mud play around melbournes east?
Submitted: Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 19:39
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S&N
Can anyone suggest somewhere around melbournes east that you can go for the day to play in the mud? somewhere that its not going to damage the area etc.(just got new mud tyres, and want to try them out) we live in the ringwood area! thanks.
Reply By: Member - Browny (VIC) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 22:06
Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 22:06
S&N,
Maaaaaate, for somewhere close you'll get more than anough mud at Gembrook, get a map of the area.
Rooftops Gembrook Activities Map, is a pretty basic map with enough tracks marked on it to get you into touble, take a mate if you plan on tackling some of the steep rutted sections.
Browny
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Reply By: Member - Jimbo (VIC) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 22:17
Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 22:17
Gembrook.
If you haven't got muddies some of the tracks are bloody near impossible to get up eg Rankins, Goanna, so you're a chance. We went down Goanna a couple of weeks ago in the wet, lots of slipping and sliding but just let it follow the ruts slowly.
We had a go at Rankins and couldn't get up. I didn't even have a go with A/T's. Watched a few blokes with swampers get up the bit we couldn't. Bumped into them later and they said it took them 3 hours to get right through and they had some serious machines.
If you turn left just after Nash's picnic/
camp gound this will take you up to the power lines. Some good tracks around there.
If you're going this weekend and want some company, I'm half a chance at this stage and I'm sure we could find a few others.
Cheers,
Jim.
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Follow Up By: junior - Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 02:28
Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 02:28
good to see you had commonsense enough to sit rankins out jimbo- was up there a couple of weeks ago and saw a group of @ 15 cars (not trucks) with a bunch clowns driving- these people were even dressed like they were on their way to a coctail lunch- somehow they got a forester with road slippers around the 1st corner at the top hard core section and of course then blocked the track for the next 30-40mins for those of us with capable rigs with serious tyres, experience and recovery equipment- these people didn't even have a handheld radio between them- when we came across them they were using an 8 metre chain between a beaten up old jeep? to recover the forester back down the
hill......... crazy stuff!
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Reply By: F4Phantom - Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 21:34
Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 21:34
I live in
croydon and often do overnight fri-sat days in the local area, there are plenty of
places, toolangi, gembrook, healsville (
river crossing in healsy), reefton and a few more. I dont like traveling far for day trips cause when your tired and you want go
home you dont need 2hrs travle time. Anyway if you and anyone else in the area want to do a daytrip on a saturday to dirty the cars, I usually go alone anyway so would be happy to join a few others. i got muddies too!
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Follow Up By: S&N - Friday, Jul 08, 2005 at 19:40
Friday, Jul 08, 2005 at 19:40
due to work constraints, we will be going out on the 23rd of july. F4Phantom or jimbo, if you are available, and are willing to have amatures tag along, my wife and i would love to go away onthat day (sat 23rd) plus any one else who would like to tag along of course!!!!! i will try to get a few friends to come along and make a day of it!
what do you think?????????????
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Reply By: S&N - Friday, Jul 08, 2005 at 19:41
Friday, Jul 08, 2005 at 19:41
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due to work constraints, we will be going out on the 23rd of july. F4Phantom or jimbo, if you are available, and are willing to have amatures tag along, my wife and i would love to go away onthat day (sat 23rd) plus any one else who would like to tag along of course!!!!! i will try to get a few friends to come along and make a day of it!
what do you think?????????????
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Follow Up By: Member - Jimbo (VIC) - Friday, Jul 08, 2005 at 21:08
Friday, Jul 08, 2005 at 21:08
I can do a day trip to Gembrook on Sat 23rd. I've got a family function that night so I'd need to leave by 4pm. How about meet at the Puffing Billy Station, opposite the Gembrook Pub at 9am and go from there?
If you like I'll put it up as a gathering.
Cheers,
Jim.
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Follow Up By: S&N - Friday, Jul 08, 2005 at 21:14
Friday, Jul 08, 2005 at 21:14
jobs on!!! sounds great. my number is 0428872535. or u can email us; geckoplumbing@optusnet.com.au
otherwise, we will meet u there. we will be the ones in the Triton with ARB canopy! cant wait.
Anyone else wanna play????
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Follow Up By: F4Phantom - Friday, Jul 08, 2005 at 22:18
Friday, Jul 08, 2005 at 22:18
Yes 23rd sounds fine
cdw@hotmail.com for any more arrangements. see you there.
white navara, dual cab
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