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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: ST2UP on June 17, 2015, 01:17:03 PM
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Just throwing this up as food for thought.....and receive some feedback.
Motorcycling tends to draw people with other outdoor hobbies and interests together......it may be camping, fishing, caravanning, 4WDing, hiking etc.
So I was thinking of a throwing together a weekend away in a location depending on what part of the country we have the most interest.....my though is a camping destination in a semi-remote location, but not a great distance from a sealed road.
Many of us have 4x4 vehicles.... Non 4x4 owners could travel to a central secure location and leave their bikes or conventional cars and then travel the remainder of the distance with 4x4 owners with spare seats (less than 50k's) to a secluded location for an overnight stay.
It won't be a hardcore route into the location so a conventional un-modified 4x4 with Low Range would travel to the location with ease. But it would be enough to give an exciting experience to those who may have never had this sort of an opportunity in the past.....
Let's see if the interest is there to put this together :think1
Post below your thoughts;
Interest, Location and if you have a vehicle available ??
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Sounds scary... *listens for banjos echoing through the hills*
What a DTE?
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My guess DTE is Drive to eat.
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Sounds ok. Have cruiser will travel. Depends for most people where it will be. Maybe a couple of different locations over time.. Are you thinking central NSW?
Vic - Melbourne - 4x4
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Sounds a good idea. I'm interested.
NSW - Mid North Coast - 4x4
Allan
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Sounds great, WE are of to Lake Ayre Aug 1st with our Toyota 4x4 and off road camper trailer for month or so. Would be interested in any trip into NSW anytime. Denis Diane.
Southern Vic - 4x4
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Sounds like a worthwhile thing to do. Luckily a few members have 4wds and caravans in Canberra :runyay
ACT - Canberra - 4x4 ( after he pinches Lionels Toyota keys)
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I guess you have a location already in mind Chris but I'll throw in one or two or three even maybe worth consideration.
Warrabah, north side of the Namoi river out from Manilla turn north off from the Namoi River Rd..............wowboys across the road might be an issue with a larger van. Small camp site along the Warrabah Creek.
Coolah Tops NP. From memory the location is called Top Hut? Best approached from the town side .
Georges Junction in the deeps of the Styx River gorge. Google crap map no-longer shows much detail in that area but its a formed, though very steep descent navigable by 2wd.
Last but not least one or other of the two camp sites on "The Barraba Track' which crosses the Nandewares and Mt Lindesay and kaputar. The first camp location on the Barraba end is only a few K's inside the park fence and was accessible by 2wd with care. Site could cater for 12/14 persons with minimal amenities. Track not suitable for caravans is on the sign out front due to a few steep pinches. Its a locked access, key available from Barraba end. Wet weather closes the show though.
Travel by car >:() ....maybe knobbies for the ST?
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I hadn't really considered a location until we get some feedback on people's interest and locations....if we get more interest out of Members in the southern part of the country we may look at the Southern Highlands regions.....if it's really broad from Vic through to QLD then perhaps Wollemi NP area :think1
Gatey we have spent time in the top 3 on your list, but spent loads of time on the Styx and Macleay rivers camping/fishing....Used to fly fish for trout in the morning and early arvo on the Styx and 20 mins later be down on the Macleay at Georges Junction chasing Aust Bass......:OldMan
Cheers
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Pockey even mentioned a trip over to Fraser Island, meet at Rainbow Beach with the bikes and conventional cars and take the 4x4's across for a couple of nights, some could camp others stay at Eurong village in cabins but all remain as a group.
Could be a fantastic and cheap way for those without the vehicles or skills to see the biggest sand island in the world up close and personal. :hatwave
Cheers
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I like the idea of a 4WD DTE. However, northern NSW or Vic high country are both a long way from home for me. Don't rule out the Flinders Ranges as a possible destination.
SA - Adelaide - 4x4
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Wilpena Pound is on our to-do list.....so was the old Sky walk track before it closed :-[
Most good for most amount of people will be the problem with the flinders ranges for this project if we can get the interest to put the time into it.....but you could take us through there some time ;-*
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Sounds like fun interested here
QLD - Warwick - 4x4
Peter
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Sounds a good idea. I'm interested.
Allan
Do you have a 4x4 vehicle Allan ??
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We are in....
NSW - New England - 4x4
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Sounds a good idea. I'm interested.
Allan
Do you have a 4x4 vehicle Allan ??
