water crossings

[Rhi]

What are some of your favorate water crossing (pics would be good) and how did your ecectrics handle it.

[Psimpson7]

I like this one.

Pascoe on Cape York

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/11/295.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/01/802.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/01/803.jpg

Not sure which one this is (Cape York again):

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/01/804.jpg

Nolans brook (Cape York again):

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/01/805.jpg

[Col.Coleman]

Sundown National Park in the Wet.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/11/213.jpg (http://public.fotki.com/TimJ4blue/aulrosundownnp/img0074.html)Hosted on Fotki (http://www.fotki.com)

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[Rhi]

Fantastic pic's, i love seeing a 4x4 pushing its way through the water.

[scarry]

Here's a couple
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2787/img2869l.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/img2869l.jpg/)

Pasco river Cape York not real deep,but very rocky & rough


http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/7009/img2832i.jpg (http://img62.imageshack.us/i/img2832i.jpg/)

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/8664/img2682di.jpg (http://img42.imageshack.us/i/img2682di.jpg/)


Both nolans Cape York,top going south,bottom going north.This trip late in the year,so water not real deep anywhere.A D3 had just pulled a drowned jeep out of here as we got there.


http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/1987/img2843v.jpg (http://img121.imageshack.us/i/img2843v.jpg/)

This crossing is marked as a "ford" on the Old TeleTrack,Cape York





http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/7366/1141467.jpg (http://img687.imageshack.us/i/1141467.jpg/)

This was taken a couple of years earlier when it was wetter.This is the first creek crossing on the Old Tele Track,going north.

[Grimace]

Jardine River - Was an experiance I will never forget.

[Rhi]

hey scarry how did you go without a snorkel on your D2 (last pic).

[Psimpson7]

Jardine River - Was an experiance I will never forget.

First time on a ferry was it Grimace ;):p

[scarry]

hey scarry how did you go without a snorkel on your D2 (last pic).


The snorkle was supposed to be fitted before the trip,but it didn't get done....The air filter was wet so i was lucky,Nolans brook was way to deep for a no snorkle vehicle.All other crossings i got through,on the OTT,but i wouldn't do it again,as the top pics show,had snorkle fitted before later trip.
As i said on another post,i am kicking myself for not having one fitted when i bought the vehicle new.

[scarry]

What are some of your favorate water crossing (pics would be good) and how did your ecectrics handle it.

If you have a D2 auto,the biggest worry is the auto ECU under the passengers seat.......could they have put it in a worse spot?:confused:

[Grimace]

First time on a ferry was it Grimace ;):p

Luckily for me, no it was not. We got 8 cars accross there in half a day.

In total I beleive we used in excess of 12 snatch straps and two winches, we had about 16 people in the river the whole time (including myself) assisting with hooking cars up when/if they lost forward momentum.

As I said it was an experience I will never forget, my father spent in excess of two hours straight in the water at the muddy exit on the other side... yeah thick muddy water with no visibilty...that's balls!!!

EDIT: I may even be able to obtain some scans of the still shots that my parents have.

[Psimpson7]

Tha would be awesome to see the pics:)

[Shamo]

Does this count?

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/01/625.jpg

Even if i didn't make it through....

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/01/626.jpg

:angel:

Shamo

[Busman]

Nah, Submarines dont count:D

[Shamo]

Haha aw, i was just trying to create an artificial reef so everyone could enjoy some good fishing at cruiser!!!

[The ho har's]

I am sure everyone has seen this before but here you go;)

Nolans Brook Cape York...geee everyone has been there;)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/07/275.jpg


Mrs hh:angel:

[stevo68]

Also at Sundown NP:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/01/621.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/01/622.jpg

First proper river crossing.....was fun :).....and a bit scary at the same time,

Regards

Stevo

[Rhi]

Wow fantastic pics and i to would love to see the pic's Grimace. The water looks so clear at Nolans Brook. It looks like you could kick so dirt over Shamo's car and it would be gone forever.

