NSW: Sunday May 27 Newnes State Forest

[light5light Member Find all posts View Profile Close light5light]

Yeah, see you all there tomorrow.

*** Sorry mates, could not catch you today due to so tired status this early morning ( both i and my passenger). Enjoy your day.

[DGW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close DGW]

Another fun filled Prado Point trip.

We all made it to the chilly Zig Zag car park by 9:30, said Hello and it was nice to meet more people from the forum, we had 2 x 80 series and 3 x 150's and unfortunately, James didn’t make it.

Air was removed from the tyres and we headed off for Happy Valley for the first use of low range, test of clearance and some mud. We continued on and for some reason no one was interested in a track on the right (if you have been there, you know thetrack) but there was evidence of others having a big go at it. We eventually came back near the main road and decided to follow the power lines through to the wombat holes which we all completed without any dramas.

From there we headed to Glenn’s diff breaker for some more fun. When we got to the bog hole, a large group coming from the opposite direct gave us some amusement by bogging a monster V8 shorty (could be a jeep, could be a Nissan, too much mud to tell) in the bog hole but it did sound very nice when they went up the hill when we were in the diff breakers.

The group happily followed me into the diff breakers and may have been surprised by the track change after I turned the corner. We all had a heap of fun and after everyone was through decided it was a nice place for lunch.

From here we headed somewhere on the power lines (past moon rock I believe) and tested the articulation even further. We all made it and it is amazing how capable a fairly stock 80 is, made it look so easy. At the end of this track we found a track to the Lost City.

The view from where we went, of the lost city, was amazing and well worth the effort, I think there were more photos taken here than anywhere else for the day.

We then headed back to tackle Happy Valley the opposite way. It was incredible the difference a set of tyres makes. The 3 150’s had MTZ, ST’s and Grand Treks on, outside of that were very similar and how easy they went back up here was certainly different but we all got there and an 80 with a lift, muddies and a rear locker made everything we did look soooo easy. This was the end of the fun, low was disengaged and we reluctantly headed back to the car park to air up and head or separate ways.

I had a great day and I am sure everybody else did too. My videos are uploading and should be able to share them all tomorrow. Until then, I will enjoy a cold beer and relax.

Dave

[AK80 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close AK80]

Another great day out with a cool group of guys. We managed to find our way to most of the fun bits thanks to Dave who lead the expedition.

Wazza, I hope this trip meet you expectations. Well done for getting though all of it with those slick tires of yours.

Here are a couple of clips from the day.

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and

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Here is that monster truck Dave mentioned in his report.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfU9X...yer_detailpage

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Try again

[Wazza2 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Wazza2]

The reason you got back out of happy valley so easily Anthony is because i graded it with my tow bar about 4 times on my attempts

Yep, a great day was had. Thanks heaps for sharing a great spot and guiding us through.

I'll post up some pics in the next couple of days. Great vids guys!

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The reason you got back out of happy valley so easily Anthony is because i graded it with my tow bar about 4 times on my attempts

Yep, a great day was had. Thanks heaps for sharing a great spot and guiding us through.

I'll post up some pics in the next couple of days. Great vids guys!

I must say after you and Richard shifted the sloppy stuff out of the way, the 80 seemed to just crawled up as if it was on bitumen.

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From the big 100 series to the not so big Prados, thanks for a great day out. I will definately be heading that direction more often. Especially when the lockers are fitted in two weeks Nice vids Anthony and great company from all. Cheers Richard

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love the video. Just goes to show no matter how big your wheels are, some one else has bigger and there fore bigger ruts lol

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Nic, Happy Valley

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Happy Valley

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Wazza2

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

Looks like a great day, shame I missed it! Hopefully we can get another run soon in a few weeks!

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Thought I would make it easier to join all the videos together and just add one, should have done this last night.