Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008 at 08:28
Twas a lovely weekend at
Narrung, just what the doctor ordered for some of us !!
Monday came all to soon, and as people disappeared we decided, along with the Brew’s and the Horne’s to go via
Meningie to have some lunch and get some photos of the dry
lake around the town.
All was going
well, lions BBQ on the lawns provided a quick meal, kids played at length in the mud and water, time to hit the road, so down onto the
lake bed at the jetty for a 2 minute photo shoot, then an icecream and off
home ! WRONG.
No problem for the experienced CUBBY, but the maiden camping trip of the new TVAN had to make a spectical of itself !
Wheels in behind the Cubby/Pajero at the end of the jetty and down goes the Tvan/Cruiser.
Broke through the 6 – 8 inches of sand/dry mud into bottomless
grey oooz mud underneath.
Where is all the recovery gear and tools?
Home in the Toyota, and where are all the winch vehicles? Gone
home also. Luckily Pete had enough gear to cater for the situation.
So off comes the Tvan with much sweat and sunburn, with the gratefull assistance of a couple of local blokes that had helped many over the weekend with similar problems Hahahaha.
Dug out the wheels as best we could with our hands, not a shovel in sight, connect 2 snatch straps together with the current copy of Overlander 4X4 mag, give the Pajero a good guts full and presto, sucked the mud clean off the bottom of the Cruiser.
The next hour was spent refitting towing connections that had to be changed, and reinflating tyres and resting the personnel.
The kids enjoyed another long swim in the muddy water, and we were on our way 2 hours late.
Just what 4 wheel driving in a group is all about, having a bit of fun when things go pear shaped.
( Did you rest as ordered over the weekend Pesty? Oh yes Doctor, didn’t do anything at all but rest!!! )
Cheers Pesty
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