Jason.

[scarry]

The water looks so clear at Nolans Brook.

Jason.

Fantastic place,notice all the LR's get through......
It claims many other brands every year....:D

[Grover-98]

I am sure everyone has seen this before

Sure have and La la love it!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/07/275.jpg


Mrs hh:angel:

I love this Pic! the water is so clear and still! i love that you can see all of the front end and the water is right up over the bonnet! :)

Id say the second you sore the pic you were VERY pleased! ;)

James.

[The ho har's]

Well we can say it washed the red dirt off:D;)


BTW it last years calendar

Mrs hh:angel:

[Grimace]

Well I found the images, not as many pictures as I would have expected the folks to have.

The first and second image show the setting up in preperation for the crossing, you can see we had many people in the river to support the straps that we eventually had joined all the way accross.
It also shows the first vehicle to cross - Wayne Back in his 70series Toyota.

What you cant see in these pictures is my Father and Steve Curtis are already wadding in and out of the muddy water at the other side :eek:

The second two shots show Mike & Trish in their 60series Landcruiser at the exit just before the deepest spot (about half a foot deeper then what is shown), I can't quiet remember if they made it all the way but most cars got through and some unlucky vehicles got held up mid river.

You can see the last shot is my father and Steve exiting the muddy waters which they had probably spent in excess of 2 hours in :eek:
Steve (behind) is in the deepest spot it is hard to pick but he is upto his nipples, eventually he swam the remainder as it was easier then walking for him.

Note: I have the scan in much larger format, the attachements seem to be auto cropped down to this size (480 high).

[scarry]

First time on a ferry was it Grimace ;):p

I'd rather be on the ferry.We camped on the north bank just near the old crossing in August last year & saw a 3m croc out of the water having a look around:eek:

My brother crossed it many years ago in his VW Buggy....His mate also crossed it in a Series 1.

[harry]

this doesn't exactly fit into water crossings,
i took a couple of pics whilst trying to get home in the gold coast floods
the car is a stock disco d1, no lift, standard tyres at this time, so it was close to the ground, it also is a v8 and did not have a snorkel or any sort of preparation for deep water.
it did not stop or ingest any water, how, i don't know.
unfortunatly i didn't take any photos when i was in deeper with the water lapping the windscreen, sorta busy at that time, it got really deep and i wasn't stopping for anything, i even passed a drowned disco, which really put the wind up me
the major road is 19th ave elanora.

[Rat]

I have some pictures of my Defender crossing Nolans brook at Cape York last winter (2009). Great fun even though i was crapping my pants!:o

[Rhi]

I like that crossing, crystal clear water so you can see what is going to eat you and hopefully spit you out

[GuyG]

Attached are some pics from Nolans Brook from the Cape trip last year, and also a pic looking from both the north and the south of the river showing the entry and exit points which are the same ones as per Grimaces photos

Most of the cars crossing Nolans Brook seemed to go via the right hand side or straight through the middle, but I chose to go the left (on the northbound route) as all the electrics and air intake stuff is located on the left hand inner mudguard, and its better to be safe than sorry

[GuyG]

A couple more shots from the trip :)

[Zakros]

A few photos a vids from cape york

Ok not deep, but enough small stones to get one self bogged, found out later that there salt water crocodiles in the river. & saw some about 4km down stream. http://picasaweb.google.com.au/lh/photo/TOylX7LbAm14PqmyIKc_mw?feat=directlink

Telegraph track
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/lh/photo/gqYa51u0vx9__MBCR8qsZw?feat=directlink
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/lh/photo/UdTlYtrictP7DFJA64BavA?feat=directlink

Can't seem to link the in the video, I work on it and edit this page soon
Frenchmens Track
Frenchmens Track (http://picasaweb.google.com.au/lh/photo/LVeH6KSrf1kQCUPc0Nf7sQ?feat=directlink)

Somewhere off the CREB track