Thread: Patrol killed at big river

If those "roads" have been trenched down and chewed up by 4WD people to that state, then no wonder the National Parks and State Forest people are trying to keep us out! Were those videos made in a National Park or State Forest, or are they gazetted and public "roads".

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

If those "roads" have been trenched down and chewed up by 4WD people to that state, then no wonder the National Parks and State Forest people are trying to keep us out! Were those videos made in a National Park or State Forest, or are they gazetted and public "roads".

Sigh.....

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

If those "roads" have been trenched down and chewed up by 4WD people to that state, then no wonder the National Parks and State Forest people are trying to keep us out! Were those videos made in a National Park or State Forest, or are they gazetted and public "roads".

The tracks in both videos are gazetted public roads in State Forests, it is all you are allowed to drive on legally on public land. The one in the first video was eroded when I first did it over 10 years ago. Also, there is another gazetted road only a couple of hundred meters away that runs parallel to this one, which was graded last year.

The muddy one in the second video is do to "Land Management" practices, as most of the interesting tracks in this area close to Melbourne have been closed, which meant that this track was over used. I heard of people queuing for over an hour just to start it, as there was nothing else of interest near by to do! This track was graded last year and is now a seasonal closure, with the volume of traffic using it, I actually agree with it, as it was deteriorating way too fast. If you look on the Outerlimits forum, you will see that no one posts track names so that they don't get too well known like this one did, and end up like this one did, if that makes sense.

Originally Posted by cmurray

As far as I'm aware, short cut 2 has been graded. Which part of short cut 1 did he loose it on, as the only really hard bit is in a deep rut where you can't loose it, unless it's really wet, as the by pass for that bit is extremely slippery.

The second part of this video, where it is wet, is short cut 1 track. The non rutty part is the by pass for the hard part. This was taken on Anzac weekend this year. For the record, no one got up the hard part, and only three cars got up the by pass.

Yeah mate, shortcut 1. Sounds like the hard part - there are 2 or 3 trees standing between the hard part and the bypass if thats the place, and he was in the hard part up against the trees in the middle - looked a bit grand canyonish!! Guessing he was coming down by the look of the damage.....

Originally Posted by 29dinosaur

Similar thoughts.... bouncing aruond on stoney tracks when a slower pace may have been gentler on vehicles and picking better lines. But then again it must have been pretty steep... ??? Don't think I;m interested in pushing my own vehicle that hard in and through those deep mud ruts. Don't have the $$ to maintain a rig when things obviously will go bang....

As a matter of interest what is the track graded in terms of difficulty and for you who are in a club what are minimum rig setups to tackle these places??

Quite steep! But most of all slippery as hell when wet....its very clayey and greasy so the slower pace will get u nowhere fast. Had to give it a crack.....had brand new Mickey T's on! Got up it after some tense moments....

Originally Posted by cmurray

.....I heard of people queuing for over an hour just to start it, as there was nothing else of interest near by to do! ....

I can understand why we Tasweigians have to be the luckiest in Oz when it comes to 4wd tracks and close proximity. I can choose 4 or so tracks that are close to home (get there in about 30min). Some tracks are really challenging too.

Ohh, I shouldnt let the secret out really

And thats another sweet vid there too