Balingup trip, 30 Nov & 1 Dec 2002
Skip's 4x4
Balingup trip, 30 Nov & 1 Dec 2002
| Participants: | ||
| Driver | Vehicle | Passengers |
| TC | Nissan Patrol turbo diesel | Brittany, Georgia |
| Kirk (visitor) | Jeep Wrangler | Mark |
| Baby Ram | Mitsubishi Pajero IO | |
| Skip | Toyota Hilux Turbo Diesel | Nicole |
| Pome Pete | Toyota Landcruiser 60 series | Aaron, Penny, Sally |
 "TC's Nissan" 3719.JPG (134KB) |
 "Kirk's Jeep" 3720.JPG (139KB) |
 "Babyram's IO" 3721.JPG (137KB) |
 "Skip's Hilux" 3722.JPG (130KB) |
 "Pome Pete's truck" 3723.JPG (103KB) |
 Campsite at Wright's Bridge. 3724.JPG (153KB) |
 Bam-bam powering up a hill 3725.JPG (94.8KB) |
 Kirk climbs the steep hill. 3726.JPG (164KB) |
 Tonka, with a view over the valley. 3727.JPG (93.3KB) |
 The convoy. 3728.JPG (107KB) |
 Bambam descending a rutted track. 3729.JPG (133KB) |
 And the jeep follows. 3730.JPG (144KB) |
 Walking a steep hill descent first. It must be steep - quite a struggle to walk up! 3731.JPG (152KB) |
 Some deep holes that need to be avoided. 3732.JPG (164KB) |
 A nice view of the powerline track. 3733.JPG (154KB) |
 Bambam goes down, carefully. 3734.JPG (157KB) |
 Still decending. 3735.JPG (148KB) |
 Then tackles the rocky climb back up. 3736.JPG (128KB) |
 Then the jeep follows. 3737.JPG (155KB) |
 Powering up the hill. 3738.JPG (151KB) |
 Then the rest of the group. 3739.JPG (154KB) |
 Pome Pete... 3740.JPG (155KB) |
 TC... 3741.JPG (110KB) |
 A section of very overgrown track. 3742.JPG (118KB) |
 My Hilux tackles a deep rut. 3744.JPG (129KB) |
 My Hilux's articulation could be better! 3745.JPG (86.6KB) |
 Bambam gets stuck... 3746.JPG (129KB) |
 A little bit of digging... 3747.JPG (128KB) |
 THen she drives trough. 3748.JPG (103KB) |
 No probs for the Jeep. 3749.JPG (102KB) |
 Or the 60... 3750.JPG (99.4KB) |
 Easy! 3751.JPG (126KB) |
 TC says "what ditch?" 3752.JPG (110KB) |
 Steep descent down a hill. 3753.JPG (116KB) |
 Bambam... 3754.JPG (146KB) |
 The rest follow. 3755.JPG (116KB) |
 Lunch at the water hole in Nannup. 3756.JPG (129KB) |
 Hi Kids! 3757.JPG (108KB) |
 The shady lunch tables. 3758.JPG (129KB) |
 And the jetty. 3759.JPG (113KB) |
 Bomb's away! 3760.JPG (68.1KB) |
 kkkkk-splash! 3761.JPG (100KB) |
 and again! 3762.JPG (102KB) |
 The stream feeding the waterhole. 3763.JPG (153KB) |
 The water. 3764.JPG (128KB) |
 Tall trees surrounding the area! 3765.JPG (133KB) |
 A bridge off the tourist drive. 3766.JPG (145KB) |
 Hi kids! 3767.JPG (124KB) |
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 3769.JPG (146KB) |
 A view from top of a hill. Just awesome! 3770.JPG (79.5KB) |
 A minor river crossing. 3771.JPG (138KB) |
 3772.JPG (136KB) |
 On of the steepest, nastiest hills in the area. The camera does not do it justice! 3773.JPG (143KB) |
 Pete struggling on the hill. 3774.JPG (104KB) |
 A few attempts to get it up. 3775.JPG (129KB) |
 This shows the angle a bit better. 3776.JPG (144KB) |
 Very loose rocky surface. 3777.JPG (108KB) |
 Back at camp. 3778.JPG (121KB) |
 Hows this for dinner - roast pork in the weber! Thank's Babyram! 3779.JPG (110KB) |
 TC cooking up a storm! 3780.JPG (90.6KB) |
 Kids playing! 3781.JPG (65KB) |
 The river re-visited on Sunday morning. 3782.JPG (123KB) |
 3783.JPG (135KB) |
 Pete descending a hill. 3784.JPG (100KB) |
 3785.JPG (95.1KB) |
 More great views over the valley! 3786.JPG (83.7KB) |
 "Skip's hill". 3787.JPG (139KB) |
 Pete having a go. Easy compared to the other hills! 3788.JPG (116KB) |
 3789.JPG (140KB) |
 TC doing the climb! 3790.JPG (121KB) |
 More views. 3791.JPG (74.1KB) |
 The convoy! 3792.JPG (109KB) |
 An overgrown hill decent track. 3793.JPG (159KB) |
Contact Skip (Alan, that's me) for more info. Email me
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