NSW: Sunday Feb 20 Newnes State Forest

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Another fun trip to our favourite forest. Tracks we will traverse today will be easy to medium grade with some sightseeing too. We'll play it by ear as to where we'll go, may even go over to Ben Bullen SF.

Please read the following disclaimer if you wish to participate on this trip. If you choose not to accept the terms & conditions therein, you are requested not to attend.

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Meeting at: McDonalds at Richmond, cnr of March & Eastmarket Sts. at 8:00am, departing around 8:15 am

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&ie ... 16&iwloc=A

Finishing time is flexible; if you want to leave early it won't be a problem. Usually we go till around 4 or 5pm (or later if someone gets severely stuck ).

Bring: Prado, morning tea, lunch, plenty of water/drinks, camera, air compressor/recovery gear if you have it, sense of adventure

UHF channel 28 This is to avoid the interference from the mines in the area who use ch.16

Attendees:

GH4wd
devilwearsprado (Leigh & family)
JeffH
williade
glen_ep plus friend
don1

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Re: NSW: Sunday Feb 20 Newnes State Forest

Rightio, I'll come along.

Meet you at Zig Zag at 0900.

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Re: NSW: Sunday Feb 20 Newnes State Forest

Rightio, I'll come along.

Meet you at Zig Zag at 0900.

Done. :wink: It'll probably be around 9:30am when we get there Jeff.

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I'm in Glenn.

I like Leigh's user name :lol:

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I'm in Glenn.

I like Leigh's user name :lol:

:lol: ....he doesn't, it's Lorrae's fault 8)

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Re: NSW: Sunday Feb 20 Newnes State Forest

Put me down for this one... I think... what sights were you thinking of seeing?

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Put me down for this one... I think... what sights were you thinking of seeing?

Bald Hill of course :lol:

And a customary visit to the wombat holes.

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Re: NSW: Sunday Feb 20 Newnes State Forest

would love to come guys but im going to Bendethra , tuesday to thursday to try out the new , shoes, swag ,winch ,coils ,bbq ,beer ,rum whooo hoo im excited .

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see you guys at richmond maccas at 8am.

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Late joiner! I have a friend coming along with his big footed Patrol... :P

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see you guys at richmond maccas at 8am.

Yes, 8am start!

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Trip completed; unfortunately some mechanical damage occurred today :evil:

Glen tried to ring you but phone was turned off, hope you got back home OK.

Will post up photos & videos later 8)

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Re: NSW: Sunday Feb 20 Newnes State Forest

Well it was an interesting day :!: We aired down at the Zig Zag carpark...



....and then as usual, made a bee line for the wombat holes. They hold a strange fascination for the 4wd fraternity for reasons unknown :shock:





We then went over to another area with a short wombat hole section; unfortunately it turned out to be a case of uh-oh.....







Glen ended up having to leave with his friend & headed back to Zig Zag, hope you guys made it back home OK eventually. The rest of us continued on to a track near Farmers Creek dam where we stopped for lunch.



Then over to the other side of the mountain to enjoy some of the excellent scenery in this area











A stop at Happy Valley hill for Declan to try out his new tyres which went very well :wink:





A stop at Bald Hill for High Tea, then back to Zig Zag to air up



Thanks to all for coming along today; shame about the mechanical mishap but sometimes things do break ops:

Video here

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Re: NSW: Sunday Feb 20 Newnes State Forest

As Glenn mentioned we had some fun at the usual wombat holes before continuing on down another trail. We come accross some deeper and steeper wombat holes which everyone drove around except Lyfe and I. Lyfe had no problems with his double locked 6" lifted Patrol, and yes he used at least one of the lockers. I had some troubles however, with wheels in the air during each crossover, and no lockers, it came down to momentum... perhaps too much? I made it about 80% through before the front-end noises started, and oil dripped..

On site it just looked like an inner CV boot gave way, but after attempting to drive out it became obvious that the CV itself had gone. Any reasonable pressure to drive would create thuds in the front. I got back to Zig Zag with a strap, and I called road-side assistance. They weren't keen on pulling out the front drive shaft, so they just loaded it up on a flat-bed truck and took me all the way home - and I'm quite pleased with that! So tomorrow it's off to a local mechanic, TBC...

It's a shame these vehicles don't have a 2WD option!!

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Re: NSW: Sunday Feb 20 Newnes State Forest

A short video of the first wombat holes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7V1LUow4wY