Walkabout
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Today A few of us got up before dawn to go do tracks/camping reccie at an area near Capertee which by unanimous vote shall now be known as Jurassic Park, those of you have been there before will know where it is by the photo’s to follow later
Members in attendance were 1red GU, Teza h, DazzGUIV and Walkabout.
The day started out with members meeting at a Servo in Lithgow that we all knew after the initial drive up from Sydney, Fuel and some food was purchased then we got on the road to the final destination.
Upon arrival we met with an old character whose property was to give us access to the days adventure, we chatted and laughed for a short while whilst inspecting his new Airplane restoration project, pity for him that his runway was only about 800mtrs too short for take off We slipped him some coin for the privilege of using his tracks and were off.
Looking up at the huge steep sheer cliffs ahead we wasted no time in airing down and began the low range climb with the lure of some steep, hard and technical tracks ahead.
The track started to get steeper with some off camber cut backs and thin tracks channeled into small valleys between steep rock cliffs, but was not real problem to reach the top of the first plateau .
At this point a few of us realized that we had either not charged video and camera batteries or had memory full which was frustrating but just means that we have to go back real soon.
It was decided that we should follow a track that leads back down into the valley floor and on to the top of the mountain, with several sections of eroded sandstone steps, walking the track to get good lines plus the odd bit of track building saw us all down safely into the valley buzzing from the descent, from here things started to really heat up as we began the main climb up the mountain.
Uphill rocky Sections between sheer sandstone walls not much wider than your car, off camber uphill bumpy sections where you had to watch your roof line so you did not hit it on the walls, steep downhill narrow rutted sections with loose sandstone to keep you on your toes, this place had it all! I remember 1 section on a downhill corner where because of the ruts and camber I only had 2 opposing wheels in contact with the ground for the whole turn as I slowly moved the balanced car along the corner – it was MAD
Finally we reached the top and after a short 500mtr walk (reality was about 4klm return) to get some pic’s from the lookout it was time for a well deserved lunch, we thought out loud HMMM its going to be harder getting back out again!
With a fair amount of track building and a good dose of right boot in some sections (as the ladies decided to walk up/ down with one to indulge in some nerve settling red wine)
We slowly clambered over the obstacles, a few of us took on a side track which we had earlier decided was a locker only track and promptly nailed it and we were descending back down the track to where we had started.
Arriving at the bottom we all had huge and were already speaking of our next visit.
Will add up some photo’s tomorrow as too tired to do anything with the camera tonight, Guys please do the same and or email me the pic’s and vid and I will tie it all together in a video.
Great day with great wheeling! Wont be long before we will be saying ” Jurassic park - here we come --- again”
Members in attendance were 1red GU, Teza h, DazzGUIV and Walkabout.
The day started out with members meeting at a Servo in Lithgow that we all knew after the initial drive up from Sydney, Fuel and some food was purchased then we got on the road to the final destination.
Upon arrival we met with an old character whose property was to give us access to the days adventure, we chatted and laughed for a short while whilst inspecting his new Airplane restoration project, pity for him that his runway was only about 800mtrs too short for take off We slipped him some coin for the privilege of using his tracks and were off.
Looking up at the huge steep sheer cliffs ahead we wasted no time in airing down and began the low range climb with the lure of some steep, hard and technical tracks ahead.
The track started to get steeper with some off camber cut backs and thin tracks channeled into small valleys between steep rock cliffs, but was not real problem to reach the top of the first plateau .
At this point a few of us realized that we had either not charged video and camera batteries or had memory full which was frustrating but just means that we have to go back real soon.
It was decided that we should follow a track that leads back down into the valley floor and on to the top of the mountain, with several sections of eroded sandstone steps, walking the track to get good lines plus the odd bit of track building saw us all down safely into the valley buzzing from the descent, from here things started to really heat up as we began the main climb up the mountain.
Uphill rocky Sections between sheer sandstone walls not much wider than your car, off camber uphill bumpy sections where you had to watch your roof line so you did not hit it on the walls, steep downhill narrow rutted sections with loose sandstone to keep you on your toes, this place had it all! I remember 1 section on a downhill corner where because of the ruts and camber I only had 2 opposing wheels in contact with the ground for the whole turn as I slowly moved the balanced car along the corner – it was MAD
Finally we reached the top and after a short 500mtr walk (reality was about 4klm return) to get some pic’s from the lookout it was time for a well deserved lunch, we thought out loud HMMM its going to be harder getting back out again!
With a fair amount of track building and a good dose of right boot in some sections (as the ladies decided to walk up/ down with one to indulge in some nerve settling red wine)
We slowly clambered over the obstacles, a few of us took on a side track which we had earlier decided was a locker only track and promptly nailed it and we were descending back down the track to where we had started.
Arriving at the bottom we all had huge and were already speaking of our next visit.
Will add up some photo’s tomorrow as too tired to do anything with the camera tonight, Guys please do the same and or email me the pic’s and vid and I will tie it all together in a video.
Great day with great wheeling! Wont be long before we will be saying ” Jurassic park - here we come --- again”
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