Category Archives: 2011

I had to do a flying trip down to Brisbane to pick up a pop-up camper for a mate who is overseas at the moment. With being on call for work, we decided to head of on Friday and do … Continue reading →

I’d had enough of work and setting up house, so the fridge and recovery gear were thrown into the Prado and we headed north out of Townsville. About 60km’s out of town we turned inland heading towards Paluma. It isn’t … Continue reading →

Friday Well we departed Albury at 0800h and hit the road. In short it was a boring painful drive made worse by some rain and incompetent drivers on the freeway between Sydney and Newcastle. Arriving at Dungog just before 1800h … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →