Pics of your 4wd in Beautiful Places

[phs]

yeah there are some great tracks there and some places where i thought were impossible for a vehicle to go but heh

that’s for sure our first trip there was 08 we were all young had cheap 4wds all with open centres, the crossing on Macalister river track were all over the bonnet we thought there was no chance of scaling butcher country but all managed to complete the climb with minimal recoveries

we turned off at the link track, started caladonia river track ( slow going ) decided to turn around and head up dingo hill even though the map said it had been shut for many years to our luck it had just been re opened

 

[maddon]

that’s for sure our first trip there was 08 we were all young had cheap 4wds all with open centres, the crossing on Macalister river track were all over the bonnet we thought there was no chance of scaling butcher country but all managed to complete the climb with minimal recoveries

we turned off at the link track, started caladonia river track ( slow going ) decided to turn around and head up dingo hill even though the map said it had been shut for many years to our luck it had just been re opened View attachment 69438

it was all a bit more exciting when luke had a flat tyre on the side of a mountain and one of the vehicles front end assembly decided to collapse due to all the bolts having fallen out / broken ..luckily there were some guys that were well prepared and had spare bolts and got the vehicle going again ... that was with mr rum and a few other undesirables from this forum on the way down to one the victorian gatherings lol

 

[lars cordes]

great part of the word, hanging to get back up there ..... couple of years ago now, feels like a lifetime atm

 

[red hilux]

camping last night. Morning sun rise

 

[darb]

Had my sons scouts (sea) Joey leap festival on Saturday which he loved, finished up at 430pm and we headed straight out to find friends at camp on sunset. Good weekend all round.

 

[drmahodi]

I've been to this spot every Easter since I was born up until this year when a combination of Bush fires and Covid made it impossible. Finally got back in there a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Grippy]

Morning Coffee in the Simmo with a ripper sunrise
Morning Coffee Simpson Desert

 

[Grippy]

This pic was taken after an hour long wind and sand storm, just as it calmed and just before the sky around us erupted! I kicked back in my chair with a cold brew and watched the light show!
Sadly, none of the many many long exposures I took snagged any lightning, nor did the many pics from the timelapse I had going. What a night in the desert!
Just before a huge Thunderstorm in the Simpson Desert

 

[lars cordes]

meanwhile here in covid central melb viccoland ive got my landcruisers batteries on charge again cause it hasnt moved in months ...........

 

[darb]

Forum is no longer appearing to allow upload of even modestly sized images. Weird

 

[barcher]

Forum is no longer appearing to allow upload of even modestly sized images. Weird

Memory is getting expensive these days, and just purchased a new server. Lol

 

[darb]

Memory is getting expensive these days, and just purchased a new server. Lol

ha ha

@Patriot something gone weird with image uploads? Even modestly sized images now say they're too large? (i cbf' going and re-exporting photos to compress the file size, forum has always done what it needed to do... and bandwidth / high res screens is everywhere these days!)

 

[phs]

ha ha

@Patriot something gone weird with image uploads? Even modestly sized images now say they're too large? (i cbf' going and re-exporting photos to compress the file size, forum has always done what it needed to do... and bandwidth / high res screens is everywhere these days!)

yes I noticed the same thing the other day such a Shame a lot less people will post photos

 

[peterfermtech]

yes I noticed the same thing the other day such a Shame a lot less people will post photos

I'm not sure why this site is serving large un-optimised photos anyhow. It is just costing data and performance. A couple of the photos above are 4000 px wide when they only need to be 1200 or at the most 1920 and with compression they will probably be less than 10% in size.

 

[peterfermtech]

@Patriot https://resmush.it/ https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.image.php https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.imagick.php

 

[peterfermtech]

@Patriot One more thing whilst we are on the site. Can you please change the language setting to english lang="en" from the US lang="en-US" ?
The spell checker drives me made asking me to put in Zss.

 

[darb]

Just tried to post photos, it's not accepting most "the file uploaded is too large for the server"

oh well

 

[Toyasaurus]

Vic high country not far from Bewong track.
Most beautiful part of the country, just after playing brake for a mates dead disco.

 

[John U]

Rosebery (Vic) silo art. Taken on route to Big Desert

Brim Silo Art

Boat ramp to nowhere (Western shore of Lake Albacutya. Hasn't filled since 1974)

Purra Track (Northern edge of Lake Albacutya).

North South Track - Wyperfield National Park.

Sunset Big Billy Bore lookout

Milmed Rock sign in book (Covid related content)

Pretty self explanatory

Succulent plants at Round Swamp

 

[Colly18]

I love it that you are getting out and about. But I must admit that most 'silo art' I've seen in S.A. and Vic. does little to impress me and I'd rather see the silos painted plain white. Yeh, I know most will disagree and I'll get howled down for suggesting such!?
I do admit that 'the proof is in the pudding', and it does generate tourist visitation to these communities. However, the artist in me would love to see more creativity (doing something original/different/more creative). This gives an example applicable to an urban site in Vancouver, Canada.

Vancouver's Beloved Colorful 'Giants' Silos

The towering mural is the work of two influential Brazilian graffiti artists.

www.atlasobscura.com