Thread: The Springs 2015

Some photos but I only managed to take a few.

After lunch it was just Eric, Tim and myself that went with group 2. Bullets jumped in with Eric to spot/winch. Its much better following a car with similar size tyres as both Tim and I discovered Eric will just drive over the top where we have to pick better lines or completely different tracks. My side steps really need to be removed as they hindered clearance on quite a few spots, hopefully I'll do that before the next trip. The creek runs really do provide some interesting side angles.

The creek run that only Eric attempted, for good reason. He did manage to get himself wedged and had to winch out. Some panel damage was sustained. Beer O'clock Hill, TimJ went first but wasn't successful. The109 went second but equally didn't make it although he did get slightly further than Tim. The Springs owner said that when its been wet, whoever has the first run has the best chance, then after that no one will make it. Grimaces rangie was having a rest and didn't attempt it. The last pic was Sunday morning, the Hilux was a ringin and after it had made it up the slippery loose hill, Tim had to have another go as he wasn't letting a Hilux make it when he couldn't.

The creek run next to Main Street with the Rock slope, I didn't make it, but Tim did. Eric parking up a tree - he claims it was on purpose. At least with the disco having those rear roof windows you can see how close your roof racks are to branches and trees. The last pic is Eric playing in the rock garden behind the house.

Having packed up and signed out round midday, it was time to start heading home. I normally try and find an alternative way home if at all possible. Just before Warwick there is a sign to Queen Mary Falls (the club has a trip there later in the year), now I can't remember if I have been there before or not so I decided to go for a look. But first, as I was already in the area I did the Condamine River Road to clean some of the mud off the under side of the car from the Springs. This was a great idea until I found some other muddy roads. But it's good to see it in overcast/damp conditions. At the end I headed up the range to Corrs Lookout and onto Queen Mary Falls.

Moss Gardens and White Swamp Lookout. Now there may have been a look out in the past when this sign was first installed but since then the trees have grown and everything has become further covered in Moss. White Swamp is actually a Historic Town. I went through it on the way back to Boonah, then to Brisbane via Peak Crossing. I didn't back onto the Cunningham Highway until Yamanto.

And I haven't needed to re-fuel since leaving home, something I never experienced when driving the Rangie.

Had another great weekend, a little bit of rain made some of the tracks more interesting . Its always good to watch the serious cars get places and then its fun to have a go in the Series 3 with standard suspension and no lockers. There is no way that I can follow The109 everywhere but I got a lot of places with careful wheel placement and sometimes a lot of right foot.

I didn't get a lot of photos as it is difficult to drive and take photos but here are a few.

The campsite -





The fire -







Guy in a creek run -





Up on top of Bald Knob -







Another example of why I think General Grabber AT2s are not a good tyre, went through the sidewalls of more than one on my D3.



Dave showing how easy it is to lift up a Disco -



The 109 makes anything look easy -





And that is pretty much all the photos I got. Forgot to take the camera out of the car most of the time when going to watch.

Cheers,

TimJ.

Check for ticks - I just found one although I'm not sure if it was from The Springs or Queen Mary Falls area.