'02 Patrol with slide-on camper. Only a 2 seater though :(.
Allan
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Sounds a good idea. I'm interested.
Allan
Do you have a 4x4 vehicle Allan ??
'02 Patrol with slide-on camper. Only a 2 seater though :(.
Allan
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NSW - Sydney - 4WD :thumb
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VIC - Country Vic - Holden SS sportwagon
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Wilpena Pound is on our to-do list.....so was the old Sky walk track before it closed :-[
Most good for most amount of people will be the problem with the flinders ranges for this project if we can get the interest to put the time into it.....but you could take us through there some time ;-*
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++ Wilpena Pound is "Tourist Central" and not my favorite place. However, I know some great camping spots and free 4WD tracks, and am keen to try the new SkyTrek.
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I told you BB you would get hooked driving to RTE's ;-* :grin :grin
NSW - West Wyalong 4x4 (with camper trailer soon :thumb)
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I also have a car to take people and things, seats 5, can do road type gravel and perhaps a bit more
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Marcus, you are good! :thumb
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Sounds ok Fraser Isl is expensive on the barge,( only one so)
as for me I was :think1 could put 2 ST side by side maybe or maybe not :fp :OldMan :cuss o:)
Tipsy
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Marcus, you are good! :thumb
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VIC - Country Vic - Holden SS sportwagon
The SS will be handy mate with that nice long wagon turret......we will be able to throw the commy into the creek crossings so we in 4WD's don't have to get our tyres wet driving across :nahnah
:Blow
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Wilpena Pound is on our to-do list.....so was the old Sky walk track before it closed :-[
Most good for most amount of people will be the problem with the flinders ranges for this project if we can get the interest to put the time into it.....but you could take us through there some time ;-*
:popcorn
++ Wilpena Pound is "Tourist Central" and not my favorite place. However, I know some great camping spots and free 4WD tracks, and am keen to try the new SkyTrek.
As we are a distance from a central area it may work on the way to or from other trip
I love the Flinders. Haven't been to the northern part, yet.
Is the new Skytrek a different location? I' guessing it is.
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The most spectacular part of the old SkyTrek track was closed over an access issue, as it went through a reserve, so the new SkyTrek incorporates parts of the old, and new sections. It's all still on Willow Springs Station in the Flinders Ranges, which has various levels of accommodation available. Have a look at http://www.skytrekwillowsprings.com.au/ (http://www.skytrekwillowsprings.com.au/) for further information.
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Based on the interest we have had so far and the location of the members it seams a location around the Brindabella's or Kosciusko NP would be most central.....do others concur ??
I have only driven a day trip into the Brindy's when visiting Canberra and it was more hardcore tracks than we would be looking for..... but it would be down to Saaz and Lionel as the locals to do their home work on the region ;-*
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There are a number of campsites around WeeJasper . . Micalong Creek is nice . . And there are others . . Fishing, caving, riding, walking campfires etc . . . One of many weekend getaways in this region . .
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Great to see some interest here on a variation of a traditional RTE.....
Is camping a preferred option for all participants or a combination of Camp/Cabins at a central location with day trips over a day or two out into the Wild a better option for the majority ??
As mentioned above nothing to hardcore but minimum requirement of a standard 4WD with low range.....won't be Subaru or Soft roader territory :Stirpot
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Definitely camping. Either stop in one place and do explorations or drive-camp-drive etc.
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I could be interested, Depending on where and when due to distance for me to travel to anywhere already mentioned it would almost have to be a FTDTE for me (fly to drive to eat).
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Maybe a 4x4 park. Usually have 2wd access to camping areas. Tracks from easy to extreme. Then multiple loops could be done if seating capacity was exceed.
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This may not work for many but someone living in the vicinity may be able to check it out.
http://m.exploroz.com/TrekNotes/NSWCoast/Taree_to_Werrikimbe_via_Port_Macquarie.aspx (http://m.exploroz.com/TrekNotes/NSWCoast/Taree_to_Werrikimbe_via_Port_Macquarie.aspx)
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Lovely spot Werrikimbe......well the camp was anyway. :Stirpot....we drove in after dark one night and left just after dark the following day, so didn't see much of the track in and out.....just followed another mate in a cruiser who had been in before.
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I've been along most of the route from Taree to Port and its pretty easy gravel road around Ellenborough falls and sealed the rest. Most cars would be able to do all of this part of the route.
The bit along the coast and out to Wauchope is a main road(not the main highway).