River Crossing pic

**Reads90** · 10th September 2006, 10:48 AM

Some vids for you (bigish files)
This is my old 90 in a holes in Romsey UK. I had 35" simex and 2" lift. so the bonnet on the 90 was high chest level. Did not want to get stuck so gave it some

http://www.reads4x4.com/ali_in_paddleboat_river.mpg

Here is my brother in his V8 90 had a 3.9 in it at this time but later put a 4.2 in. Still running even though he was stuck and with his coil under water

http://www.reads4x4.com/Jules_in_water.mpg

Pics
This is my brothers 90 with a 4.2 V8 and made it though here still on 8. It also has 35" simex and a 4" lift

**DiscoDave** · 10th September 2006, 10:50 AM

Me crossing the Awaba river, yesterday -

**loanrangie** · 10th September 2006, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by DiscoDave

Me crossing the Awaba river, yesterday -

Dave, how did the door seals hold up ?

**DiscoDave** · 10th September 2006, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Dave, how did the door seals hold up ?

Front doors - no problems at all, rear doors - muddy patches in the carpet to about 50mm away from the sills. Didn't notice at the time.

**DiscoDan** · 10th September 2006, 01:24 PM

Haven't had the fun of playing in the water too much but here are a few photo's taken from Sundown National Park 28 Dec 2004
rover swimming two.JPG

Rover swimming.JPG

note 1 :the blue jappa sunk up to bonnet and a white 100 jappa floated (not 2 bad for a over weight 8" higher TLC.)

Love the Disco, took the correct line and it didn't float or drop into the hole. However it was the only one to fill with water, my excuse was this is a design feature to stop the car from floating. Besides only leaked in the back seat area and I don't sit there.

Note the date, two days after Tsunami and I got that nick name for my efforts

The picture taker was swamped. Teach them to own a Jappa.

Have done more in the High country (top trip all Landies and ran in to the Sydney LRO Club) however it has taken me the best part of an hour to work out how to put the above photos on this site.

That just means that I need to play more

**Turtle61** · 11th September 2006, 02:54 AM

A couple of river crossings: Wenlock River at Cape York (before bridge was built) and Murray River at Tom Groggins in the Snowies...

**cewilson** · 11th September 2006, 03:54 AM

In relation to salties and the Katherine Gorge - yes we do get them. They pulled a couple more out this year at the start of the dry season in their traps.

And Daly has always been known to have a few in there as well.

**cewilson** · 11th September 2006, 05:51 AM

Water pics:

Simpson Desert

Lithgow:

**DEFENDERZOOK** · 11th September 2006, 09:33 PM

http://video.google.com/videoplay'docid=8420341241516886644

**DirtyDawg** · 12th September 2006, 06:19 AM

Un 1983 I was on a exercise "Pitch Black" which was a rolling deployment from Alice Springs to Darwin (6 week duration playing war) I had the dubious responsibility of wading cross creeks before the 101's towing a very water sensitive Rapier misslie launcher crossed following me and my white sticker on my backside (on blackout lights, when sticker dissappereard to deep for vehicles to cross) The water sounded alive with wildlife, I had an SLR with a red mag and 20 live ones in it as did the co driver on the vehicle following all of a sudden the silence of the night was shattered by a SLR rapport then another and another, the water exploded about 7m to my right and I got the **** outta there as a huge croc had its death fit.. the boys said didn't you see it ( I was concentraing on my foot placement save going tits up) I said no but I'm glad they did..trouble was I had to do it again 5 times that night and the rest of the crossings I kept my eyes peeled....great life for some one 21.. middle of nowhere, **** scared and wet. Now thats a river crossing

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