goulburn. The Prado might be a lot quicker than the old … Continue reading →

We slept in and didn’t depart until 0900h – was originally hoping to be on the road by 0700h. So much for plans. Either way once we got moving we quickly forgot about all of the stuff that doesn’t matter … Continue reading →

Thursday We packed up and as we didn’t have to catch up with 4WD Action until midday we took the time to take the kids to the beach. Unfortunately blue bottles had pretty much shut the area down which made … Continue reading →

Sunday A nice lazy start to the day. We eventually jumped into the Prado just after 1000h and headed south down to the Lightning Creek camping area. I placed some rubbish into the bin and just as we were headed … Continue reading →

Friday Finally got everything sorted by 1100h and departed Albury heading east along the southern side of the Hume Weir. The weir is still holding a fair whack of water, but not as much as earlier this year. We turned … Continue reading →

A late minute decision, a quick pack and we hit the road by 1800h. The run up the highway was helped by tailing a semi-trailer — made the fuel consumption in the Prado a lot healthier than normal! Turn of … Continue reading →

I was felling abit sore and sorry for myself, so I packed up the family and we went for a drive in the Prado (sorry fella’s but saving the Defender up for the two big trips over Christmas). Basically we … Continue reading →

Well that was the name of a hill we ended up on yesterday – and you know what! They’re bloody right – it is a big hill! Anyway back to the start I suppose. The girlie and the newest member … Continue reading →

Well the boy has had his first 4WD trip, and first time in the snow as well! Weather report wasn’t exactly glowing, but be stuffed if I was going to sit in the house – it was time to get … Continue reading →

Day 1 The rain had come and I’d managed to relax throughout Christmas Day. Last minute decision to go, with nothing planned other than 1 night at Blowering Dam (near Tumut). As such we took the Prado and the camper … Continue reading →

Well the rush of getting the Landy back on the road was finally behind me. So I packed up the old girl, threw in the family and headed up the road. The plan for this run was to stay off … Continue reading →

Day 7 The plan today was to go up to Davies Plain Hut return. Due to the fact that those of us on the extended trip had come through there the day before, and I needed to refuel etc Richard … Continue reading →

Day 1 Richard, Hotdog and I headed off approx 0900 and started making our way to Mansfield. This was the first time my eldest son and I had done a trip by ourselves (without the rest of the family) so … Continue reading →

Left home at 0630 in the morning. Made some good time heading over to Tumbarumba. Filled up with some fuel and got the Parks Pass ($27) and continued on. Took the Elliot Way from Tumbarumba. The temp started dropping off … Continue reading →

Well the day we hoped wouldn’t arrive did bloody come along. So we packed all of our stuff up and got ready to leave. As we weren’t booked to leave on the ferry until 1400 it was the perfect chance … Continue reading →

Day 8. We had a very lazy morning and wasn’t ready to move until after 9. The plan today was to do the run down the beach to Dili Village, and run back up through the guts of the island … Continue reading →

Well, all I can really say about this trip is that the theory of Queensland being beautiful one day, perfect the next IS NOTHING BUT BULLXXXX!!! But saying that – the days on Fraser were pretty damn spectacular, and I … Continue reading →

Tuesday – and Richard shows up. I’m still putting the diff into the Landy as he arrives, and the wiring for the dual battery and the ARB compressor still needed to be done. Worked late and then called it a … Continue reading →

Monday 18 Aug 08 Slept in until nearly 9am this morning – the shock was so did the kids! Fed the kids and packed up nice and quick as we had to leave by 10 – them the rules. This … Continue reading →

Sunday afternoon Well until the story is published all I can say is that I destroyed 2 engine mounts and I overheated the old girl twice! So here we were back by ourselves at South Pambula with engine mounts tied … Continue reading →

Wednesday With the rear window fixed, the air compressor rebuilt (meaning the air lockers now work!) and the car and trailer re-packed we departed on the Wednesday with plans to make it over the mountain and find somewhere to camp … Continue reading →

Thursday Well we found the 40A fuse to the ARB High Flow compressor blown – hint for newcomers – carry a couple of them. Thankfully Phil sourced one in town so we threw it in – nup blew that one … Continue reading →

Monday Packed up and on the move by 0940h – and that’s everyone. We all arranged to meet at the Information Centre in Mansfield so people could grab supplies (fill water tanks etc) before we headed off. The original plan … Continue reading →

Friday (New Years Eve) Friday arrives and some quick work to the Landy to get it ready and packed and we are all ready to go. A few of the guys met us at my place and we headed over … Continue reading →

Well it was a quick trip so to speak with only two weeks available. The missus and kids were lucky enough to be down for nearly three weeks! During that time it was mainly been catching up with friends and … Continue reading →

This trip report should be titled ‘I ran over a black cat’ or similar, however here goes. Friday 15 Aug 08 Managed to finish up my work relatively early, and headed home ready to do the final bit of packing … Continue reading →

I moved over to Forest Hill in late 07 and I got to do a number of trips. Below are a selection of photos from the immediate Wagga area during 2008