GuyG
9th November 2015, 01:59 PM
Thanks to all that made it to Rover Park. I think most arrived a bit later than expected. I know I certainly did, figured it was safer to leave early Saturday morning than drive during the night with minimal sleep the previous couple of nights. I think if leaving from Brisbane, travel via Warwick/Tenterfield or if from the south side of Brisbane/Gold Coast go via the Pacific Hwy.
Whereis/Google may give you an option to go via Woodenbong/Bonalbo etc however it is a windy round which takes much longer even though the trip may be a shorter distance. There are also many sections of unfenced paddocks which makes the risk of roaming cattle an issue as JohnR found out:o. They are all ok. Not sure about the cow. The bullbar served its purpose, but will need replacing along with the front mudguard. The car thankfully was still driveable.
Unfortunately I didn't quite make it in time for the first trip of the day on Saturday, I wasn't too far behind but with another UHF playing up I couldn't be heard so I just setup and chilled out at the camp site.
The Kiosk at Rover Park sell Ice creams which was great as Saturday was very hot. They are in the process of expanding the tracks which is a good thing, as they now allow motorbikes on site, however in doing so, they have split the park into 2 separate sections so that cars and bikes do not mix. They do swap them over but obviously not during the same weekend. The 4wding area was considerably smaller than what we are used to.
There was a little bit of rain Saturday night, but it didn't last too long and we were back around the fire. I believe it was a good fire:cool:
Sunday morning we went to watch Grimace tackle another of the creek tracks.
I have a few photos but none of the driving. Plenty were taken so others will hopefully post up soon.
Whereis/Google may give you an option to go via Woodenbong/Bonalbo etc however it is a windy round which takes much longer even though the trip may be a shorter distance. There are also many sections of unfenced paddocks which makes the risk of roaming cattle an issue as JohnR found out:o. They are all ok. Not sure about the cow. The bullbar served its purpose, but will need replacing along with the front mudguard. The car thankfully was still driveable.
Unfortunately I didn't quite make it in time for the first trip of the day on Saturday, I wasn't too far behind but with another UHF playing up I couldn't be heard so I just setup and chilled out at the camp site.
The Kiosk at Rover Park sell Ice creams which was great as Saturday was very hot. They are in the process of expanding the tracks which is a good thing, as they now allow motorbikes on site, however in doing so, they have split the park into 2 separate sections so that cars and bikes do not mix. They do swap them over but obviously not during the same weekend. The 4wding area was considerably smaller than what we are used to.
There was a little bit of rain Saturday night, but it didn't last too long and we were back around the fire. I believe it was a good fire:cool:
Sunday morning we went to watch Grimace tackle another of the creek tracks.
I have a few photos but none of the driving. Plenty were taken so others will hopefully post up soon.