(VIC) Vic High Country trip Queens birthday weekend

[Spoonz100]

What a great weekend, except for the little incident on Sunday...

The trip contenders were:
allwaysonthefly
Zako
4x4direct
vrynys
agent13
mattydee
spoonz100
-stu-

Here goes the story:

Once upon a time in a land far far away..........

Friday:
We all met at Coopers Creek Camp ground which is about 10km south of Walhalla. some got there early but the rest of us who had to work didn't make it there until 2130.. but after a few beers it was all good.
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Saturday:
We packed up and all made it to Walhalla just after 0900. We met with Craig and headed north :)
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-Headed north on Walhalla Rd
- Right onto Deep Creek No1 Tk (Great drive along the creek!)
- Left onto Deep Creek no 4 Tk
- Right onto Fultons Creek Tk
- Then on Army Tk (there is always one:))
- Along Morning Star Tk
- Left along McEvoys Tk
- Then up to the Tower to Mt Useful
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- From there West along Toomstar Tk (yes it was Steep where the map said - I need coils in the lux!)
- West along Toombon Tk
- North along Donnelly Ck Rd
- Right along Eaton Tk and we camped by the river about 1km in.
http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/qq93/ZakoGU/IMG_4141.jpg Drying feet after going in for the catch!

[Spoonz100]

Sunday - What a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!

Jay mad it up Eaton Tk, back out the same way in, but then Mark got a little stuck about 3/4 the way up the first hill....

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You couldn't stand on the road with out slipping down - Dam Hwy terrain sneakers .......

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Well after a small brown undie moment for Mark, we ended up tying 4 straps together and driving down under some sort of control

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We gave up the idea for going up the hill and then headed
- East along Eaton Tk
- then north towards McGuire Tk, but someone left a stick on the road ;)
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With a little pushing and winching, we turned around and went
- south along Toombon Tk
- north along Donnelly Tk
- north along Walhalla Rd

Lunch just by the river near Anderson Camp ground, where we had the:

First Annual Rock Skimming Contest


Contenders were Osh and Ethan

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After a hard fought battle the winner by count back was Ethan!!!

[Spoonz100]

Zako left us there after lunch.

We kept heading north along Walhalla Rd and we left Jay and Stu at Noble Spur Tk.

Well there is not much to tell from there, we were going to look for a camp spot along the river but we all know what happened to that plan.

We camped by the track there and then Monday waited for the tow truck, then headed home.

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Thanks again everyone for a great weekend!!!

Cant wait for the next one!!!

Catch you on the tracks!!!!!

Spoonz

[Smell]

That little Sunday incident looks like a doozy - what happened?

[tj81]

Looks like some spare parts might be on offer.....wtf did you hit ?

[Spoonz100]

Well the car was parked at the top of a hill and with the hand brake on and wheels at full lock it decided to drive down the hill........ we originally thought that another car was heading our way. It drove for about 500m through ditches and around a few trees, but then cam to rest against a tree with a rather large thud.

There wasn't anyone in the car at the time.

Spoonz

[Agent 13]

Any word on the outcome?

[Brendan]

Ouch! That's gotta suck, glad no-one was in the vehicle at the time. Nice pics otherwise mate...

[Spoonz100]

God bless good insurance.

I spoke with Mark and all is good and he is on his way to pick her up after buying it back from the insurance agency.

Not sure on his next project though??

[utedriver]

What did Scotty from the Jamo servo think of the GQ spoonz?? I've known him since I was a little tacker.

Rich

[deepop]

Good report and piccy's.

I saw you guys up at Walhalla just before you left the car park. I recoginsed VRYNYS's car and rego and spoke to Stu as you were all mounting up.

Glad it was a good trip and sorry to hear about the shorty!

I'll post my report up soon to see the difference between routes taken.

Darren

[Zako]

Deepop,

How was your trip?

Regards

Zako

[cpt-mud]

Sounds like you guys had a great weekend, apart from the misshap. Also a bit dodgy attaching two straps with a shackle.