Toolangi to Healsville MEDIUM / HARD

Toolangi, VIC

A fun day out to tackle some of the harder tracks, nothing too extreme or car breaking (hopefully) will start at Rocky Track and go from there.

There will be opportunity to try some serious challenging and very hard tracks for those that want to and for those who don't we will provide a go around.

All going well I hope to head over toward Healsville by afternoon to do some exploring with the plan to be heading home by 5.00pm at the latest

Requirement

  • Electric Winch
  • Recovery Gear
  • Matthew

  • Matthew (discomatt) I am first-aid qualified I have mechanic skills Trip Leader - Level 1 (Completed over 7 trips)

    GOING
    Myself onlyChecked-In (08-Sep-2016 16:30)
    V8 discovery with a couple of modds (1996 Discovery)
    • 33" Tyres, 2" Lifted
    • Winch

  • David (DSPIES) Trip Leader - Level 1 (Completed over 6 trips)

    GOING
    Driver + 1 AdultChecked-In (09-Sep-2016 09:11)
    Patrol (2004 Patrol)
    • 33" Tyres, 2" Lifted
    • Winch
  • Brett

  • Brett (Vulgarwolf) I am first-aid qualified

    GOING
    Driver + 1 ChildrenChecked-In (10-Sep-2016 08:07)
    Ml Triton (2007 Triton)
    • 33" Tyres, 2" Lifted
    • Front & Rear Locker
    • Winch
  • Matt

  • Matt (Matt86) Trip Leader - Level 1 (Completed over 1 trips)

    GOING
    Myself onlyChecked-In (09-Sep-2016 09:05)
    Nissan Patrol GQ TD42 (1993 Patrol)
    • 37" Tyres, 3" Lifted
    • Front & Rear Locker
    • Winch
  • Callym

  • Callym (My Nav123)


    I am Interested / In Waiting List
    Yd25 d22 navara (2012 Navara d22 yd25)
    • 33" Tyres, 4" Lifted
  • John

  • John (Bulldog) Trip Leader - Level 1 (Completed over 2 trips) Premium Member


    I am Interested / In Waiting List
    BULLDOG (2011 JK unlimited)
    • 37" Tyres, 4" Lifted
    • Front & Rear Locker
    • Winch
  • Richard

  • Richard (Papa_Bob) I had winch training Completed Proficiency training Trip Leader - Level 1 (Completed over 6 trips)


    I am Interested / In Waiting List
    Unstoppable 80 (1997 Land cruiser)
    • 35" Tyres, 4" Lifted
    • Front & Rear Locker
    • Winch
  • Tim

  • Tim (Timmz)


    I am Interested / In Waiting List
    Gu patrol 6Ltr (2004 Patrol)
    • 33" Tyres, 2" Lifted
    • Winch
  • Anders

  • Anders (anderskyro)


    I am Interested / In Waiting List
    sr5 Toyota hilux (2014 Hilux)
    • 33" Tyres, 3" Lifted
    • Winch
  • Stuart

  • Stuart (kosciu)


    I am Interested / In Waiting List
    HiluxSR5 (2011 hilux)
    • 2" Lifted
    • Front & Rear Locker
    • Winch

Allan
Allan (allanmac) Premium Member
That filled quickly Matt, well done.
16 Aug 2016
Matthew
Trip Leader Matthew (discomatt)
Not wrong, within 1 hour.
16 Aug 2016
Alex
Alex (Alex_Lemons)
Matthew (discomatt) wrote: Not wrong, within 1 hour.
Quicker than that haha only put my phone down for 20 minutes and it was created and filled within that time
16 Aug 2016
Brett
Brett (Vulgarwolf)
I was out with George for a bit of a wheel today when he told me about this group, so when I got home I signed up
16 Aug 2016
George
George (Georgie_Kyro)
Does anybody know the coordinates for walking track? (East red track)
Tried to find it today without any luck.

Or if anyome knows how i can purchase the toolangi map for my hema that would be great
16 Aug 2016
John
John (Bulldog) Premium Member
Brett (Vulgarwolf) wrote: I was out with George for a bit of a wheel today when he told me about this group, so when I got home I signed up
Nice to have you aboard
16 Aug 2016
Brett
Brett (Vulgarwolf)
Pleasure to be here...I knew George when he was a real man and had IFS
16 Aug 2016
John
John (Bulldog) Premium Member
Brett (Vulgarwolf) wrote: Pleasure to be here...I knew George when he was a real man and had IFS
Hahahaha... great bloke Georgie. Needs to buy a 4b tho.
16 Aug 2016
Brett
Brett (Vulgarwolf)
So is a second or possibly 3rd group going ??
Depending how many people are interested
16 Aug 2016
Matthew
Trip Leader Matthew (discomatt)
Red east is not on my Hema but it is on my paper Rooftop map, will find it and among all the crap in the office and let you know where it is, done it once before, it is one hell of a track and I had lots of banging and crashing under the car, the big down side of running 32's
16 Aug 2016
Allan
Allan (Big Pig) Premium Member
Brett (Vulgarwolf) wrote: Pleasure to be here...I knew George when he was a real man and had IFS
GEORGE a real man, I don't remember him owning a Jeep????
16 Aug 2016
Brett
Brett (Vulgarwolf)
Oh the banter is fun.

