Day 6 - 30th December 2003 |
From left to right - B2 "There's
a patch here somewhere", Tyre doing the Grand Puke
"hissssss", B1 "I'm trying
to look like I know what I'm doing to put others off from
noticing my knobbly knees" and TJL "Too
late B1".
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Craig on one of the early Crooked River crossings.
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Terry in action. There was some quandary
about all the antennas on his car, but all were satisfied
that they were there to keep the poor bugger from breaking
up - and to help push a stronger signal out for when he gets
lost....
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Craig driving down the side stream on the
Crooked River. This particular crossing had more than a few
confused with pleas for instructions bellowing over the
radio - from the Brisbane crowd. You enter the water with no
sign of the exit, and must drive down the river for some way
before you can see where to go.
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Lunch at historic Grant. This proved to be a
most welcome and popular toilet stop with the single drop
dunny copping some serious use.
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Crossing the Wongungarra River. Craig found
the shallow route to the left.
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However you couldn't avoid the deeper water
on the 2nd half of the crossing.
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Bad Boy James Yatras ploughing into the deep
water. He had the help of a ton of camper trailer on the
back to give him that added momentum. Yes folks, there is a
silver 80 and a camper trailer inside that splash.
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Bad Boy Yatras into the 2nd half of the
crossing. Tracy would have been giving him a good serve
right about now.
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Travis follows Yatras albeit at a much more sensible
pace.
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Not content with the depth of the water,
Travis seeks something even deeper. At this point, Travis is
so excited that it was quite likely that the inside of the
car was just as wet as the river.
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And he found it on the 2nd part of the river crossing.
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Mark "lefty, no righty, no left, no....argh...bugger"
Gordon gingerly dips his ultra clean multivalve turbo diesel
into the Wongungarra River - amidst cries from Yatras
telling him to "get into it Gordo".
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Gordo getting to the 2nd part of the crossing.
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Hans "gutter mouth boy" Anderson
takes it sedately, all the time wondering when his AT's will
begin to lose traction.
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With no regard to keeping up with the bow
wave, Hans hoofs it to get out.
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Scott "Mac boy" McGill finds a
shallower path but makes up for it with high speed. The
blazing head lights are a dead cert giveaway that he wanted
to be photographed.
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Scott loved getting his 80 wet.
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Nearly there Scott... At this point he's
wondering if anyone would notice if he turned around and did
it all again.
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TJL musters all the go from his intercooled
multivalve turbo diesel to impress the crowds. We're quite
certain that he skimmed along the top for a while before
sinking deep.
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Even by the 2nd part of the crossing, Terry
"the ancient mariner" Leeder had enough speed up
to keep a couple of bare footers up behind him.
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