jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: SUTHERLAND, SYDNEY
TOTAL POSTS: 29100
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STOCKTON BEACH 2008 (Trip Report)
What an awesome trip this was!!!
We had 12 xtrails and Matt in his BT50 as our convoy leader on the day:
We all met at Anna Bay at around 9:45am and after intros, name-tag allocations and safety tips, we headed to the Anna Bay entrance where we let our tyres pressure down (mine was 14psi on the day)
Then we all set off with Matt leading the convoy and I was at the tail of convoy.
Some puddle crossing and the chrome exy with the CAI handled it all well again.
We stopped for a quick chat soon after and Leonie introduced us to Boris LOL
Got a shot of the rainbow on the way too
We arrived at Tin City soon after tackling some small sand dunes and going through soft patches of sand (most of us stayed in AUTO mode throughout the trip)
We then set-off to see the Ship Wreck and had a quick lunch near it as well.
The BT50 proved to be an excellent forum recovery vehicle, but it also served another purpose LOL
Sausages were on special today!
After the Ship Wreck we headed towards more serious fun and much more serious sand dunes and this is when someone that previously mentioned would NOT get stuck....errr....did LOL
And guess who recovered our recovery vehicle?
After Matt showed us how it's done in the BT50, the rest of the guys gained confidence and we claimed this dune as ours LOL
The kids were over the moon too which was nice to see, They just loved it and were laughing non-stop
The weather held up, but it was VERY windy indeed and I got a major headache driving back to Sydney because of this wind LOL
But as with all previous trips, it was excellent to meet the old and new members of our forum and this is what it's all about....having fun with family and friends!
Well done guys and thanks for coming. I hope you enjoyed it.
Last edited by jalalski, 16/Jun/2008, 7:42 pm
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14/Jun/2008, 8:10 pm
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jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: SUTHERLAND, SYDNEY
TOTAL POSTS: 29100
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Re: STOCKTON BEACH 2008 (Trip Report)
quote: Revhead Kev wrote:
Jalal, what is my prize for guessing the "secret" ?
A photo holding it next time you join us
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14/Jun/2008, 11:00 pm
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Revhead Kev
Date Registered: 10-2006
Location: Mona Vale, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
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Re: STOCKTON BEACH 2008 (Trip Report)
quote: Y WAIT wrote:
The high light of my day was seeing 12 exy exit through lavis lane, You should be very proud, it no easy feat. See, ive been saying for ages that Lavis is doable but everyone doubted me!
Would you say the quality of the sand on Lavis Lane was as it normally is or a bit firmer with the weather ?
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15/Jun/2008, 9:27 am
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jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
Location: SUTHERLAND, SYDNEY
TOTAL POSTS: 29100
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Re: STOCKTON BEACH 2008 (Trip Report)
Washed the exy today at the local car lovers and a ton of sand come out from everywhere, including the interior. With 2 kids at the back it was like a sand pit LOL
Those of you with the bash plate must apply high pressure water into the openings of the bash plate and you would see how much sand would come out from the rear side of the bash plate. Don't leave this sand sitting there guys. It will cause some serious rust issues if left there for long....and yep Alex, this applies to you as well as I don't think the laps you have done at Stockton in that little lake would have cleaned everything LOL
We were standing and watching you doing the laps trying to clean the mud off the exy from your previous adventure and at one stage we thought that the shampoo would come out and you would take a bath yourself in there. hehehehehe
P.S. I didn't find any difficulty in the Lavis Lane exit, but I believe it was mainly due to the sand being compacted pretty well at the start of the exit, the rest of the exist was pretty much compacted and firm mud. The kids loved the horse-like ride on the way out and were laughing their head off.
Last edited by jalalski, 15/Jun/2008, 11:23 am
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15/Jun/2008, 11:20 am
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