Always that one jeep owner...well to be honest its most of them !!!
16 Aug 2016
Sam
Sam (Cas_Triton)
WITHDRAWN from Trip - Reason: Incorrect vehicle setup
17 Aug 2016
Matthew
Trip Leader Matthew (discomatt)
Brett (Vulgarwolf) wrote: Oh the banter is fun.

Always that one jeep owner...well to be honest its most of them !!!
Don't worry about Big All and the "pig" he can out drive most twin locked 4bys
17 Aug 2016
Brett
Brett (Vulgarwolf)
So is a second trip organised...well enough trips that i can go along !!
17 Aug 2016
Alex
Alex (Alex_Lemons)
WITHDRAWN from Trip - Reason: Hi Guys
4by is out of action at the moment, broken teeth on the rear crown wheel... not sure if I'll have it back up and running in time
23 Aug 2016
Matthew
Trip Leader Matthew (discomatt)
Cheers for letting me know nice and early, bugger about the diff, hope you get it sorted nice and quick, catch you on another one
23 Aug 2016
Allan
Allan (allanmac) Premium Member
Hey Matt, not a real lot of interesting stuff heading towards Healesville, especially with the track closures, but think the tracks you have planned in Toolangi will keep everyone entertained. Are you planning to do Not Much Help Tk?.
24 Aug 2016
Matthew
Trip Leader Matthew (discomatt)
haven't even looked at the map and list of closures yet, been flat out with work...
Was wanting to head toward Healesville to do Strickland spur but will decide what tracks over the next week and then make the final call on the day depending weather and what others want to do.
Any advice or thoughts from anyone would be fantastic!!
I know George will be keen to do the hardest tracks we can find
25 Aug 2016
Allan
Allan (allanmac) Premium Member
Just watched George's video of Walking Track (Red East); well done.
26 Aug 2016
Matthew
Trip Leader Matthew (discomatt)
Any word on your rig yet Allan??
Would be great to have you along for the day
26 Aug 2016
George
George (Georgie_Kyro)
Allan (allanmac) wrote: Just watched George's video of Walking Track (Red East); well done.
Hi Allan
As much as I'd like to take credit for the video above as yes it was a great drive, walking track isnt always that easy.

I ventured on up to toolangi last night for a night run amd even though i now have a twin locked auto pootrol on 35s i didnt make it up to the top.

Walking track in its current state is very moist. Amd with the rocky terrain and moist terrain it proved to be a little too difficult for the pootrol last night.
Rather than winching my way up it i decided to just turn around after several attempts.

Given the track conditions, every time i made another attempt it would send me either closer to a tree or sliding sidways towards the edge of the track.

Given the fact that it was my last track for the night i made an executive decision to stop where i was attempt a u turn (dangerous on this track as can cause rollover) and turned back down.

I got furthest up it though as the other vehicles fromt diff decided to let go so he was stuck mid way up in 2 wheel drive.

If my bighorns had more than 35%tred it may have been a different story.
If antony is viewing this thread i got stuck where you did last time we were out together mate ;)
The terrain is nice and slippery!
27 Aug 2016
Matthew
Trip Leader Matthew (discomatt)
What other tracks did you end up doing and how hard would you rate them??
28 Aug 2016
George
George (Georgie_Kyro)
Hey Matt
Didnt do any other tracks other than walking track and rocky track.
Rocky tracks step up about 1/3 of the way up it was the only time i was stopped in my tracks on it and had to give it a fair crack to climb that step up. I think i managed to get it on the 3rd attempt.

The only reason why i found it to be like this is because of the wet conditions and not really a fan of my tires current wear amount at 35%

These tracks are so great to drive and very difficult in drier conditions yet in the wet they are a complete winch job.

Not so much rocky even though its turning to shi@t but walking track in the wet is absolutely ridiculous.

Mim 100% pete would love them both.
In the dry i got my money on him completing both without the need of a winch.
In the wet not so much, though he does seem to have newish hardcore off road tyres so may be a different story on walking track ;)
28 Aug 2016
Matthew
Trip Leader Matthew (discomatt)
Lets hope its dry up there in a couple of weeks time...
28 Aug 2016
Allan
Allan (allanmac) Premium Member
Matthew (discomatt) wrote: Any word on your rig yet Allan??
Would be great to have you along for the day
No news yet Matt but am going to check on Wednesday. As I said to you the other week, am starting to get a little annoyed but hopefully the wait will be worth it.
29 Aug 2016
George
George (Georgie_Kyro)
WITHDRAWN from Trip - Reason: Have to work next weekend fella's.
Apologies but you'll see me the week after for those going to cobaws !
Thought id cancel as soon as i found out to ensure the spot fills quickly.
Went up to toolangi again last night amd smashed up some tracks.
Rocky is looking pretty mean in the moist conditions and i was the only vehicle to get up unaided.
The other 2 (pootrol and 80 series) both had 1 locker and brand new 35 amd 36 inch simex and they both needed winching up the step up.

