BUSHNUT
Well-Known Member
Hi !
Though I'll answer to most things my nickname is Simmo ( who would have guessed ). I'm in my 58th year and some, heading bush, getting away from the maddenig crowd before i choke the living beejesus out of someone is my way of regaining sanity.try to get away at least once every six weeks , depends upon how many brownie points I have racked up at home . Sometimes the house fuehrer will say that I am getting a little ratty again and tells me to go bush- bloody beauty !
My rig is generally already to go, just throw in a few clothes, load up the fridges ( one for liquid refreshments and the other for food ) and get the hell out of the big smoke.
Have covered most of the main ones in Victoria, Blue rag, Talbotville, Wonnangatta Valley from both ends, all around the Mt.Buller region ie King Hut, Pineapple flat, Refuge hut no.3,Mt Terrible, Big River area Enoch's point.
Did the Simpson Desert in August 2007 went broken hill via Mungo national Park , Broken Hill, Tibooburra, Inaminkah across the Sturt Stony desrt to Birdsville, along the QAA line, French line to Mt. Dare then down the Oodnadatta track to the Finders Ranges and then finished up in the Clare Valley( so many wineries, so little time ).
Will be doing the Madigan line of the Simpson this coming July, there is no defined track like the French line, it is all GPS and compass bearings( on average, only 11 people go through this route a year )
On the rolling Camps ( trips with the boys ) we generally swag it but on the soft camps 9 generally when the minister for finance comes I tow a Kimberley camper for her creature comforts.
I enjoy taking new chums out in the bush and showing them what their vehicle is capable of doing safely and seeing their enjoyment of country that they have never would have seen otherwise. Have little tolerance for morons who like to bugger the bush !
On my 3rd 4X4 unit, presently drive a 2006 intercooled turbo diesel GU Patrol Ute, have had a 60 series Toyota and then a GQ wagon, as a kid I was brought up on series 1 and series 11 landrovers. In the years between, I was an avid bush walker, but now that the old knee reminds me that mother nature isn't all that kind ,. the days of humping a 32 kilo pack are no more, a fourbie allows me to enjoy my beloved bush, though it doesn't get me into the extreme points of the map that I once walked , with a day pack it gets me close enough .
Safe Driving All
Though I'll answer to most things my nickname is Simmo ( who would have guessed ). I'm in my 58th year and some, heading bush, getting away from the maddenig crowd before i choke the living beejesus out of someone is my way of regaining sanity.try to get away at least once every six weeks , depends upon how many brownie points I have racked up at home . Sometimes the house fuehrer will say that I am getting a little ratty again and tells me to go bush- bloody beauty !
My rig is generally already to go, just throw in a few clothes, load up the fridges ( one for liquid refreshments and the other for food ) and get the hell out of the big smoke.
Have covered most of the main ones in Victoria, Blue rag, Talbotville, Wonnangatta Valley from both ends, all around the Mt.Buller region ie King Hut, Pineapple flat, Refuge hut no.3,Mt Terrible, Big River area Enoch's point.
Did the Simpson Desert in August 2007 went broken hill via Mungo national Park , Broken Hill, Tibooburra, Inaminkah across the Sturt Stony desrt to Birdsville, along the QAA line, French line to Mt. Dare then down the Oodnadatta track to the Finders Ranges and then finished up in the Clare Valley( so many wineries, so little time ).
Will be doing the Madigan line of the Simpson this coming July, there is no defined track like the French line, it is all GPS and compass bearings( on average, only 11 people go through this route a year )
On the rolling Camps ( trips with the boys ) we generally swag it but on the soft camps 9 generally when the minister for finance comes I tow a Kimberley camper for her creature comforts.
I enjoy taking new chums out in the bush and showing them what their vehicle is capable of doing safely and seeing their enjoyment of country that they have never would have seen otherwise. Have little tolerance for morons who like to bugger the bush !
On my 3rd 4X4 unit, presently drive a 2006 intercooled turbo diesel GU Patrol Ute, have had a 60 series Toyota and then a GQ wagon, as a kid I was brought up on series 1 and series 11 landrovers. In the years between, I was an avid bush walker, but now that the old knee reminds me that mother nature isn't all that kind ,. the days of humping a 32 kilo pack are no more, a fourbie allows me to enjoy my beloved bush, though it doesn't get me into the extreme points of the map that I once walked , with a day pack it gets me close enough .
Safe Driving All
Would that be the best trip you've done?
