HOONS ON THE DUNES.

[Ausfree]

What do you guys think of this UTube clip of carryings on, on Stockton Beach. A local newspaper article alerted me to it. I believe the speed limit on Stockton Beach is 40kph.:mad:

YouTube- Stockton Beach sand dunes 4x4

[fraser130]

:no2:
With a bit of luck it cost him an engine

[DeanoH]

Considerate of them to show their rego's. Makes the insurance company's job easier.

Deano:)

[banjo]

I have been hearing about it all week on the radio aswell..theres even been talk of closing access to cars..

[Blknight.aus]

oh look, lovely clear shots of number plates and faces.

report em to the police.

driving with out due care, multiple offences, the idiot in the rav had a passanger at one stage, reckless endangerment, RAV 4 nose first in the water wonder what the EPA has to say about that.

[Slunnie]

Bugger! :lol2:

[Ausfree]

The police have seen the clip and are following it up!!!:D:D

[Sprint]

oh how i'd love to say something about our trans tasman invaders at this point.....

[Dazza67]

The police have seen the clip and are following it up!!!:D:D

Its been in the news here for a week or 2, going by the thread on Youtube the video was posted over 3 years ago.
So I doubt they will get caught, users of the beach will just get persecuted more

[banjo]

The police have seen the clip and are following it up!!!:D:D

Yep & thats probably as far as it will go..

[Slunnie]

It makes me feel sick when people have fun. :mad:

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

yota-yobbos and Lawance 'Bogan' of Arabia was the driver. Is wearing undies on your head fashionable?

[p38arover]

driving with out due care, multiple offences, the idiot in the rav had a passanger at one stage, reckless endangerment,.

You watch too much US TV, Dave! :p

[p38arover]

Apart from crappy camera work, what is the problem?

[Blknight.aus]

you mean apart from "what if someone was coming the other way over the dune" potential problem.

its that kind of idiot behavior that gives the "but think of the baby submicroscopic organisms that our last lot of investigations revealed exist in 10s of gazilions that dont suffer all that much but might be killed anyway" brigade of do gooder "I cannot abide by people enjoying themsleves in any other way than I consider fun" (which usually means not showering for months on end and smoking dope while sayin woahh maaahn a lot) environazis amunition to ensure that they can twist the arm of the politicians so that they close access to the places that we like to go and go sensibly.

if I posted up dozens of vids demonstrating a perfectly sane 2low on low pressure tyres how many hits do you think they'd collectively get compared to that one hoon clip?

I like think of it like drag racing. In a properly controlled cordoned off area have at it but not in the open public.

[Boxhead63]

Lighten up everyone, what was wrong with it? They had spotters on the dune when making their approach. Bit of harmless Sunday fun. I'm quite sure that most of us have done the same or worse over the years. I still do stupid things afterall i've been married 3 times

[d@rk51d3]

It makes me feel sick when people have fun. :mad:

:D

I know what you mean. (reminds me of neighbourhood music playing at night. I get all cranky, then realise it's only 9pm, and some people actually have a life and friends, unlike this cranky old barstool.:()

It appears they had plenty of spotters on the dunes to prevent any collisions, and no damage was being done to the environment. A few tyre marks in the dunes will be all blown over in a day or two.

If they were cutting down the scrub, or digging great bogholes, or terrorising the public.............. then "have at 'em". Just appears to be relatively harmless fun, with the exception of some damage to their own vehicles.

[lokka]

Apart from crappy camera work, what is the problem?


Realy the only un safe thing i saw was no seat belts they had plenty of room and were not doing crazy speeds .

My self and others ive take up the beach have done similar and will continue to do so as long as its done safe its ok .

As for the 40KPH speed limit on the beach that is the most stupid rule out there as 99% of dunes which are traversed from lavis lane to the beach front require more speed just to get up them .

[subasurf]

If this tosser in the video flipped his POS "4WD" and died, there would be a big hoo-har, beach would be closed to cars and Australia would become even more of a lame place to live if you like offroading.

[waynep]

A kiwi bro no less...... beached AS :D

did that snatch strap have a knot in the middle ?
well, not to worry about just tie the ratty thing on to what appears to be the tie down point nd tug her out

....heaven help us.

[lokka]

If this tosser in the video flipped his POS "4WD" and died, there would be a big hoo-har, beach would be closed to cars and Australia would become even more of a lame place to live if you like offroading.