Best of luck have fun stay safe and please keep us posted on how you all went!
Bring recovery gear ;)
04 Sep 2016
Matthew
Trip Leader Matthew (discomatt)
bugger you can't make it on the weekend but sometimes work gets in the way...
Looking forward to Rocky track !!! Will be interesting to see if I can get a Disco up it with no lockers on 32's :-0
Place your bets people
05 Sep 2016
Matthew
Trip Leader Matthew (discomatt)
Welcome to the trip Matt, hope it won't bore you to much, 37's and locked you would be able to do everything with your eyes shut. Looking at the maps and closed track list today, its hard to get a decent run without to many "roads" but there is quite a lot of rain forecast so we will suck it and see. Everyone is welcome to have some input on what tracks they want to do, we will start with rocky, wanted to start with Pauls creek tk. to ease into a nice climb but its another seasonal closure
06 Sep 2016
David (DSPIES)
Matthew (discomatt) wrote: Welcome to the trip Matt, hope it won't bore you to much, 37's and locked you would be able to do everything with your eyes shut. Looking at the maps and closed track list today, its hard to get a decent run without to many "roads" but there is quite a lot of rain forecast so we will suck it and see. Everyone is welcome to have some input on what tracks they want to do, we will start with rocky, wanted to start with Pauls creek ...
Hey Matt,
sorry i can't help much with the tracks. haven't been out that way in years.
The rain Friday and showers Saturday means it's certainly going to be interesting out there... particularly without lockers and 35s :)
07 Sep 2016
Matt
Matt (Matt86)
G'day Guys, Not looking to go to hard Saturday more just get out and have a look I have never been to Toolangi before so it is also a bit of a scouting trip for me to see whats around. The rain might make it a bit interesting to. I picked up a rooftop map today and had a chat to the bloke and he reckons there are tracks for all sorts out there and also a few extreme ones but he did say to be careful as there are quite a few closed at the moment. Cheers see you all Saturday morning.
07 Sep 2016
Matthew
Trip Leader Matthew (discomatt)
I have a list of all the closed tracks and we will not be doing any of them, that a given.
I was hoping for dry weather leading up to Saturday but no such luck so at least 1 track is off the list, as mentioned we will start with Rocky and see how we go with that, chances are that will be the hardest track of the day. It will all depend on how much rain and what everyone wants to do, nothing in concrete here...
07 Sep 2016
Matt
Matt (Matt86)
Sounds Good Matt I'm pretty easy going I'll just follow what the group wants to do.
07 Sep 2016
Stewart James Bruerton (Chuggin61)
Matthew (discomatt) wrote: bugger you can't make it on the weekend but sometimes work gets in the way...
Looking forward to Rocky track !!! Will be interesting to see if I can get a Disco up it with no lockers on 32's :-0
Place your bets people
33s no lockers and leaf springs here I'm in your boat mate haha
08 Sep 2016
Matthew
Trip Leader Matthew (discomatt)
we will be OK, low tyre pressures, careful wheel placement and steady as you go, have done Rocky dozens of times but never after a massive dump the day before so it will be a very interesting day that's for sure
08 Sep 2016
Allan
Allan (allanmac) Premium Member
Matthew (discomatt) wrote: we will be OK, low tyre pressures, careful wheel placement and steady as you go, have done Rocky dozens of times but never after a massive dump the day before so it will be a very interesting day that's for sure
Hope you guys have a great day, even though it is going to be wet. Even the easy tracks get 'interesting' in the wet and Rocky is going to be a challenge if this rain continues, not to mention Lyndalls. Matt, have looked at a possible route if you have not finalised a plan yet.

Looking forward to the trip report with hopefully lots of pics.
09 Sep 2016
Matthew
Trip Leader Matthew (discomatt)
What are your thoughts on route Allan? I have a rough idea but with this rain I am leaving it open and seeing how we go on Rocky. Lyndalls is on the cards but we will see... its not on my map, what track does it run of? I wish I had a better memory...
09 Sep 2016
Brett
Brett (Vulgarwolf)
Morning all...are we all meeting in the main car park on the main road...right near the playground ??
10 Sep 2016
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TRIP COMPLETED

5 GOING, 8 Interested
9 adults , 1 children (10 in total)
Trip Date
Sat, 10-Sep-2016

Meeting Point
McKenzie Reserve Yarra Glen
8:30 AM (Sat, 10-Sep-2016)

TRIP FULL

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Matthew

Matthew (discomatt)

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