2011 GTG Update

[Richoson Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Richoson]

Hi McBain

The tracks we did were around the Jimna area in the state forests, there are hundreds of kilometers of tracks with everything from round trip easy to low range.

We recorded the average speeds each day in a small gorup of 4 cars and these averaged around 25-30kms per hour of moving speed plus stops. Therefore we could spend weeks exploring, if anybody is interested I'm happy to organise some weekends in the bush up there, just let me know.

Regards, Richo.

[D4D-GXL Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D-GXL]

The more trips the better Richo....sounds great exploring. Day trips could also be on the cards I trust.

[Snaga Wishing I was lost Find all posts View Profile Close Snaga]

If only we had Snaga's effort on video, his was one sensational rally drive with Scandinavian Flicks all over the place.
cheers

What... you mean like this?

[Richoson Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Richoson]

Well, someone had to be the guinea pig to work out what tyre pressure to air down to.

If only we had Snaga's effort on video, his was one sensational rally drive with Scandinavian Flicks all over the place.

cheers

Hi Folks

Just put my 2 cents in, the 150 lead the way with 28 PSI no trouble and even lent hints for success. As you can see the track was hard but that red rainforest clay is dead set slippery.

Later in the weekend we went across the top of the range in grazing country and at the top of the mountains the ground was a lot sloppier in the black soil. Different driving and a bit more care required when driving along off camber ridge lines with 150 mt drops either side

It doesn't get much better than this, great driving, great friends and great country.

Regards, Richo.

[LiveFreeAndRoam Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close LiveFreeAndRoam]

And here's my effort all handled via the iPhone, including post-production video splicing, just to see what the iPhone is capable of.

I just noticed that embedded videos are not visible on the iPhone, so for iPhone users, here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6KV9...=youtu.be&hd=1
LFaR.

[Robuck Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Robuck]

Looks awesome!!

[metro09 Member Find all posts View Profile Close metro09]

Good work LFaR!!!

Was that with iphone 4? What software?

[LiveFreeAndRoam Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close LiveFreeAndRoam]

G'day Metro,

Good work LFaR!!!

Was that with iphone 4? What software?

Yep, iPhone 4. I used the free version of an app called "Splice", which I just installed for this video. Whilst it crashed a couple of times, it saved my work so I recovered quickly. The instructions recommended restarting the iPhone before using it. After the restart it worked well and was surprisingly functional, albeit a little slow. I could have done more fancy video editing if I wasn't so impatient .

LFaR.

[Richoson Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Richoson]

Hi Folks

That was just a small sample of the middle section of the planned GTG, we have selected 3 routes, up the main road, up the easy road and the roads on the posts for the more adventureous.

Queensland, beautiful one day, perfect the next.

Richo

[MDSimpson Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close MDSimpson]

As Big Kev would say, 'I'm Excited"...
Thanks for the 'effort' guys, I know it must have been a chore..

[Richoson Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Richoson]

Don't tell the girlies but "Recce" is the new PradoPoint code word for let's go have a ball in the Prado's.

Richo.

[samo Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close samo]

nice video matt, of stewy Not getting stuck, thats a cracker. cheers samo

[Dobbo Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dobbo]

Excellent production Matt, can't wait to get up there!
Gee, those 150's make river crossings look easy hey

[metro09 Member Find all posts View Profile Close metro09]

G'day Metro,



Yep, iPhone 4. I used the free version of an app called "Splice", which I just installed for this video. Whilst it crashed a couple of times, it saved my work so I recovered quickly. The instructions recommended restarting the iPhone before using it. After the restart it worked well and was surprisingly functional, albeit a little slow. I could have done more fancy video editing if I wasn't so impatient .

LFaR.

Cool! It looks awesome! I know what you mean about being impatient!!!

[McBAIN Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close McBAIN]

That's Gold.

Here's a video of the one (actually 3) recovery from the weekend. Not an overly steep section but the track had a ground cover of wet leaves and damp clay just underneath. Combine that with a momentary loss of forward travel and bingo... stuck.
This section is a contender for one of the transit days... but still, there are plenty of other tracks to explore.


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