Little Desert

Nice to hear Willem tried hard for everyone - where he comes from, nobody would expect 'amicablelness'.

Glad you are home and had a good time - it was lonely - no one to talk to - everyone had gone to LD!!!!

I have a digitally enhanced photograph that I am willing to share with people. I might post some more later.....
Little Desert Weekend

From the clan here in bendigo,
we would just like to say thanx to all who went to LD and what a gr8 group of ppl you all were. and thx again glenn for putting the post up in the first place, that generated so much interest!

We're back safe and sound, it was a great weekend, cheers to everyone who was there, big thanks to Glenn who suggested it in the first place.

Des thanks very much for getting the wine, only 3 bottles made it home.

Lyn

......and how many tyres can the Kias' compressor pump up

8 X LC 315/75R16 tyres + 4 Kia tyres in the same time as some people took to get to the middle of their second tyre.

In fairness...the full story was the Kia had not aired down (36 PSI) and did not have the front hubs locked in (vacuum servo had not fully engaged due to turning off the bitumen). Once aired down I backed out and crossed the deep sand trap at the beginning of the track without further incident all day.

Previous day a "slowcoach" LC slowed down at the wrong time leaving me on the wrong side of the torque curve with no momentum and I sank into the sand requiring a 30' tow (all over in 2 minutes), other than that, uneventful.

Hi guys , Got home safe , with the Member Nick family , had a ball . Great bunch of people to be away with , hanging out for the next trip.
Willem , what can I say , he is a gently giant , a great caracter and intreging, his Patrol is a beast with alot of home made gadgets .

Well we all have met the Al's ,Glad to see Al's heart rate come down after realising, it was only sand on his discs making that horrid noise on the new Cruiser lol .

Jim ( Diamond ) wants to break my camera lol , if your nice mate I wont post the picks lol .

Nick , you have been photographed also with mechanical problems lol But on a serious note , glad to see you can on the tracks , great effort , keep it up .

All the rest were a awsom bunch , I wont try to mention everyone , but I thank you all for a great weekend , last nights open air movie night was a blast .

And last but not least , Glenn , your a top bloke and a crack up . The emu futage is the funiest I have ever seen on a track ., still laughing about it .

If its ok with everyone , I will post all the pic's from the weekend for everyone to view . If someone dosnt want there rig pic up , let me knoe by meesage by tomorrow .

Hello all,

Made it home safely. James and I had an absolute ball over the weekend. What an amazing group of people. Three days....so many people and everyone got along...even the 17 children.

If anyone has any photos I can put on my website, please email to admin@4wdadventureoz.com.

Thanks again to everyone and I am glad it was a successful, happy, safe and laughter filled weekend.

Cheers

Glenn

PS: Thanks Mrs Al for organising the accommodation....it was a great set up having everyone in the same place.

I still cannot believe that Willem camped in a caravan park!! Hehehehe. Sounds like you had lots of fun - and can't wait for the pictures.

Hi EVERYONE, a huge thanks for making our very first meeting with you all such a blast. We felt very welcome and really enjoyed all the banter around the "camp fire" in the evenings.
Wow, the 4X4 driving was fantastic and we thank Glen for the fabulous leadership.
Now when's the next trip....??

i got a phone call from Willie at around 6.30 tonight, he was checking that I/we had made it home safe, he and Milton are camping on the Murray between Morgan and Waikerie and he had just been in for a swim...he said he had a great weekend, he'll be home tomorrow and I"m sure we'll hear from him

Lyn

Welcome back you luck buggers - Just caught up with the thread. I think I can make a special page of the Vic EO Gathering in the LD. If one of you girls/girls can put the pics together (seems to be being done) and a story of the weekends activites I would be happy to put a page up somewhere on the system. Maybe under Members Gatherings on the Members menu. If you wish to publish this information then just tell me and I will make provision for the information one the system.

Folks, would loved to have gone there to meet you all, but am across on the Eyre Peninsular and to the Gawler Range, travelling back through the Yorke Pen on the way home. Glad of the frivolity and fun - Willem too......

Hi All
The kids and I made it home "OK" also.

Jeez some of you where quick of the mark looking at the post times, you must have got straight out of the car and onto the computer to post.

Gee Wiz Gary you have always got some excuse up your sleeve to explain the demise of the KIA. LOL.
We are still arguing about which manufacturer of which part of you car is to blame. By the way thanks mate for helping to change my flat.

Des I also did not drive 90K's on my flat it was may be 1 or 2 but you must remember my daughter is convinced that the Bee that was in tha car before the tyre went flat did the damage to the tyre and not her dad.

Andrew I would not buy your wife a opal ring either, shes got a 100 series why would she need a ring.

It was nice to meet a few face's to match the names and thanks to all for the birthday card, It was much appreciated.

To Willem I could not believe you stayed in a caravan park, You must be getting soft, Also the discussion on upgrading to a new 4by with a few more modern gadgets to make life more comforatable also convinced me. LOL.

Thanks to Glenn for suggesting the trip and to Lyn for the general organising.

Thanks to Peter for leading us on the run down Border Track, great day mate.

I look forward to the next time.

Regards

John

'Lo Eldee-ers

I wrote a long response but must have hit the wrong button and it vapourised.

Thanks to Glenn for organising the weekend and for loading his map on to my computer. Thanks to Des Lexik for lending me his map for the Big Desert run.

Reading through some of the postshere are some answers:

YES...I was nice to everyone..I always am
YES...I did camp 2 nights in the Caravan Park and 5 nights out in the bush
YES...I will continue to be nice to all fourmites except to those who post crap!!

We had a good run back through Big Desert. Camped at Bi Billy Bore and worked on the truck. A mob of inebriated locals came by and shared some of their beer with us. On Monday we drove along the Catus Bore and some other tracks back to the Border Track and then continued on with the Border Track right up to the Murray River. We camped at Hogwash Bend last night and enjoyed a swim, some good campfire tucker and Muscat. Then it rained. This morning Rosie would not start and a process of elimination found the points to be burnt beyond recognition. New point and we on our way.

Things of interest...25/100 in the dune country and 18/100 on the black top
We broke shocky rubber inserts, the whip aerial spring, the left hand side mirror and the Inverter cooked itself. Had 5 goes at the highest dune on the BT but gave up and went bush for an easier exit.

Next trip Corner Country and Coongie Lakes at end April.

Cheers,

Hi All,
Myself and Mrs Peter enjoyed the weekend very much and enjoyed the company of everyone. Some good yarns and a few handy hints picked up looking at other peoples rigs.Well done to everyone involved.

Cheers Peter & Mrs Peter [Lez]