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After visiting the 4X4 and camping show at the RNA showground on Friday I realised that the only safe way to carry the maxtrax was outside the vehicle... so, while at the show I visited the Rhino stall and had a good chat to one of the blokes and decided on a set of HD Rhino bars for the Prado...
Show special was 10% off retail and you paid and collected from a store you nominated... (I like that idea as it gave me a chance to a little bit of research on here
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Friday arvo I collected the 'Group Purchase' Maxtrax from Chopper and then it was off for the FIL's birthday BBQ at our house :shock:
So, Saturday morning I did a quick ring around to a few stores... all were either doing the same show special or none at all so I headed off to ARB Capalaba to get myself a set of Rhino Bars.
We had already planned a picnic/bbq/fish n chips visit to Bribie Island with some friends but after the Maxtrax purchase it turned into a beach run and back via the inland tracks.
I finished installing the roof bars at 12:10pm (was supposed to pic my wife up from work at 12
ops: ) but as it turned out she ran overtime anyway (she never finishes on time :roll: )
If I forgot anything.... too bad :lol: 8)
A mad dash to Bribie from Brisbane to meet our friends... only 1 and a half hours lateops: ... and after a quick chat and catch-up it was over to the beach side, air down and onto the beach.
We didn't follow any of the usual 'points of interest' we just drove... our friends we're so stoked to be 4WDing with their Prado we just kept driving :lol:
This was the first stop...
Maxtrax strapped down and enjoying the view
After that brief stop we continued onto the northern most, 4wd part of the beach and stopped for another look around... and some more piccies.....
Looking south from the waters edge.
Another pic of the Prado... enjoying the shade 8)
Some of the old buildings about...
From this point the only way back is south, so we drove slowly looking for the boardwalk to the old bunkers and other building but missed the entrance... if it was still there... as we then found the Northern access to the inland track and it was here we found the sign to the Old Fort... 5klm round trip :shock: the book says 300mtrs :?
With two toddlers in tow we gave it a miss and continued onto the inland tracks.
The sun was setting and was making it hard to drive in convoy... so I gave a good 5 mins gap between cars and the viability got a little better.
The inland track was very boggy in parts... this section isn't a good indicator but it's the only section I stopped to photograph.
I actually got the poor girl air-born (I'm not just referring to the Prado either :wink: ) once or twice :shock: so 30klms/hr was the max speed for a while.
We got back to the rangers hut at about 4:30pm and then headed back to Bongaree for a fish n chips dinner with the setting sun over the Bribie Passage as a backdrop... what a way to spend a Saturday afternoon
Show special was 10% off retail and you paid and collected from a store you nominated... (I like that idea as it gave me a chance to a little bit of research on here
)Friday arvo I collected the 'Group Purchase' Maxtrax from Chopper and then it was off for the FIL's birthday BBQ at our house :shock:
So, Saturday morning I did a quick ring around to a few stores... all were either doing the same show special or none at all so I headed off to ARB Capalaba to get myself a set of Rhino Bars.
We had already planned a picnic/bbq/fish n chips visit to Bribie Island with some friends but after the Maxtrax purchase it turned into a beach run and back via the inland tracks.
I finished installing the roof bars at 12:10pm (was supposed to pic my wife up from work at 12
ops: ) but as it turned out she ran overtime anyway (she never finishes on time :roll: )If I forgot anything.... too bad :lol: 8)
A mad dash to Bribie from Brisbane to meet our friends... only 1 and a half hours late
ops: ... and after a quick chat and catch-up it was over to the beach side, air down and onto the beach.We didn't follow any of the usual 'points of interest' we just drove... our friends we're so stoked to be 4WDing with their Prado we just kept driving :lol:
This was the first stop...
Maxtrax strapped down and enjoying the view
After that brief stop we continued onto the northern most, 4wd part of the beach and stopped for another look around... and some more piccies.....
Looking south from the waters edge.
Another pic of the Prado... enjoying the shade 8)
Some of the old buildings about...
From this point the only way back is south, so we drove slowly looking for the boardwalk to the old bunkers and other building but missed the entrance... if it was still there... as we then found the Northern access to the inland track and it was here we found the sign to the Old Fort... 5klm round trip :shock: the book says 300mtrs :?
With two toddlers in tow we gave it a miss and continued onto the inland tracks.
The sun was setting and was making it hard to drive in convoy... so I gave a good 5 mins gap between cars and the viability got a little better.
The inland track was very boggy in parts... this section isn't a good indicator but it's the only section I stopped to photograph.
I actually got the poor girl air-born (I'm not just referring to the Prado either :wink: ) once or twice :shock: so 30klms/hr was the max speed for a while.
We got back to the rangers hut at about 4:30pm and then headed back to Bongaree for a fish n chips dinner with the setting sun over the Bribie Passage as a backdrop... what a way to spend a Saturday afternoon
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