Well if it did happen that way the beach wouldent get closed as he would not be the first to die on stockton beach from a accident .

[moose]

Maybe if they at least made the effort to wear a seatbelt it might not appear as negligent. I may appear to be a do-gooder, but people like this give all 4wd'ers a bad name, on the beach, in the mud, wherever, it doesn't matter.

Have your fun, but wear your seat belts, and don't post video's of it for the media to pick up on!

[Bushie]

While its not something I would be interested in doing, I don't really see any major problem. They were heading up a dune and getting some air, seemed to be plenty of room around them.

There have been numerous pics on this site of guys getting some fairly serious air - were they all tossers as well ??

As for the guy in the lake - stupid, probably but again doesn't appear to have done too much harm, other than maybe to their wallets.

Again like I said not my scene, but not really doing any harm, would have been different if they were vegetated dunes or a grassy river flat, but a few hours of wind and no-one would have known they were there.


Martyn

[Ausfree]

While its not something I would be interested in doing, I don't really see any major problem. They were heading up a dune and getting some air, seemed to be plenty of room around them.

There have been numerous pics on this site of guys getting some fairly serious air - were they all tossers as well ??

As for the guy in the lake - stupid, probably but again doesn't appear to have done too much harm, other than maybe to their wallets.

Again like I said not my scene, but not really doing any harm, would have been different if they were vegetated dunes or a grassy river flat, but a few hours of wind and no-one would have known they were there.


Martyn Mate, the only "air" there is between the ears of the bloke with the underpants on his head!!!:D:D

[cal415]

I dont see a problem with it either, and i bet half the people posting up on how silly it was have never even driven on stockton, 40kph is a joke even fraser has 80kph speed limit and theres ALOT less beach to drive on there....

If your familiar with the beach, and you have poeple watching the other side of the dune for you, jumping over the top of a dune is not really dangerous at all except for the stress it puts on your vehicle, while its not something i would do often i have definetly done it. You have just as much risk going head on over the top of the dunes with someone in general driving as you would "Hooning" like in the video, actualy probobly less chance while hooning because you would have checked out the dune and chances are you have a mate at the top as a spotter...

Its stupid media BS like this that blows **** out of proportion that will get the beach closed.

[Tusker]

The cameraman has never seen a strap break...

On the tray when filming it seems.

Regards
max P

[cal415]

Yep exactly what i was thinking max.... and with that knot tied in the middle holding it together... i think i would have been well clear of the scene.

[dullbird]

I dont see a problem with it either, and i bet half the people posting up on how silly it was have never even driven on stockton, 40kph is a joke even fraser has 80kph speed limit and theres ALOT less beach to drive on there....

If your familiar with the beach, and you have poeple watching the other side of the dune for you, jumping over the top of a dune is not really dangerous at all except for the stress it puts on your vehicle,
while its not something i would do often i have definetly done it. You have just as much risk going head on over the top of the dunes with someone in general driving as you would "Hooning" like in the video, actualy probobly less chance while hooning because you would have checked out the dune and chances are you have a mate at the top as a spotter...

Its stupid media BS like this that blows **** out of proportion that will get the beach closed.

well its not like you can deny it look at your avatar you hoon:D:wasntme:

[101RRS]

I must admit I do not have issue with the goings on except for do gooders using it against 4wders. If the actions were done elsewhere things might be different but Stockton is a rec area where authorities have accepted that as long as the environmental aspects are respected - such as not driving in closed off dune regeneration areas - then things are OK . There is of course the area that "RV registered" vehicles can use and these are mainly young kids on their bikes and quads and we all know they are far worse than most 4wds for wrecking the environment. The authorities know this.

Personally jumping cars over the sand dunes is not my thing mainly because of damage to the vehicle - I am surprised that RAV4 has not put the engine through the radiator - I have done that in an old landie I once owned and my brother also did it to his Nissan 720 ute on Stockton.

Given the place and the precautions - I do not see this as a problem however the do-gooders will use this against 4wds - but I do not think it will have an impact on the management of Stockton.

Garry

[Ausfree]

:thumbsup::Rolling::Rolling:
well its not like you can deny it look at your avatar you hoon:D:wasntme:

[p38arover]

Remember this pic from years ago? When I first saw it, I thought it was the previous owner and my RRC.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[d@rk51d3]

The cameraman has never seen a strap break...

