Neerim to O'Tooles - Labour Day Weekend

Davidman

5th Annual Victorian Gathering member
Hi All,

We will be doing the following over the Labour Day long weekend in early March 2010.

Saturday 6th March

- Meet at BP Longwarry at 0730
- Head to Hawthorn Bridge camping area and do some tracks along the way
- In the morning do Hard Up Haul, Young’s and a couple of other tracks
- In the afternoon spend some time at Hell Track (probably a bit of time)
- Night driving if anyone wants to. Short trips close to camp.


Sunday 7th March

- Head across to O’Tooles Flat via Beardmores, Pheasant and Flats Track
- Arrive, set up and have lunch
- In the afternoon do some tracks including Army, S, Fultons Creek, Dry Gully etc
- Night driving if anyone wants to including Flats Track going uphill

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Monday 8th March

Some people may have to leave early Monday morning. For those not having to leave at any particular time, I am planning on doing the following :

- After breakfast, do White Star Track and have a look at White Star Mine
- Pack up camp
- Do S Tk, Nth East, One Speck and Trig Tracks back onto Walhalla Road
- Head to Thomson Dam Wall for lunch and airing up
- Head home


Definites

Davidman
Bainsy
Elbie84
Madkiwi
Outrage
Mutley Hee Hee
XQZME
XQZME's mate in Jeep Wrangler
D4x4
bushhogg4x4
bushhogg4x4's mate - Joel
tennismark
Dale ( white Sierra ) mate of Outrage ( Matt )
James ( red Sierra ) mate of Outrage ( Matt )
shinysideUP



Tentatives

Jarh73
Paj
tna racing - maybe navi for Bainsy
jbs4wd
davidsmile
Adrian ( Hilux ) - mate of Outrage ( Matt )


Partners, kids etc welcome. As a lot of the weekend will be in National Parks, dogs are not allowed.

I will probably head up on the Friday evening, it is still daylight savings, will still be light and it will save a drive the next morning if anyone want's to join me. (and another night in the bush to unwind from work with a campfire and a few quite beers won't go astray anyway).

While at O’Tooles, care will need to be taken due to the number of open shafts around the place. Many of these are not marked and some are quite deep (20 foot plus)

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What you need to bring

- Enough food / water
- Shelter ( tent or swag )
- Enough petrol / diesel for the duration
- Self sufficient with recovery gear
- Any tools, spares or other equipment you need

Have a look at this thread for an idea on the sort of things that may be required. http://www.4x4earth.com.au/forum/information-newbies/53-equipment-take-out-your-first-trip-out.html

There are drop toilets at both camping locations but until we get there, don’t know what condition they will be in. A couple of weeks ago they were fine.

Any questions, comments or suggestions, either post here or PM me.

Looking forward to it :D:D:D


Map attached below shows route from Neerim Sth township to Camping Area.

If anyone wants a calibrated Ozi version of this map, PM me. Got the track files too if needed. Let me know

Looks like a good turnout for the weekend, hope the weather is good, can't wait. :):):)


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madkiwi

New Member
hey davidman yeah could be keen for that i would have to meet you sat arvo at the camp ground so if you can give me good details of where you will be then we will be there cheers
 

Elbie84

Member
Ill be there for the Sat and Sunday might drive home Sunday nite or early monday morning busy on the Monday.:D
 

Jarh73

New Member
Put me down as a tentative for the Saturday and Sunday, I have things to do on Monday.

Cheers

Justin
 

Davidman

5th Annual Victorian Gathering member
hey davidman yeah could be keen for that i would have to meet you sat arvo at the camp ground so if you can give me good details of where you will be then we will be there cheers

At this stage, we will be camping very close to the Hawthorn Bridge river crossing of the Latrobe River, just not sure which campsite we will be in at the moment. Prior to the trip, I will give you mobile numbers etc and a map showing pretty much where we will be. Will also give you UHF Channel numbers and so on, or we can just meet at a pre determined spot at a given time. Will talk more via PM closer to the date.
 

PAJ

Member
b'n's? isnt that where people go to show off their utes dressed as kenworths?

Yep..... It's something different.... I just go there to get absoultly smashed and have a good time, and laugh at why they have 8 areials and 1 uhf :eek: It's sorta a tradition for the missus and her brothers over the last 4 or so years.
 

Bainsy

Member
Yep..... It's something different.... I just go there to get absoultly smashed and have a good time, and laugh at why they have 8 areials and 1 uhf :eek: It's sorta a tradition for the missus and her brothers over the last 4 or so years.

yeah i cant understand why they do it, i work at a kenworth dealership and we get them coming into work with their utes with huge bull bars with 10 antennas that do nuthen but hold up bundy flags... thay always buy mudflaps, deflectors, stickers and uselss stuff to put on them. why do they need a full row of kenworth mudflaps front and rear i have no idea. we all have a good laugh!

would be good to have ya on the trip
 

PAJ

Member
yeah i cant understand why they do it, i work at a kenworth dealership and we get them coming into work with their utes with huge bull bars with 10 antennas that do nuthen but hold up bundy flags... thay always buy mudflaps, deflectors, stickers and uselss stuff to put on them. why do they need a full row of kenworth mudflaps front and rear i have no idea. we all have a good laugh!

would be good to have ya on the trip

I hear ya, but hey it's what the're into so good on them for giving it their all.

I hope I can make the trip, it would be awesome:D
 

jbs4wd

Member
Well it looks as though you can put me down as coming. Will have Mrs but hopefully no kids. But if we cant off load them two kids as well.

Cheers

JOHN
 

Davidman

5th Annual Victorian Gathering member
I'm up for it, not going to go as hard as last time I did it though, don't want to break anything at the start of the long weekend, or anytime over the weekend for that matter. Might need winching up the first step about 1/4 way up and then maybe at the top deep bit again, but will give it a go.

I think Scott will be fine now he has his 35's, better wear my 31's out and get a set of 33's :D:D:D
 

Davidman

5th Annual Victorian Gathering member
Might also see where that track goes that veers off downhill near the bogholes on the top near Carrolls Track
 

Bainsy

Member
is it worth dusting the peede's off for this trip or will road tyres be ok?

when you say road tyres, you mean MTZ's? theres is mud up there this time of year, but alot more rocks and loose dirt so i reckon the mtz's will be fine
 
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