DARE Nov 09 Trip Report

[stevo68]

G'day All,

Most times I write a long, witty and to myself...generally entertaining trip report......but as it is so ****ing hot today and am sitting sweating ( picture that folks :eek:)...will keep it relatively short.

Most of us met up at Macca's....and headed off to Scenic Rim. Bolts who was unfashionably late :p caught up with us at the park. The Gen Y hoonies ( I say that as they are anything but :)) had camped overnight as did Grover/ Jaffa and better halves. So we all got together and with Bolts in the lead...went through the DARE theory (Louis has pretty much covered that).

All in all...was a great day....good to get to know some of the newer members better and a big hats off to Rod :thumbsup:....who inadvertantly got led up a pretty shocking track. Part of which I had to get a snatch ( thanks again Kelvin). Half way up, Rod went sideways with a bang going through a nasty rut and knocked a tyre off the bead and copped some panel damage :eek:. So Rod got to experience the joy of getting a bloody tyre out from underneath of a very rocky track. Also was a credit the team work to get him back on track and well supervised by myself.....I have had a double hernia op as you know:whistling: . Even in Smokey I had a little bit of poo almost come out.....was a tough one.

Aside from that....all in all a great day and thanks to my fellow trainers and to the members for DARE and non DARE for making the day a success. Here's some pics from the day and Steve.....hope Smokey is dirty enough for you....wanted to get a side by side before you went...next time :D.

DARE HQ

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NON DARE member off to play

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THE HUMMER......great to see it in action....thanks for bringing it along John. It was no BLING BLING machine...the real deal.

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Peek a Boo Hummer

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Morning Drive

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Lunchtime

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Afternoon Drive and Creek Run

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Louis realising time to get a Disco :D

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Dan realising he doesnt drive a rock crawler and painstakingly reversing back out with good guidance......oh and an audience :BigThumb:

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Smokey tackling the elements

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Wish I had got photo's of the last track we did....but alas being a bit of a fatty....by the time I walked up to where Rod was......camera was in the car.....pity True or Ash weren't there to go back and get it for me :). Look forward to seeing you all out there on the tracks soon,

Regards

Stevo

P.S. If you want a piic I have taken...please let me know and can email you a copy

[300+]

G'day All,

Aside from that....all in all a great day and thanks to my fellow trainers and to the members for DARE and non DARE for making the day a success. Here's some pics from the day and Steve.....hope Smokey is dirty enough for you....wanted to get a side by side before you went...next time :D.



That it fairly muddy. But nothing gets the mud thrown more than sticky out tyres!

Untitled Document (http://www.reddock.net/lwt/)

Cheers, Steve

[x-box]

Me, get a disco???????? :o

No way mate, my fender does it well enough :D

We need some more goss on Rod's escapade, and photo's!!!! Hope it's not too bad mate :(

[harry]

thanks for the trip report, and so sorry i wasn't able to attend.
well done chaps, and thank you.
i also would have liked to see john's green monster in action, can you imagine mum taking the kids to school in that!

[Rat]

I'll have to come along next time. Looks like you all had fun! Louis get a Disco? No bloody way! We all know, If it's not a Defender, you're a pretender.:tease::tease:

[Big Dog]

Hi all
was another great day:cool:
go hard or go home I say or maybe that might change after the panel shop quote:mad: i will put some photos up later but unfortunatly I was a little busy winching up to the flat to change the right front wheel and forgot to take some photos of the incident:( thanks for the team help in thick of it.

[disco_thrasher]

Hi all
was another great day:cool:
go hard or go home I say or maybe that might change after the panel shop quote:mad: i will put some photos up later but unfortunatly I was a little busy winching up to the flat to change the right front wheel and forgot to take some photos of the incident:( thanks for the team help in thick of it.

team help thats what its all about

[bolts]

Hi all
was another great day:cool:
go hard or go home I say or maybe that might change after the panel shop quote:mad: i will put some photos up later but unfortunatly I was a little busy winching up to the flat to change the right front wheel and forgot to take some photos of the incident:( thanks for the team help in thick of it.

It was good to see you take the D3 through a difficult track. It went well and I was impressed with both the vehicle and your driving abilities, apart from the tyre coming of the rim it was a great recovery and handled very well.

Thanks to Busman, Discothrasher, stevo and yourself was a great little run at the end of the day, was enjoyed and we all drove home.

[JohnR]

Hi All, Another great day albeit a bit warm. I'd like to thank Josh and the committee for allowing me to bring my toy :twisted: I had a good time even if the creek run got a bit tight towards the end :eek:

If any one has some photo's of me at play I would love to see them as I hardly ever get to take photo's of it in action. :(

Heres a few photo's I did snap on the day.

Cheers,
Awesome Defer!
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Fleeeex!
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This was a lot steeper than it looks :eek:
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Go Busman!
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And these funny looking creatures crawled past us just before lunch :cool:
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Oh to flex like these guys :wub:
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:ninja: Spidey Man Spidey Man :ninja:
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Cheers,

[buzz66]

Is the Silver 4 Door Rangie a new member or a Disco driver steeping across the line. Please tell me Bolts doesn't own it ? :)

[jaffa]

Is the Silver 4 Door Rangie a new member or a Disco driver steeping across the line. Please tell me Bolts doesn't own it ? :)
Hey buzz the silver rangie is my wifes

[buzz66]

And she lets YOU drive it, or was she behind the wheel:cool:

[jaffa]

And she lets YOU drive it, or was she behind the wheel:cool:
she was doing the driving