On the tray when filming it seems.

Regards
max P

That brings back some memories.......

I remember camping with friends at the 42 mile crossing, at the end of the coorong in the early '80s. I must have been about 12.

One car got bogged crossing the dunes to the beach side, so we snatched them out with a ute. No snatch strap, just an old rope with a big knot in the middle.

I stood on the back of the tray as the ute launched. The rope snapped and catapulted the great big knot straight into my "joy department".
:eek:
Major ouchies, but at least the swelling was impressive:angel:

[Fluids]

Remember this pic from years ago? When I first saw it, I thought it was the previous owner and my RRC.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/


Well, I gotta admit, I did just this ... ONCE ... and once only. Driving a Daihatsu F20 ... hit the dune fast, up we go ... oh ****, there's no run-off on the back of the dune, it just dropped off ... and so did we. Landed just like this RR. Overhead console let loose (along with the CB Radio), tool box in the back left a rather large impression in the dash board, and the CB & console took out the side of my face/brow ... ouch. F20 fared much better than I ...

... lesson learned. Everything strapped in, in the back. No more super fast dune approaches ... grew up real quick that day (some 20yrs ago mind you).

Kev..

[Bushie]

my brother also did it to his Nissan 720 ute on Stockton.

Garry


Must have had a good downhill run with the wind behind him :D:D:D:D


Martyn

[101RRS]

Must have had a good downhill run with the wind behind him :D:D:D:D
Martyn

Yeah - had about the same performance as a TDI Defender Dinosaur ;).

I have to speak kindly about that Nissan as it recovered my broken Series 3 a few times.

Garry

[LOVEMYRANGIE]

Remember this pic from years ago? When I first saw it, I thought it was the previous owner and my RRC.

http://www.pps.net.au/4wdencounter/images/rangie_dune.jpg

I want those wheels........

[p38arover]

I want those wheels........

Yep. Very light BWA alloys. They suited to RR.

Here's a set on my old '83.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/03/485.jpg

[TerryO]

I'm quite surprised by the venom in some of the comments on this thread bagging out those blokes making gooses of themselves at Stockton. There are even comments that deride the persons nationality, mind you they are wrong the guys heritage is pacific Islander even though he has a accent.

Though does it really matter where anyone comes from?

I have read plenty of trip reports on here with pics and Utube footage that wouldn't be alot less controversial if the public got hold of them through a Newspaper etc. yet I don't remember anyone complaining about how irresponsible our Aulro members behaviour is, or how damaging that kind of behaviour is if the public saw how us Aulro members spend our weekends in the bush digging ruts three feet deep on steep wet fire trails trying to get up them or at the beach charging up sandhills ourselves while filming it.

Might be a bad case of pot kettle black.



Regards,
Terry

[disco2hse]

OK. Read the posts and seen the vid. Yup pretty stupid and probably bylaws broken. We have idiots like that here too and they make it very difficult.

Guy is PI, but not neccessarily kiwi. The Pacific is a big place you know. And he is wearing his shirt on his head, not his undies.

[V8Ian]

OK. Read the posts and seen the vid. Yup pretty stupid and probably bylaws broken. We have idiots like that here too and they make it very difficult.

Guy is PI, but not neccessarily kiwi. The Pacific is a big place you know. And he is wearing his shirt on his head, not his undies.
Most of them come via NZ though.

[disco2hse]

Most of them come via NZ though.

Oh ok. I missed that in the vid. How do we know?

Oh, and ah. Sorry about them. :(

[V8Ian]

Oh ok. I missed that in the vid. How do we know?

Oh, and ah. Sorry about them. :(
:p:p:p

[disco2hse]

hahaha duh. I just got it :Rolling:

Bit slow today - and no jokes about kiwis not being too quick :D

Unfortunately it's true about immigrants moving on but they are mostly Asians of various persuasions that do that.

[TerryO]

Does it matter what nationality or race a person is?

A goose is a goose just as a good bloke is a good bloke no matter where they come from or the colour of their skin.

cheers,
Terry

[cal415]

well its not like you can deny it look at your avatar you hoon:D:wasntme:
Hahaha yeh that gives it away a bit doesnt it :D

Funny thing is in that pic i would have been travelling at less then 40kph i would say..... just the shape of the dune throwing the front end up.