4wdriving

Hmm

I know a company that runs 4wd training in just that area....

However, in a nutshell, your Liberty will have no trouble reaching the beach cuttings, where you may have dramas is with what can be a high centre hump in the cuttings, you may find that your lack of clearance will bring you unstuck at a very inconvenient (and public) part of the beach.

Letting your tyres down will always improve flotation over highway pressures, however, not knowing what sort of tyres or profile you are running I would be reluctant to issue advice in your case.

Please ensure that you have rated recovery points front and rear and go prepared with your own recovery gear (including long handled shovel).

I'd be happy to discuss it further with you if you like.

Cheers

Having done this trip a few times and seen many a blockage on the Freshwater run down to the beach owing to low clearance vehicles dont go up or down the freshwater track. You will get off the barge easily but the entrance to the beach if soft will prove difficult without momentum. Also just before you make your run on to the beach you may have to go through some water about 2 feet deep. Having said that I was in hj60 cruiser which are virtually unstoppable but I was travelling with a 1995 Rav 4 who had no problem but even he will have more clearance than you.

My suggestion to apply common sense. Go and have a look but always err on the side of caution.

If it were me I wouldn't but it is your call.

Good luck

Bill
You will have no trouble getting on and off the barge as it is a bitumen road. Make sure you time your run on the beach 2 hours either side of low tide. There are 3 cuttings to get onto the beach and last time i was up there cutting No2 was the easiest with normal cars getting on and off. Once on the beach it is an easy run up to Double Island Point, but you will probably not be able to get off the beach to go over to Rainbow, depends on the day.
Chris

i am always amazed at the vans and trailers that some people seem to get on to the beach. even normal cars!! i am sure most of the new vehicles hauling 2 ton vans up there would have to be lease vehicles - you wouldn't do it to your own

just have your snatch-strap ready and you'll get across for the day

timing with the tides is also important for an easier day of sand driving - slogging it though the soft sand isn't much fun

No problem for your Subaru, they drag caravans up the beach and a Subaru made it all the way up to the lighthouse just two weeks ago. At the moment the first cut should be no problem at 20 psi tyre pressure. The beach is fine +/- 3 hrs of low tide except that the beach profile over the last few km, north of the Leisha Crossing track, is steeper and can be soft - best done +/- 2 hrs of low tide. The trip across the Leisha Track to the back (western) beach is well worth while and at +/- 1 hr of low tide you should be able to get all the way up to the the northern point, now that's a memorable side trip. Make sure you get up to the lighthouse, one of the most spectacular spots on the east coast of Oz. The Information Centre at the lighthouse is manned form 10-12 each day of the year by Noosa Parks Assn volunteers.