NSW: next day out

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

Another trip planned for this weekend:

http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...gust-Newnes-SF

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

Heading to Newnes again tomorrow if anyone is interested

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More exploring / scratching mate ? Or are you going to THE HILL ? . It's calling your name .you know you want to play on it .

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

More exploring mate. I won't be doing that hill unless there's some good vehicles doing it with me!

EDIT... Yes I know it's calling me, I hear it in my sleep !!!

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We will do Sunny Corner / Sofala / Capertee. Staying the night in Lithgow ATM. We will start 8 ish in Sunny Corner

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Was just up there again yesterday, took the kids to the Glow Worm Tunnel and came out through Blackfellows Trail. We all had a great time.

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

Was just up there again yesterday, took the kids to the Glow Worm Tunnel and came out through Blackfellows Trail. We all had a great time.

Whats the condition of Blackfellows? I'm hoping to do that one in the next couple of weeks.

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It was the first time I have ever been along it so can't really compare to what it has been like in the past. I managed it fine in a stock 150 series and I am pretty new at off-roading. The first part looks like it has been freshly graded, but that doesn't go too far in. There was a fallen tree blocking the path and a side track has formed around it, which was a little tight to negotiate but if you take it slow and use your mirrors you shouldn't have an issue. There was only one place I had to get out for a look before proceeding, one of the bog holes that had some deep ruts with a bit of water.

I only scraped the underbody once and it was very minor and really it was my fault with a poor choice of a line over what looked like a concrete drain down towards the Wolgan Road end. The whole thing probably could have been done in high range, but paranoid newbie me put it in 4L about 5-6 times. It seemed to be quite dry for that track as there were quite a few places which I had the impression could have held much more water, I would imagine that if some of the bog holes were full it would have been a little more challenging and I have may have been less inclined to solo it with my family. I think the deepest water I went through would have been 15cms.

Hope that helps.

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Sounds like the good track is in great condition. The first time I went through there, one of the holes was so deep it would have swallowed a whole Suzuki! That was early 2012 after a very very wet start to the year.

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Thats a great help, thank you! Time to give it a go. I have childhood memories of being in a Suzuki that did get swallowed by a bog hole.

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Here are grabs from the dashcam, sorry about the quality, I have a Go-Pro on the wish list.

Probably the worst of the bog holes.




The tree across the track.


This was probably one of the worst ruts.

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Thats a great help, thank you! Time to give it a go. I have childhood memories of being in a Suzuki that did get swallowed by a bog hole.

First time I went there was with the Suzuki 4WD Club.

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First time I went there was with the Suzuki 4WD Club.

PeterPilot - that most probably would have been at a minimum speed of 60km/h - I remember those trips at warp speed everywhere. One of the reasons I left that club (was there 10 yrs)

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First time I went there was with the Suzuki 4WD Club.

Suzuki LJ20 soft top. 28hp! (maybe...) 80kph top speed (almost). It leaked like a sieve when it rained.

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Was just up there again yesterday, took the kids to the Glow Worm Tunnel and came out through Blackfellows Trail. We all had a great time.

Awesome trip with the kids, I was up there on Saturday, kids always love the tunnel!