Next day dawns with a glimmer of blue sky poking through, this is more like it ! We'll nip into Pinnaroo see if we can knoock up some dowels for the 78. A bit of bog and slop and we all make it through, including someone (me) who forgot to engage 4WD... no wonder it seemd to take so may RPM's to get through that slop hole. The bakery has nice pies in Pinnaroo and the tractor shop had a range of bolts that could be hacksawed if needed to fit. We roll back the same way, but this time a couple of cars get stuck - how come there's no pictures of Landcruisers recovering Patrols fellas !!!!!!! I know, no pics, it didn't happen, right ?
There's a bloke in an FJ Criuser waiitng on the side of the track, we reckon for some sough-north traffic as he's not game to tackle the slop on his own. Might still be there too... Nice chap he was.
So pay and self register at the Park entrance and bugger me, over the very first sand dune are 2 rangers checking if you've paid and recording rego numbers. What a trap that could be ! Nice drive down to Red Bluff, but slow going as the climbs are chopped up, probably by wallys like the ones we passed about 10 kay's in... Lowering their tyre pressures for 35PSI to a DANGEROUS 30 PSI if what we heard on the radio was correct. No wonder........
On the way down to Red Bluff there's a "Nissans turn right here' sign at the base of a dune with several challenge sections (dis I say that ?) plus the boys had a play near Red Bluff in one of the bare dunes. Ranger's advice was to exit at Red Bluff, track is very boggy forther south so we decided tomorrow we'll do a west-east crossing along Red Bluff track, looks about 45kays long in a dead straight line. A special thanks go to XXXXX for bringing firewood too for that last night - it was retail packaged and heat-shrunk wrapped - the only bought firewood we've ever seen that actually puts a fire out ! Much merriment about 'must have got it from Masters, no wonder they are going out of business' Perhaps taking it out of the bag might have helped but at least XXXXX did the right thing by bringing some !!!!!!!
Monday morning sees us on Red Bluff track, great drive but the last 5 kays had us zig-zagging the track to avoid bog holes and suspect swamp areas. No one wants to get stuck out here.....
Highlight for me was the Murrayville road and some new-to-me fellow 4WD'ers Im sure I'll see again on the tracks.
Damn that sand and mud has dried like cement on my truck already. Might need a chisel. Thanks guys, great weekend in new countryside.
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