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  1. 1st December 2020, 02:31 PM #1
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    defender written off after going for swim

    A defer was written off last night when they got caught by the incoming tide at Red Head beach early this morning.
    Apparently they were caught out as a giant wave came barrelling into them as they were on the edge of the water
    and they got stuck.

    The defer is a write off.
    It could be on nine news Newcastle tonite.

    Sorry no pics

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    Nine Mile Beach Lake Macquarie: Amazing recovery of four wheel drive bogged on NSW beach
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    The footage is on every second landrover page twice over on facebook
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    Was about to put footage of it, but alien beat me to it.

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    Its only a write-off if you claim on insurance .
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    The news on channel 7 kept calling it a Jeep! Not sure if that's a good thing or not.
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    Ahhh!! And the owner stayed in it the entire time! I saw it on the news this morning defender written off after going for swim
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    I don’t know that location personally but I’d never drive on a beach with a slope like that....
    Everything about the surroundings screams soft sand.....
    That needed a strong winch and anchored cars....... ahh hindsight.....
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    Nine Mile Beach is all very soft sand and when the sea has been very rough (as it was for a week before hand) the surf side of the beach gets very cut out - hence the steepness down near the surf - you would normally drive up where the recovery vehicles were in those conditions.
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