Trip to Wedge Island, 19th Jan 2002 (2 days)
Skip's 4x4
Trip to Wedge Island, 19th Jan 2002 (2 days)
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| Driver | Vehicle | Passengers |
| Skip | Holden Rodeo turbo diesel | Wayne, Liam, Sarah, Nicole |
| Murray | Nissan Patrol shortie petrol | Mandy |
| Gadget | Nissan Patrol wagon petrol/gas | "Hercules" (Pete's dog) |
| Tony | Nissan Patrol turbo diesel | Brittany |
 Heading into the bombing range 2092.JPG (63.3KB) |
 Murray's Nissan, and my Tonka 2093.JPG (71.2KB) |
 Kangaroos! 2094.JPG (91.4KB) |
 Skip's Tonka ontop of a sand dune 2095.JPG (53KB) |
 Murray taking a run-up 2096.JPG (91.6KB) |
 And launches it over the sand dune! 2097.JPG (47.8KB) |
 Murray's Nissan Patrol 2098.JPG (53.8KB) |
 The Kids playing on the dune 2099.JPG (36.4KB) |
 A "stretch" Nissan Patrol 6 wheeler! 2100.JPG (61.6KB) |
 Powered by a 4.2 turbo diesel with intercooler 2101.JPG (62.7KB) |
 Wedge island, with sandbar crossable 2102.JPG (46.8KB) |
 More of Wedge 2103.JPG (54.7KB) |
 And More 2104.JPG (66.6KB) |
 more 2105.JPG (61.1KB) |
 even more 2106.JPG (67.2KB) |
 The beach run north of wedge 2107.JPG (41.1KB) |
 Wayne taking it easy 2108.JPG (41.9KB) |
 A reminder that the Wedge tracks can be dangerous 2109.JPG (129KB) |
 The beaches north of Wedge 2110.JPG (60KB) |
 More of same 2111.JPG (57.1KB) |
 At our campsite - A Python coiled up inside a rock 2112.JPG (92.4KB) |
 Taking pics of the Python 2113.JPG (140KB) |
 The beach was a bit weedy 2114.JPG (73.6KB) |
 The campsite takes shape, and Gadget arrives 2115.JPG (84.8KB) |
 Gadget's dog "Herc" 2116.JPG (68KB) |
 Murray fishin 2117.JPG (68.4KB) |
 Herc 2118.JPG (70.9KB) |
 Herc playing! 2119.JPG (90.4KB) |
 Our campsite 2120.JPG (63.9KB) |
 We were only meters from the water 2121.JPG (82.5KB) |
 More fishin 2122.JPG (81.9KB) |
 Gadget leaving 2124.JPG (65.8KB) |
 The Tony arrives 2125.JPG (139KB) |
 The Camp 2126.JPG (128KB) |
 Suns getting lower 2127.JPG (83.1KB) |
 Nice reflection 2128.JPG (76.9KB) |
 Tony's beast 2129.JPG (131KB) |
 Lower.... 2130.JPG (56.8KB) |
 Tony and Brittany 2131.JPG (71.2KB) |
 Wayne cooking the steaks! 2132.JPG (83.7KB) |
 What's in the mug? 2133.JPG (56.3KB) |
 Oh, I see! 2134.JPG (100KB) |
 Murray's dinner, satay sticks 2135.JPG (95.9KB) |
 And salad! 2136.JPG (87.8KB) |
 Tonka's siloette 2137.JPG (49.3KB) |
 Onya! 2138.JPG (48.1KB) |
 TC - funny face 2139.JPG (42.9KB) |
 TC normal face! 2140.JPG (48.2KB) |
 Wayne 2141.JPG (62.2KB) |
 Brittany 2142.JPG (94.9KB) |
 Murray and Mandy 2143.JPG (111KB) |
 Gettin darker... 2144.JPG (97.8KB) |
 Sunset 2145.JPG (34.9KB) |
 Going, going... 2146.JPG (42.6KB) |
 Nearly gone! 2147.JPG (56.2KB) |
 Campsite 2148.JPG (45.5KB) |
 Cooking behind the tent to avoid blown sand 2149.JPG (78.1KB) |
 Relaxing 2150.JPG (81.6KB) |
 Nice fire hey! 2151.JPG (29.8KB) |
 Heading north towards Cervantes 2152.JPG (60.3KB) |
 On the beach at Grey 2153.JPG (54.2KB) |
 More of Grey 2154.JPG (70.2KB) |
 and again! 2155.JPG (69KB) |
 We wanna live here! 2156.JPG (60.7KB) |
 Nasty decent onto the beach 2157.JPG (93.1KB) |
 but fun hey! 2158.JPG (98.1KB) |
 My turn! 2159.JPG (103KB) |
 Easy does it 2160.JPG (96.6KB) |
 No worries! 2161.JPG (96.5KB) |
 The beach further north was way too soft. Tyres down to 16psi and digging! 2162.JPG (106KB) |
 At Cervantes 2163.JPG (78KB) |
 Dropped into Moore River on the way home 2164.JPG (145KB) |
 So the kids could swim again 2165.JPG (103KB) |
 They loved it! 2166.JPG (94.4KB) |
 Nicole! (Photo removed by request) 2167.JPG (65.7KB) |
 Liam has gills!2168.JPG (99.8KB) |
 Oh, and so does Sarah 2169.JPG (93.3KB) |
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