beachport to robe

Hi Russel@Mary
I thought there was a 4wd track linking the 2 towns, i was asked if i wanted to go for the drive with a group of people but was reluctant to take the family if it is a boggy realy rough track.

Mattie

I don't know of a 4x4 track. Nora Crena is sort of half way between and is a lovely little place but I don't recall any tracks either side. I could be wrong though. Rus.

ya rabbit Rus, hahahaha, of course there is a beach/sand track along there and its about a 5-6 hr jaunt, with a friend is better and stay off the beach at the Robe end, its soft as.

Pat, the 15-18 psi is probably at the upper end. It wasn't until I dropped to 12 psi last yearthat I was able to keep above the sand or shell beaches.

Willem is pretty right below, you need to make sure of your recovery gear and good to take some mates to help. As Willem says the dunes above the beach are great to learn tecniques. Make sure you don't drive accross the face of the dunes as some are pretty steep.

Mattie, the worst part of the beaches is the sand those where it is made up of minute pieces of shell about 1-2mm across. They are very light and fluffy to try to drive over and those beaches are best left if you don't want to spend the day digging. Not all are like that, some are pretty solid. The one by the rubbish tip is S O F T.....

Pat, the 15-18 psi is probably at the upper end. It wasn't until I dropped to 12 psi last yearthat

yea but your bus weight in at about 12 ton :P

Hi Willem
have u driven on the track at this time of the year- will the beach be to narrow given the winter waves?

Mattie

Mattie

The last time I drove that way was at the beginning of November last year and the tides were not a problem then but I would guess that they may be a bit high now. Best is to check your tide chart and ask the locals at beachport before you go.

Tell you what, that run down from Southend along Geltwood Beach was a bugger. I led a convoy of 7 vehicles along the beach with 15psi in tyres
and I was very pleased to be able to get off the beach after about 7km. Had the GQ in 2nd High pumping about 3500 rpm out of the diesel. Two of our party got bogged as when I told them to drop the psi to 15 they decided 20 was good enough. I guess they found out the hard way.