Expect the Unexpected

Yesterday being a relaxing Sunday I felt a need to go sand driving in the Beachport Conservation Park and as a member of the local Wattle Rangers 4WD club we look after a few fence lines in the park along some tracks and thought I may just check for any posts that may be down due to damage or wind.

I called into a mates place and proceeded to the park. Driving alone the gravel road towards 3 mile bend and then the 5 mile drift we were hailed down by a elderly woman on the side of the road near 3 mile bend camp spot. Apparently she and her ill husband were camped alongside Lake George in a Nissan campervan and were having trouble starting the van. See was having trouble dealing with roadside assistance (vic variety) so we thought we would see if we could help. On reaching their camp site her husband, who looked very sickly had partly removed the battery and was attempting to put a replacement battery in place. We helped by changing the battery over and jumped started their van. We recommended that as her husband was unwell and not physically fit they should just let the local police know they are there and the police may just call around every couple of days to check how they are going. That finished we thought grea we have done our good deed for the day.

Just before the 5 mile drift came across an older Hilux in between a couple of dunes with diagonally opposite wheels with no traction. Guy had three boys with him and no radio, snatch straps, shovels or any gear to assist in getting out. And no idea as to how he was going to get out. After having a look at the problem I managed to get close enough and hooked on my snatch strap and easily pulled his vehicle out so he had traction. After being thanked he took off towards Robe.

Still had not even started repairing any fences yet.

After a lengthy survey of the fence lines and replacing over 20 posts back into the sand we returned towards Beachport.

Coming to the 3 mile camp ground decided to recheck the couple who had battery problems. They had driven into Beachport and had their spare battery at the servo being charged and were grateful for our assistance.

Overall did at least three good deeds even though not expecting to do any.

Was a peaceful day out overall because we only saw one other 4x4 out in the dunes.