WANTED: Off road adventures near Adelaide

Cheers Roughasguts.
I know there's a bit of a hack about track down Deep creek way, but even that is pretty tame from what I've heard. The dreaded grader sorted that one out.

Fab.

Thanks Mike.
Might have to drive to Eudunda, set a course on the GPS for Waterloo and deselect preference for bitumen and let the old bag guide me. I think that might have been how I found it last time.

Sure beats sitting around here watching the grass grow.

Fab.

I live in the Blue Mtns NSW and there are lots of 4wd tracks within an hour of me but where do you think I take off to whenever I can?....South Australia. Nowhere near Adelaide though :-)

Agree South Australia has plenty to offer for the off road enthusiast. After being born and growing up in Whyalla, my mindset is still programmed to think that there are tracks everywhere. Not so here in Adelaide.

The Flinders Ranges, Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas have lots on offer. Around here, it's becoming private property, graded roads or dry weather only council signs popping up everywhere.

Fab.

Thanks Nick.
I did look on another site called 4X4 earth that lists a few other tracks around near Woodside and a few down south near McLaren Vale but as you said, they are all 5-10km long tracks. Not worth the time to wash the car afterwards.

I'm going to head out today looking for random spots but have decided to do Saunders Gorge, as you suggested, with the family and a BBQ or picnic lunch. Make a day of it I suppose.

Today's mission is to find Boggy Creek road up near Eudunda. I reckon that was the name of the track I went along. It had some off camber slippery stuff, a few good rises, 2 creek crossings and a few wash-aways. It was about 30kms long but there were plenty of side tracks too. Not very well used and with the weather we had overnight, might just allow me to get into low range....hoping so.

Fab.

G'Day Vern,
Nope ...haven't been to that place.
Speaking of Morgan, the old Morgan mail road up through Dangalli is a nice drive. Not challenging in the dry but might be fun in the wet.

Thanks.
Fab.

Absolutley Kevin.

I've driven it around town the last 3 months just to get a feel for any potential problems, and I'm happy to report that the only "glitch" I've had was that the A/C wasn't getting real cold. Turns out the heater tap wasn't fully closing, so I adjusted the cable and now it works great.

I want to progressively introduce it to some off road stuff because I don't think it's ever been off the bitumen. But still be close enough to home to call for back-up if things go pear shaped.

As I gain confidence in her and she seasons herself to the rougher stuff, I'll spread my wings a little further. (Not as far as the CSR...hehe), but the Simpson isn't off the cards - in convoy of course.

Fab.

Thanks Gossy,
I'll have a look at all of those on the map.

I went for a short (10km) blast up and down Golf Links Road at Lobethal. The road is just basic graded dirt for the most part, but the side tracks on either side got interesting.

Got the baby Paj on three wheels at one stage and another time had to rock it back and forth to extract myself from a bog. Even got to use low range....once.

Fab.