Pics of your 4wd in Beautiful Places
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RODEODAVE
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that is fog in the valley below not water
linuxfan66
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how well does this guy run in super cold temperatures? any issues with key components freezing over and causing issues.Mt Matlock, Vic
JP147
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Runs good in the cold, smokey when it starts up but not a problem. It blows smoke at higher altitudes anyway because of the lower oxygen.
The hand brake was frozen on in the morning, maybe because we did a deep river crossing the previous day. But released when tapped with a hammer.
The drinking water froze in the hoses so we boiled snow and poured it down the end to melt it.
Toyasaurus
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Alby, that`s a beautiful place.
Just to think Woodside wanted to build an LNG plant there.
Just to think Woodside wanted to build an LNG plant there.
Joe Fury
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G'day Adventurers
I am just back at my home base (yesterday late evening) after roaming around the big paddock I call home, I can't say it was an epic journey but having covered just under 1700 Kilometres in total, much of which was off road and not once leaving the East Pilbara shire boundary, there's scant mobile phone coverage in most parts, but many of the mining ventures, old and new have some form of technology that is of use, if you rely on this sort of stuff.
I wandered around mainly on exploration tracks and quite often over and into active exploration leases and I made no friends with one group of characters happily levelling healthy stands of Bloodwood trees and the like just so they can drill a bunch of holes in the earth to see what's down the hole.
I sat on one of these drill pads high in the Ophthalmia Range over looking a very prominent land form, which I called Mr RUM, the time of the naming of the Pinnacle was back in 2018, but I was out there again just a few days ago, the region is scarred and being prepped for exploitation and my guess is that at some point in the future that entire tract of 'unoccupied Crown Land' with end up in China.
I won't bag the mining industry, it's actually pointless, but in between the glory of what comes from mining is a whole bunch of unsavoury stuff most people seem to ignore or accept and that my fellow Adventurers is the real shame.
I'll show you what I saw, Good ~ Bad ~ Ugly
Safe travels : Joe
Ohpthalmia Range
Mining Exploration ?
Chichester Range
I am just back at my home base (yesterday late evening) after roaming around the big paddock I call home, I can't say it was an epic journey but having covered just under 1700 Kilometres in total, much of which was off road and not once leaving the East Pilbara shire boundary, there's scant mobile phone coverage in most parts, but many of the mining ventures, old and new have some form of technology that is of use, if you rely on this sort of stuff.
I wandered around mainly on exploration tracks and quite often over and into active exploration leases and I made no friends with one group of characters happily levelling healthy stands of Bloodwood trees and the like just so they can drill a bunch of holes in the earth to see what's down the hole.
I sat on one of these drill pads high in the Ophthalmia Range over looking a very prominent land form, which I called Mr RUM, the time of the naming of the Pinnacle was back in 2018, but I was out there again just a few days ago, the region is scarred and being prepped for exploitation and my guess is that at some point in the future that entire tract of 'unoccupied Crown Land' with end up in China.
I won't bag the mining industry, it's actually pointless, but in between the glory of what comes from mining is a whole bunch of unsavoury stuff most people seem to ignore or accept and that my fellow Adventurers is the real shame.
I'll show you what I saw, Good ~ Bad ~ Ugly
Safe travels : Joe
Ohpthalmia Range
Mining Exploration ?
Chichester Range
Toyasaurus
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The contrast of colours out there is what make`s the Pilbarra so beautiful.
That would have to be what I miss about it, can`t stand the heat though.
Why don`t they just put up the skull and cross bones on the sigh`s.
Maybe label it, " here be dragons"
Nice pictures.
That would have to be what I miss about it, can`t stand the heat though.
Why don`t they just put up the skull and cross bones on the sigh`s.
Maybe label it, " here be dragons"
Nice pictures.
Joe Fury
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G'day Toyasaurus
I am sure you know exactly what you mean and I am referring to the last two lines of your reply.
Your 100% on the money regarding the colours of the Pilbara landscape, but the beauty is much deeper than just that, one could argue about the Indigenous People's connection to the land as being unique in a truly cultural sense, but geologically there is a beauty which is scientifically proven right back to the beginning of the Earth itself, this is something that mere mortals like you and me can see and feel as we appreciate the ever changing colours of what is a very remarkable place.
Your spelling of Pilbarra is actually totally correct, but like many things back in the early days in Colonial Western Australia's history someone in a clerical position decided dropping that single letter 'R' would make his job easier.
Safe travels : Joe
Rusty Panels
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Not exactly my 4wd but the missus took me to Tassie for a few days for my birthday. We had a hire car and spent 4 days in and around Hobart. Here's a couple of shots of Russell and Horseshoe Falls. If you haven't been to Tassie it is an absolute must see place.
discomatt
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A not so beautiful situation in a beautiful spot between Mexican Hat and Fowlers Bay chasing whales and made the wrong turn when the track past the salt pan got to wet and I decided see to turn around
1.5 hours of winching and playing with maxtrax
1.5 hours of winching and playing with maxtrax
