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Had a great day today guys n gals... thanks for coming out 
The day started as planned, 8:00am at the BP at Caboolture.
There, Zowie and I (Snaga) met up with Kelvin (wengnuts), Rick and Matt (masso) and we also managed to pick up a stray 120... Martin and his son (spender again) so once we were all accounted for we headed off to the Glasshouse Mountains Lookout to meet up with the rest of the gang.
At the lookout we collected Nicole and the billy lids (pml120r), hope your feeling OK Peter... sorry you couldn't make it... then Craig (rogerdodger) with his car full rounding out the crew for the day.
So the roll call for the day...
snaga (90 series)
wengnuts (GQ poooootrol)
masso (120 series)
spender again (120 series)
pml120r (120 series)
rogerdodger (80 series, overlander forum)
Airing down at the lookout we headed straight onto the dirt tracks and headed for a track following the power lines. The last time I was on this track was after leaving the fun stuff with Kel and his outerlimits mates but this time after a few hundred meters we came across our first boggy section.
So boggy in-fact there was a bike stuck good and proper up to the engine. After a few failed attempts from him and his mates to get out we offered a snatch strap and a Prado to attach it to.
I was at the lead so I lined him up and after a few tries at various anchor points on the bike we slowly skull dragged the bike out.
Once he was out we all performed the beautiful dance that is the 6 car U-turn as the track past the boggy section got even worse with ruts and drop-offs so to avoid any damage it was on to option two... the Glasshouse mountains run from the 'Dirty Weekends in SEQ' book.
Backtracking almost to the lookout we made a left that was the start of some nice forestry roads, an interesting short track that I hope wasn't someones driveway some time back. So much rain has been through the GH Mtns that most tracks were down to the rock base with a few little spots to flex the suspension.
Back on the 'tour' track we continued on north around the western side of Mt Tibrogargan where we came across another boggy section (this one is part of the Dirty Weekends Tour)... a little more getting my feet muddy and I thought I had the best route through but wheels in two sets of ruts meant a little bit of sideways travel but it was all good... looking back through the pics it looks as though everyone tried a different approach and all got through no problems.
A little further along the track notes we came to a clearing with two water crossing options to take us up alongside Mt Tibrogargan. The one Martin and I took was actually the impassable (without a snorkel) option last time I was there... the one wengnuts and a few others took used to be the bypass option and I think it was probably the harder of the two now... neither proved to be a great challenge though.
Only a hundred meters or so later was the crossing we weren't sure about and as expected it has been dug out quite deeply from all the attempts and after some lengthy discussion and thigh high wading in murky water we decided to take a small, shallow bypass to the side.
Moving alongside Mt Tibrogargan we came across a trail that took us to a bald top hill with a great view of a the countryside and few of the mountains that make up the Glasshouse Mountains.
A few options were available to come back down this hill so we had to try them all... more of the 6 car pirouette (sorry, 5 car... Rick went the right way to start with) and a quick play was had there.
From here the plan was to back-track the way we came as further on in the same direction was the end of the forest.
For some reason we felt tougher on the way back through that big, deep water hole and after some more evaluating I decided to pass as the water level was about at intake height but Craig in his 80 series gave it ago.
Oh, so close but the step up at the exit stopped all forward motion and it was quick smart onto the (preattached) snatch strap and a quick yank out with thankfully no water making inside the car...
... unlike this bloke... another group out but with very different priorities :roll:
On the way back through the boggy section the difference between my ST's and Martins tyres (HT's?) was clear... Martin lost that vital ingredient... momentum
A quick snatch in some very sloshy muck and he was out and back on solid ground. All once again through that section... again everyone trying a different line and it was back to the power lines for some lunch and to evaluate the rest of the afternoon.
After a long day yesterday Zo and I were keen on a early arvo finish, Kel had to leave at midday to go to work so Kel, Rick and Martins cars aired up and headed home.
Craig and his gang put on some lunch for us... nothing like a fresh chicken, avocado and salad sandwich on a hot day to tame the grumbling tummy... Nicole had the kids entertained and fed as well.
After a quick break and a chat Craig and I thought we'd check out this 'Big Red' track Kel was talking about... sheez!! was our first reaction. The rains had certainly had it's way with this track as it was all ruts, 3' rock step ups, and some tight navigation around a rocky outcrop and some trees... but who did we find here...
Same bloke... so the arvo turned into watching this guy for about half an hour or so until he blew out his bead on his front right tyre (apparently there was some mud in the bead... you could hear air escaping every so often before it finally blew).
Interesting to watch someone change a tyre on a 45deg slope but got it changed and he backed down the hill but the word over the dog and bone was he wasn't going to give it another go
After that we all headed back up the hill and by that time it was about 1:30 or so, so we decided to call it a day and after a quick chat went our separate ways home.
Thanks heaps everyone for coming along... we had a great day, no damage to any vehicle or egos
... except now my driveway has a coating of 1" thick clay/mud ... gurney today... wash tomorrow... or the next day... or the day after
Hope you all a great time... see you on the next one
Snaga
Kelvin
Nicole
Rick
Craig
Martin
I'll ad the video when I get the download cable from my mate
ops:]
The day started as planned, 8:00am at the BP at Caboolture.
