defender written off after going for swim

[disco gazza]

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

DG

[alien]

Nine Mile Beach Lake Macquarie: Amazing recovery of four wheel drive bogged on NSW beach (https://www.9news.com.au/national/car-bogged-redhead-beach-lake-macquarie-newcastle-video/1f755dbb-3b5c-4bf7-a2b4-ff0fb7fe7ed1?fbclid=IwAR0pcl3P2XtK2KJK1yrn0V2ExElS ey5Bv9aP5ZGxuV0bLKDL7aMMn_MZS7U)

[Vern]

The footage is on every second landrover page twice over on facebook

[disco gazza]

Was about to put footage of it, but alien beat me to it.

DG

[101RRS]

Its only a write-off if you claim on insurance [thumbsupbig].

[Larry]

The news on channel 7 kept calling it a Jeep! Not sure if that's a good thing or not. :angel:

[Epic_Dragon]

Ahhh!! And the owner stayed in it the entire time! I saw it on the news this morning [emoji174]

[modman]

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.....

[101RRS]

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.