Trips and Gatherings - Vic

Be a lot better than 40c in the bloody vic desert :)

Amen to that

AND

It was 45C plus in the shade in that B A S T A R D dessert/park by the way.

lol, I love that area but it's hard to take when it's that hot with 40,000 flys buzzing around. Still it was worth it to meet a few nice old souls. Wasn't bad once the sun went down though.

Im out until after 22nd may..

Another op on the leg next week, 3 weeks recovery, 21/22nd up Sheepard/Mitchells Flat/High Country on the wee for me birthday..
then we can go

Hi Pheonix
Not that it matters what area are you from ?
Can get a list of 4WD clubs from www.vafwdc.org.au
I'm with Toyota Landcruiser Club Vic. suits me & there is some very active members with babies & small kids, club has a mix of all ages really, and whilst there is a mix of vehicles in the club I think vehicle specific club can be a big help if you are not mechanically minded (like me lol).

Check out a few clubs over a few months see what the folk are like and take it from there.
Some like TLCCV require you to do there driver training before going on
any trips.

If you need any more help MM me or email addy is under the rig pic.

Cheers

It would be nice if the little ones could come with me but at the moment the wife isn't interested and she wont let them go. Still the eldest has got to the stage where she is asking to so it's only a matter of time.

what about me?

Sounds good John, gotta get that GSM antenna to you somehow. Jim is a good bloke to have along also not for his bush mechanic skills but he's a bloody good bloke.

Yeah Ok Jim will MM you. Oh! no longer a member damn can't MM you.

Will drop you an email. No worries mate.

Cheers

Yeah Ray I know Jim real well. We have traveled together quite a few times.
His son and my daughter get on real well. LOL.
(Did his nose heal up OK Jim) ROTFLMAO.

yes his nose is fine now lol.
but he has taken up boxing and he keeps asking when we go away.
is that girl who nearly broke my nose going to be there? lol.
cheers

ROTFLMAO

Just had a thought John, how about Mr Mike Harding who is another lover of that part of the world, you two should really meet each other and guys I've meet you both, I'm sure you'll get along just fine.

Yeah No worries Ray, I'm sure we would get on allright nothing wrong with a good debate.
I'll bring my daughter just in case so if we really don't get along she will be able to fix the situation.

By the way Jim she has been having Judo Lessons also.

Now I really am ROTFLMAO.

Good idea Ray - Of course we'd get on OK, I'm sure John's not as bad as he seems :)

Seriously, put me down as a definite maybe - the next 3 or 4 weeks are a bit unknown work-wise at the moment.

Mike Harding

PS. I don't 'spose your daughters over 35 is she John? :)

Mike she's a bit shy of 35 plus, She turns 10 next birthday.
And packs a mean right hook, Just ask Diamond's young bloke. LOL.

yer Ray drop me a line too, if ots not around OBC time I may drop by for a day or two

GWBonz

OBC, That's got me thinking but the brain is not engaged too well as I'm at work :)

You want to drop by home or are you talking about a trip, Johns the main man with the Licola trip, Johnr expressed some interest with a short trip as well. Got a few old Ford racing posters you may like for the garage, one signed by Lowneds and some other geezer. I had one signed by nearly all the Ford drivers when they were here, it fell off the wall at home and the little girl had great fun ripping it up...sigh

OBC=Outback Challenge mate, I understand that you're using all your brain to be at work so ....what I meant was, if your trip is not around 10-20 May and I am about I may tag along for part or all, a day or two as seems fit.

Thanks James.

hahaha... too much gear eh John, luckily I put the brakes on before becoming swamped. I'm going to the other extreme now but boy it makes things easier and quicker but gotta have my electronic gizmos to keep me happy. I can envisage a blowout of equipment when the kids and mum come along though.

an empty ute tray and an air matteress?

LOL...Hey I've got a fridge in there too

like a few home comforts too guys. Just working out to have more weight moved to the front rather than at the back. Have the tray off now when the box is on, lost a tool box too but the jack is in front of the back axle rather than behind it.

if your going to carry the same amount ofbleep, then you will have the same amount of weight.

ridding a toolbox would only be = to having a poo before driving off..

Hope it all goes well Dave. I'll have a talk to my Dingo cousins, make sure they don't keep you awake at night.

Be good to catch up and have a squiz at the Troopie Leigh.

Yeah Leigh will keep you in the loop.
Went up to Gembrook today with the club, But Errr got to fix a little problem this week now on the Troopy, little problem with the right front CV it went crunch and grinds a bit now.

Gave it a bit to much on a real good track with the front locker in and it objected to the hammering.
I think it was the bounce up the 2 foot high step up that did it.