Thread: Vic High Country Trip - Recommended Spares/Tools

Make sure your handbrake is working well, and add a spare fan/drive belt to your list.

Steve

Re: water in the high country, I normally only take drinking water and use the creeks and rivers for everything else. I take an empty 20L blader and just fill it at a camp site by the river for general use. I have never treated it and never had a problem using it for cleaning teeth, washing up, etc.

I'm taking my Rangie up there the weekend after with a 4WD club. They mentioned people too often make the mistake of not running the high altitude cold resistant fuel.

If you are going to fill 4 jerries with fuel, it might be worth considering filling 1 or 2 of them with fuel from up there. Last year it snowed up there about this time of year.

Drinking from streams is ok when there are no cows or dead things around. I'm not comfortable taking drinking water from high country streams without boiling it first. You'd be surprised where giardia and other nasties hide. If you travel often, get yourself a proper water filter. Then you won't get sick. Drinking non treated water is a good way to wreck a weekend of fun.

Giardiasis - the facts - Infectious Diseases Epidemiology & Surveillance - Department of Health, Victoria, Australia

In terms of spares, I generally don't take much other than some friends and a tow strap.

Originally Posted by Jazzman

I'm taking my Rangie up there the weekend after with a 4WD club. They mentioned people too often make the mistake of not running the high altitude cold resistant fuel.

If you are going to fill 4 jerries with fuel, it might be worth considering filling 1 or 2 of them with fuel from up there. Last year it snowed up there about this time of year.

Only an issue with diesel as far as I'm aware. Petrol is OK.

Steve

The other cold weather catch can be a battery. If it's not in good condition a cold snap might bring a rapid end to it's life...

My money is on you having no issues! Check all your hoses, do a service before you go, then forget about the filters. Check your belts, good advice that! Carry some spares if you like, no harm. Don't worry about the weather, unlikely to be that cold yet, anyway, you can always get a tow off if you get a flat battery! I'm going up to Eucumbene fishing the weekend prior, not at all concerned about anything except the water being too warm for the trout! I 2nd the advice on not drinking untreated water. And include a circuit tester of some description and spare wire! You are more likely to encounter an electrical fault than a mechanical IMHO.

Jez

As someone just said "In terms of spares, I generally don't take much other than some friends and a tow strap"

Make sure your friend is'nt driving another LR, - take the mate with the Jap car, the one that does'nt break...

Seriously, driving style and enthusiasm will cause more mechanical failures than Solihull...