There, Zowie and I (Snaga) met up with Kelvin (wengnuts), Rick and Matt (masso) and we also managed to pick up a stray 120... Martin and his son (spender again) so once we were all accounted for we headed off to the Glasshouse Mountains Lookout to meet up with the rest of the gang.
At the lookout we collected Nicole and the billy lids (pml120r), hope your feeling OK Peter... sorry you couldn't make it... then Craig (rogerdodger) with his car full rounding out the crew for the day.
So the roll call for the day...
snaga (90 series)
wengnuts (GQ poooootrol)
masso (120 series)
spender again (120 series)
pml120r (120 series)
rogerdodger (80 series, overlander forum)
Airing down at the lookout we headed straight onto the dirt tracks and headed for a track following the power lines. The last time I was on this track was after leaving the fun stuff with Kel and his outerlimits mates but this time after a few hundred meters we came across our first boggy section.
So boggy in-fact there was a bike stuck good and proper up to the engine. After a few failed attempts from him and his mates to get out we offered a snatch strap and a Prado to attach it to.
I was at the lead so I lined him up and after a few tries at various anchor points on the bike we slowly skull dragged the bike out.
Once he was out we all performed the beautiful dance that is the 6 car U-turn as the track past the boggy section got even worse with ruts and drop-offs so to avoid any damage it was on to option two... the Glasshouse mountains run from the 'Dirty Weekends in SEQ' book.
Backtracking almost to the lookout we made a left that was the start of some nice forestry roads, an interesting short track that I hope wasn't someones driveway some time back. So much rain has been through the GH Mtns that most tracks were down to the rock base with a few little spots to flex the suspension.
Back on the 'tour' track we continued on north around the western side of Mt Tibrogargan where we came across another boggy section (this one is part of the Dirty Weekends Tour)... a little more getting my feet muddy and I thought I had the best route through but wheels in two sets of ruts meant a little bit of sideways travel but it was all good... looking back through the pics it looks as though everyone tried a different approach and all got through no problems.
A little further along the track notes we came to a clearing with two water crossing options to take us up alongside Mt Tibrogargan. The one Martin and I took was actually the impassable (without a snorkel) option last time I was there... the one wengnuts and a few others took used to be the bypass option and I think it was probably the harder of the two now... neither proved to be a great challenge though.
Only a hundred meters or so later was the crossing we weren't sure about and as expected it has been dug out quite deeply from all the attempts and after some lengthy discussion and thigh high wading in murky water we decided to take a small, shallow bypass to the side.
Moving alongside Mt Tibrogargan we came across a trail that took us to a bald top hill with a great view of a the countryside and few of the mountains that make up the Glasshouse Mountains.
A few options were available to come back down this hill so we had to try them all... more of the 6 car pirouette (sorry, 5 car... Rick went the right way to start with) and a quick play was had there.
From here the plan was to back-track the way we came as further on in the same direction was the end of the forest.
For some reason we felt tougher on the way back through that big, deep water hole and after some more evaluating I decided to pass as the water level was about at intake height but Craig in his 80 series gave it ago.
Oh, so close but the step up at the exit stopped all forward motion and it was quick smart onto the (preattached) snatch strap and a quick yank out with thankfully no water making inside the car...
... unlike this bloke... another group out but with very different priorities :roll:
On the way back through the boggy section the difference between my ST's and Martins tyres (HT's?) was clear... Martin lost that vital ingredient... momentum
A quick snatch in some very sloshy muck and he was out and back on solid ground. All once again through that section... again everyone trying a different line and it was back to the power lines for some lunch and to evaluate the rest of the afternoon.
After a long day yesterday Zo and I were keen on a early arvo finish, Kel had to leave at midday to go to work so Kel, Rick and Martins cars aired up and headed home.
Craig and his gang put on some lunch for us... nothing like a fresh chicken, avocado and salad sandwich on a hot day to tame the grumbling tummy... Nicole had the kids entertained and fed as well.
After a quick break and a chat Craig and I thought we'd check out this 'Big Red' track Kel was talking about... sheez!! was our first reaction. The rains had certainly had it's way with this track as it was all ruts, 3' rock step ups, and some tight navigation around a rocky outcrop and some trees... but who did we find here...
Same bloke... so the arvo turned into watching this guy for about half an hour or so until he blew out his bead on his front right tyre (apparently there was some mud in the bead... you could hear air escaping every so often before it finally blew).
Interesting to watch someone change a tyre on a 45deg slope but got it changed and he backed down the hill but the word over the dog and bone was he wasn't going to give it another go
After that we all headed back up the hill and by that time it was about 1:30 or so, so we decided to call it a day and after a quick chat went our separate ways home.
Thanks heaps everyone for coming along... we had a great day, no damage to any vehicle or egos
... except now my driveway has a coating of 1" thick clay/mud ... gurney today... wash tomorrow... or the next day... or the day after Hope you all a great time... see you on the next one
Snaga
Kelvin
Nicole
Rick
Craig
Martin
I'll ad the video when I get the download cable from my mate
ops:]
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