Skip's 4x4
Rushy's Outback Adventure, 13 - 15 September 2003
Participants: | ||
Driver | Vehicle | Passengers |
Wayne (Rushy) | Toyota Hilux diesel | Liam, Ellise |
Alan (Skip) | Toyota Hilux turbo-diesel | Sarah, Nicole, Benson (Labrador) |
Tony (TC) | Nissan Patrol turbo-diesel | Brittany, Georgia |
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![]() The convoy at the entrance to Ninghan Station, near Paynes find. 001.JPG (77.9KB) |
![]() Ninghan station is half a million acres of bushland. 002.JPG (97.2KB) |
![]() TC starting to climb Mount Singleton. 003.JPG (169KB) |
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![]() Nice views starting to appear as we climb higher and higher. 007.JPG (136KB) |
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![]() The summit, 689m above sea level. 009.JPG (120KB) |
![]() Aircraft communications equipment. 010.JPG (88.5KB) |
![]() Nice view hey! 011.JPG (66.6KB) |
![]() Lunchtime at the summit. 012.JPG (108KB) |
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![]() Back on ground level. 015.JPG (85.6KB) |
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![]() Did we mention that it was wild-flower season? 017.JPG (215KB) |
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![]() Night 1 camp. 020.JPG (89.5KB) |
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![]() Waiting for Rushy's damper to rise. 022.JPG (84.8KB) |
![]() Meanwhile, get the campfire going. 023.JPG (135KB) |
![]() Benson! 024.JPG (132KB) |
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![]() Let's go climb a huge rock. 027.JPG (109KB) |
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![]() Nice views from the top of this one too. 030.JPG (73.1KB) |
![]() Lots of water holes on the rock. Benson went swimming too! 031.JPG (89.4KB) |
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![]() Rushy cutting up the freshly baked damper. 033.JPG (115KB) |
![]() Time for some dinner. 034.JPG (138KB) |
![]() Who's a good boy! 035.JPG (132KB) |
![]() Nighttime. 036.JPG (42.4KB) |
![]() The kids watching DVD movies on TC's laptop. 037.JPG (113KB) |
![]() Good morning! 038.JPG (137KB) |
![]() Wake up daddy! 039.JPG (73.8KB) |
![]() Breaky time. 040.JPG (106KB) |
![]() Climbing more rocks. 041.JPG (181KB) |
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![]() One of the typical tracks on the station. 044.JPG (183KB) |
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![]() Dropped into Paynes find for fuel and a snack. 048.JPG (132KB) |
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![]() Onya Liam! 050.JPG (75KB) |
![]() A huge salt lake. 051.JPG (107KB) |
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![]() Your not bogged are you Rushy? Pulling off the track to have lunch under a tree. 054.JPG (116KB) |
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![]() Going for a walk on the salt lake. 059.JPG (67.1KB) |
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![]() The kids and Benson. Notice the mirage in the background. 062.JPG (83.7KB) |
![]() The tracks in this area were very minor indeed. 063.JPG (88.8KB) |
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![]() The next few photos are not exactly politically correct... 066.JPG (133KB) |
![]() The boys found some mud in a claypan on the side of the road... 067.JPG (122KB) |
![]() and decided that it was time to get dirty... 068.JPG (95.9KB) |
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![]() Campsite night 2. 072.JPG (112KB) |
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![]() Cheese and bickies and drinkies. Mid arvo... 076.JPG (111KB) |
![]() Yo Rushy! 077.JPG (81.4KB) |
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![]() Dinner's on! 079.JPG (109KB) |
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![]() Nice face Liam! 082.JPG (120KB) |
![]() Rushy's truck... 083.JPG (92.5KB) |
![]() My truck! 084.JPG (145KB) |
![]() Hey Benson! We kept Benson on a leash, due to fox bait warning signs. 085.JPG (118KB) |
![]() Sunset. 086.JPG (59.1KB) |
![]() Nicole... 087.JPG (131KB) |
![]() The kids made a nice cubby house. 088.JPG (148KB) |
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![]() A decent campfire. 091.JPG (67.1KB) |
![]() Campfire Movie (1.4Mb). 093.JPG (94.8KB) |
![]() Benson keeping warm near the fire. 094.JPG (117KB) |
![]() Day 3... 095.JPG (114KB) |
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![]() Windmill. 099.JPG (37.1KB) |
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![]() Kids washing their faces in the water. 101.JPG (106KB) |
![]() A abandoned mine shaft on the side of the road. 102.JPG (133KB) |
![]() Wooooh. Quite deep! 103.JPG (121KB) |
![]() Nice red dirt road. 104.JPG (72.4KB) |
![]() Hello TC! 105.JPG (74.7KB) |
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![]() More wonderfull wildflowers. 107.JPG (171KB) |
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![]() TC and Georgia. 113.JPG (90KB) |
![]() Brittany. 114.JPG (84.9KB) |
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![]() TC gets a flat tyre on the Bitumen! 117.JPG (147KB) |
![]() Smile for the camera TC! 118.JPG (127KB) |
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![]() There's the culprit. A large steel bolt. 120.JPG (121KB) |
![]() Korda hotel. 121.JPG (82.4KB) |
![]() Snack time. 122.JPG (97.7KB) |
![]() The kids and Benson. 124.JPG (150KB) |
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This page was last updated on 16 Sep 2003