Trips for second half of 2011?

Venom · Post by **Venom** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:25 am

Hey guys,

So Cobaw was lots of fun, anyone have any ideas for more trip ideas for this year?

Good to get the ball rolling early so we can pencil it into peoples calenders, organise the weekend off etc.

I've spent some time in Mount Cole state park and i think there's definitely enough to do there for an over nighter/long weekend. Mount Cole has a very gnarly powerline track with big granite boulders, could be a lot of fun. It also has some great camp sites.

North of Mount Cole about 30mins away is the Pyrenees State Forest which is well documented as a 4WDing destination.

My calender is flexible so whatever dates others have free works for me.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:35 am

ooh... those places sound good!

I've only been to the Mt cole area once

I'm looking forward to some dates to see what fits

I'll probably be off mount early October at the latest...

I'd like to sneak in a Robe trip again a bit before christmas

Give the new rear springs and the scorpions a run in the sand

Cheers

Bennie

dobo · Post by **dobo** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:07 am

Im looking forward to another trip after my cobaw disaster :P
Things are moving ahead with my elly. New engine should be procured this weekend.
I dont work weekends so im pretty flexable. And seeing as ill be the newbie ill leave it up to others for destination

Phizinza · Post by **Phizinza** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:49 pm

I am so up for some Victorian offroading! Need a bit of a road trip too. And if I'm lucky I can convince the girl to come along, pick her up on the way!

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:05 pm

Phizinza wrote:I am so up for some Victorian offroading! Need a bit of a road trip too. And if I'm lucky I can convince the girl to come along, pick her up on the way!

That'd be awesome Phiz, it'd be great to catch up again too!

I'm a little concerned about the lack of activity/input from other vic members - are we a dieing (schpelling - should it be dying?) breed??

Cheers

Bennie

Phizinza · Post by **Phizinza** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:44 pm

Yeah, it's dying. I've noticed a decline in activity on most of the forum I'm on. I think it's a seasonal thing as I've noticed it before.

Venom · Post by **Venom** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:54 pm

El_Freddo wrote:That'd be awesome Phiz, it'd be great to catch up again too!

I'm a little concerned about the lack of activity/input from other vic members - are we a dieing (schpelling - should it be dying?) breed??

Cheers

Bennie

I'm not too concerned Bennie, it usually takes a while to get responses and organise a trip. We're still missing most of the usual suspects so I imagine we'll get atleast 2 or 3 more people.

On another note i was in Walhalla for the weekend and I had a look at some maps in the Wally pub. There's a heap of tracks East of the Thompson with derelict gold towns and mining equipment to check out. Plus of course the classic thompson rivers crossing

So i was thinking of a possible trip with a Fri night camp in Walhalla (meals at Wally pub are unreal and cheap), Sat camp in the bush and return Sun evening with lots of driving in between.

Cheers,
Rhys

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:51 pm

Yeah I just thought that the usual suspects would all be on board by now... But then again I also guess that I've become impatient too!

Venom wrote:So i was thinking of a possible trip with a Fri night camp in Walhalla (meals at Wally pub are unreal and cheap), Sat camp in the bush and return Sun evening with lots of driving in between.

Sounds like a plan... Got any dates in mind at this stage?

Cheers

Bennie

subaruby · Post by **subaruby** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:23 pm

Always keen for trip and smart idea venom to post up early. In the middle of changing to a new store locationn at the moment and don't know what my weekends off will be yet.

Also don't forget the desert trip later in the year that I am still working on.

Venom · Post by **Venom** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:26 pm

subaruby wrote:Always keen for trip and smart idea venom to post up early. In the middle of changing to a new store locationn at the moment and don't know what my weekends off will be yet.

Also don't forget the desert trip later in the year that I am still working on.

Can't wait for a desert trip!

I will make a thread for a Walhalla/Thompson river area trip in the next couple of days. I don't want to impinge on the desert trip though, but i'll just post it up and it can be work out as we go along.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:49 pm

The weekend of September 10th is OUT for me

Got a bucks party to attend!

Cheers

Bennie

Venom · Post by **Venom** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:46 pm

I am going to propose a Walhalla trip on either the weekend of 27-28 of August or the 3-4 of September. Short notice but i don't want to leave it too late in Sept because it's getting close to the desert trip. Walhalla is about 2.5 to 3 hours from Melbourne, north of Moe.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:03 pm

Ahh... this could be interesting trying to get time off... I'm sure I'll be able to sort something out

Cheers

Bennie