Big Desert & Border Track August 26th - 28th

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So this is how you managed to pack up the camper so fast Rob. Lol.

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Ok boys. So what was the story with the bog holes past red bluff? Who attempted them with camper in tow? Who got stuck? Pics of this section please

Patience, some of the pics of those mad buggers from over the border are going to blow you away!

Cheers Andrew

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Have attached video of Mals window, watch closely
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSZyLj_CSMo

Regards Adam

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looks like you guys had a great trip. i'm very jealous.
was probably a bit more fun than my 3400km trek in 60 hours.

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Patience, some of the pics of those mad buggers from over the border are going to blow you away!

Cheers Andrew

Sorry Boss It's just that I have to live through the pics at the moment because I couldn't get up there...

Oh, and I always knew those Victorians were 'mad'... I guess they won't be invited on any more SA trips hey!

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Hi everyone .finally had time to open up the computer and see whats going down.Would like to say had a great weekend thanks to everyone for their great company.Good to see some of the picks up there already. I have pm'd adam to allow him to post the video of the window incident.(and i think its already up) Still think I win the best mod award for the side opening window.My wife doesnt agree, fortunately insurance picked up the bill . Could not get them to throw in a repacement kaymar bar as well. mal56

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Hi everyone .finally had time to open up the computer and see whats going down.Would like to say had a great weekend thanks to everyone for their great company.Good to see some of the picks up there already. I have pm'd adam to allow him to post the video of the window incident.(and i think its already up) Still think I win the best mod award for the side opening window.My wife doesnt agree, fortunately insurance picked up the bill . Could not get them to throw in a repacement kaymar bar as well. mal56

great vid Mal. a clear leader in the mod of the year comp.

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Guys,

Looks like a great weekend. One question, was there a petrol Prado on the trip. All this talk of you guys getting stuck half way, or almost there, just sounds like jealousy!!!!
Dave

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Great video but unfortunately from side on at the really gnarly spot it doest show just how out of shape things were, will post some great pics in a while.

After the we all got over that first big dune we came to the even bigger second one, Michael was up and over no problems and then my turn, damn I was so close to making it over, got at least 90% of the way but couldn't make it, still the bonus was I got to use the winch for the first time and Michael used his rear recovery points for the first time. (the rear recovery point was being fitted in MLC's pic with me lying under Michaels rig)

Next up wa MLC, a valiant effort saw him make it almost half way up the dune LOL, he told me as hard as he tried he just couldn't get it up! If you look closely at the pics Robs trailer is at a fair angle so he couldn't reverse down, Rob tried to pull himself up the hill but as hard as he was pulling he still couldn't get it up, he did however manage to get it straight and he reversed down the hill and then took the lonely drive around the pussy track.

Once again the non towers all made it up, and Mal tried hard again but couldn't make it to the top either stopping just short of the point I made it to, so out with the winch and everyone was on the opposite side of the dune.



All jokes aside; numerous people have compared this dune to Big Red, so to not make it over with a trailer is no disgrace, and even half way is a reasonable effort.
not having been to big red I can only go on what I have been told.

Cheers Andrew

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yeh . all things being equal backing a trailer down a dune is no easy feat and it is great practice for coffee pouring . mal

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Guys,

Looks like a great weekend. One question, was there a petrol Prado on the trip. All this talk of you guys getting stuck half way, or almost there, just sounds like jealousy!!!!
Dave

Yes Dave there was, Troy aka Foxclan has a V6, and still the only two vehicles to make it up the monster dune in big desert first time were diesels (and mine did it twice first time both times with different drivers)

after the big dunes comes the Mud holes, we have already seen a bit of Mals efforts, This mud hole was before Red Bluff so most of us weren't to keen to have Prados and Trailers plastered in mud, especially considering some of us know what was in store in the morning so only the Vic boys took on the first mud hole.

Here is Hibbo doing it in style.



Cheers Andrew

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And then Mal had a go, what can I say about Mals mud driving technique with the camper in tow.......... Hold it flat and hang on!!!



more to come

Cheers Andrew

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heres more



I will add some more of the last day tomorrow, but so everyone can sleep without the anticipation of what is to come, the major really deep mud holes south of Red Bluff that some of use drove last time were much worse this time, getting into them would have been alright but getting out would have been a nightmare, no one considered it to a good idea to go into those huge holes but we still had some more fun on the Sunday morning.

Cheers Andrew

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A few pics of the last stretch south of Red Bluff, interestingly while parts of this section were wetter and muddier than last time, other parts seemed drier than last time and not a lot of distance between the places, so go figure.



Cheers Andrew

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And the last few, just a few snaps of the track. the big Nissan figured seeing as Hibbo had got through the mud hole he would be able to follow, wrong, he got stuck and had to be snatched out much to our delight.



well thats about it from me, great weekend, interesting doing the same track a few months apart in different circumstances. Big desert is somewhere I will have to revisit with more time to explore (I can feel another trip coming on) hope to catch up with most of those that came along on another trip down the track.

Cheers Andrew