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The Next Video
This is the next video in the series, with possibly 1 more to come.
The Video Day 1 Part 2
This video is a lot shorter and the effects are a tad better too.
The Video
I have started playing around with Final Cut Pro and am a newbie at it. In saying that this is part 1 of my trip away.
High Country Trip
Finally after 2 years of no four wheel driving, it finally happened. I met up with a couple of mates at Woods Point after work Friday night. That part of the trip took a little longer than I thought it would (like 3 1/2 hours). Any how we got set up and had the fire going with a couple of drinks at hand, and discussed what the plan was for the morning. The next morning we didn’t have to hike to far for our first challenge. The last time I tried this I had the Hilux and it just wasn’t up it. I was feeling quite nervous when tempting this, but that was not the case, put the front and rear lockers on and just cruised up in no time at all. From there we drove past Crows Hut and down to the cascades, which we found to be a popular destination, and also made our job of finding a camp site more difficult. Once again we got settled with a fire and drinks were soon in hand. The next day we had some sore heads and didn’t break camp until 12:00 pm. This days journey to the Jamison valley was awesome, we had all the seasons and conditions. It was a full on day. I even got bogged and Mr Mods got me out. With journey taking us up to Bluff hut were there was plenty of snow and couple of snow ball fights, and then down into the valley to another awesome camp site. This is where I farewelled the boys and headed home to a nice hot shower and my own bed. This was definitely one of the best trips I have done.
One labeled Switch, Three To Go
Its about bloody time I say. 2015 is the year I get back out in the rig and I’m going to start tidying up some of the crappier jobs that were done on it before me. Late last year I took the roof rack off because of some dodgy wiring that I wasn’t happy with and I still need to buy approximately 10 meters 12 AWG of red, black and green wire. I have already purchased a fuse box to install and label, which I think is a lot easier than having the fuses all over the place, especially out in the bush. The fuse box also has an LED at each fuse, so if the LED is out then thats the fuse I need to replace. Looking forward to labour day long weekend in March. This will be my first trip in 2 years.
Yes it does activate my “Driving Lights”
IDOMUD Rises Again.
With being a busy little baby maker, I really haven’t had much time to get out and do much 4×4. Cup day weekend only being a few weeks away, I’ve started working away on the beast and making sure that she is up for a small trip away. Hopefully I can.
Cup Day Weekend 2011
Stuck
Just before I got her stuck
It was hard to keep the fire going
Got fire going first
Its the first long weekend in 5 months and the boys are keen to get out and play in the mud with their big toys. Unfortunately it rained and it rained. Just like last years cup day weekend. Still you can’t let a little water get in the way of a trip out into the bush. This trip took us down to the tanjil river ( about 30 mins past Noojee). The river was quite high when we crossed it on the first day and continued to rise over the weekend. This is where Bushy did some damage to his 100 series, a CV we think. Dan needed to head into Moe to get some more supplies for the kids, so followed him to the road and then turned back. I was meant to go straight back the way we come. That way if anything went wrong with my vehicle I would just wait til Dan got back and then we could figure it out from there. But “No” i saw that special track with a rainbow and promised pot of gold at the end. I can giggle now, I got 10 mins down the track and then I got stuck and needed a winch out. Which was cool because I had just put a winch on my truck. How ever I needed to be winched from the back. Luckily for me I was near mobile reception and could ring Dan and told him the problem. A couple of hours later, we were all sitting around the campfire and drinking our favourite poisons. Overall tho we all still had a great time and hanging for the next trip.
Winch On!
Wicked the winch is on and functional. What a dangerous mission that was, so many near misses from passing cars. I guess you get that when you have on street parking. A couple of cable ties from work and the job is complete and ready for our cup day weekend trip down to the Tanjil River. Two sleeps to go. Oh yeah thanks go out to the boys from work for all putting in and buying me a winch for my engagement present, and thanks Dan for helping me with some of the awkard stuff.
Mt Skene 4×4 trip
Blog on … Hmmm it has been a while, but as they say better late, than never. Straight after work yesterday we headed off on yet another 4×4 adventure. The aim was to get to Crowes Hut and set up camp, but unfortunately some other lucky devils had beaten us to it. With darkness less than an hour away we decided to make refuge on higher grounds next to the remains of a skiers hut.
Fortunately there wasn’t much wind last and was not as cold as we thought it was going to get. We got a kick ass fire going while we downed a few beers and bundys. The crew consists of myself, Dan & Bryce. I wonder where we’ll end up today.
Black Range State Forest
I have just recovered from one of my best 4×4 trips ever. Dan and myself took off straight from work Friday and headed out to Black Range State Forest. When we arrived (in just over an hour) we headed for the old train tunnel to check that out. It was pretty cool (literally) and had been built quite well. It wont be falling down anytime soon.
After that we had a quick look around, checked out the main camping area and started to have a look around for a place to camp. We drove around a few tracks and found one that looked like it hadn’t been used in a while and set up camp there.
A few beers & a few bundys later the music and food was kicking to the early hours of the morning. No one came past our site, so we had no one annoying us which was pretty cool. The next morning we were up and were enjoying the liquid amber by about 10 am (well we were on holiday). We cruised around all day checking out tracks in the top quarter of the map. Once again we setup camp and started pumping the music and drinking ourselves silly. Well the next morning was a bit shaky for both of us. It took a while for us to get our bearings, but once we found our feet again we were back out exploring. Dan took off to go get some more fuel in Yea so i started looking for another camp site.
The only thing different about this night was that we saw the dark storm clouds come in and we had about 30 mins of rain during the mid afternoon, which was nothing, 1/2 hour later everything was dry again. Around about dusk we got to see an amazing fog come in, and it came in pretty thick and fast. It was quite trippy.
Over all we both had an awesome time. We left the forest at 10 am and was home by 11:30 am. Now really hanging for the next trip!